FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2023
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ENGLISH LITERATURE
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS-20
PART-I (MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES
PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
Note: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL Marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one Place instead of at different places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
PART – II
Q. No. 2. Is happiness possible in modern world? Explain in the light of Russell’s The Conquest of Happiness. (20)
Q. No. 3. Explain Jacque Derrida’s Deconstruction theory. Do you agree that Deconstruction is not destruction? (20)
Q. No. 4. What is the title significance of “The Lotus Eater” by Somerset Maugham? (20)
Q. No. 5. Is there a significant relation between language and political thought? Explain rules of writing a good prose in the light of Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”. (20)
Q. No. 6. Discuss emotional conflicts in Paul Morel the protagonist having a stifle connection with a tough mother in D.H. Lawrence “Sons and Lovers”. (20)
Q. No. 7. “It is we”, says Hazlitt, “who are Hamlet”. Illustrate with textual examples Hamlet as a universal character. (20)
Q. No. 8. Marxists and Sociologists believe literature as an expression of society. Explain this statement. Also enlist limitations of Marxist criticism in detail. (20)
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