LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
SIXTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2011
EL 6600 - HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Date : 05-04-2011
Time : 9:00 - 12:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
I. Identify the following writers by relating them to:
(10 × 2 = 20)
a) Literary school and movement
b) The chief literary form promoted
c) Contemporary writers
d) Any significant historical/social/political/ideological event. Your answer
should not exceed 30 words.
1. Marlowe
6. John Donne
2. Ben Jonson
7. Dr. Johnson
3. Francis Bacon
8. Charles Lamb
4. Thomas Wyatt
9. William Blake
5. John Webster
10. Conrad
PART – B
II. Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words.
11.Write a note on the contribution made by Chaucer.
12.Discuss the major characteristics of the English sonnet.
13.Consider the impact of Puritanism.
14.Discuss the Periodical essay.
15.Examine briefly Restoration Drama.
16.Consider Tennyson as a major poet.
17.Evaluate the influence of Science Fiction.
18.Highlight the chief elements of American Drama.
(5 × 7 = 35)
PART – C
III. Answer any THREE of the following in about 250 words:
(3 × 15 = 45)
19.Attempt an essay discussing the place of Shakespeare in the English canon.
20.Evaluate the importance of the works of John Milton.
21.Examine the dominant characteristics of the Romantic Movement.
22.Consider Hemingway as one of the most important writers of the 20th
century.
23.A comprehensive knowledge of the history of English Literature enables a
deeper appreciation of literature. Justify this statement.
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