PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC.-2021
CASE NO. 3C2022
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LITERATURE (PAPER-II)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:
i. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
ii. Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
iii. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
iv. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
NOTE: Attempt any FIVE Questions in all.
Q.No.1 How does Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird critique the racial discrimination in America? (20 Marks)
Q. No.2 Elaborate Aristotle’s concept of a tragic hero. (20 Marks)
Q. No.3 Analyze the salient features of Sidhwa’s narrative technique in The Ice Candy Man. (20 Marks)
Q. No.4 Jane Austen is often called a “novelist of limited scope.” Substantiate this view especially in the light of her novel Pride and Prejudice. (20 Marks)
Q. No.5 Does Things Fall Apart present a one dimensional view of white people or a holistic and an accurate one? (20 Marks)
Q. No.6 Dale Spender advocates a radical view of language as embodying structures that sustain male power. Elaborate with reference to Man Made Language. (20 Marks)
Q. No.7 The Pilgrimage chronicles Coelho’s spiritual journey. So would it be considered a work of fiction or nonfiction (autobiography)? (20 Marks)
Q. No.8 According to Frantz Fanon, what is the effect of colonialism on a native culture? Are his views on nationalism and internationalism similar to those of Edward Said? (20 Marks)
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