SINDH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, HYDERABAD.
Combined Competitive Examination, 2021
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Friday the 25th February, 2022.
Time: 02:30 pm to 05: 30 pm Maximum marks. 100
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Note: Attempt any Five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
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Question No.
01 (A) Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” is one of the most important statements of transcendentalist beliefs and how they apply to everyday life. Elaborate.
(B) Write an analysis of George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”.
02 Mention, in detail, the impact of Renaissance on the development of English Literature.
03 Write a critical account on story, plot and characterization of “Long Day’s journey into Night” by Eugene O’ Neil.
04 Write a note on dramatic excellence of William Shakespeare with special regard to his famous tragedies.
05 “20th century novel is a vast canvas to draw the issues of the contemporary life with different colours”. Elaborate.
06 T.S. Eliot’s „The Waste Land‟ is a glaring example of modern man’s hollowness in many walks of life such as religion, morals, physical, ethics, character and artificial life. Discuss.
07 “Under the Net” by Iris Murdrich is the most Light-hearted London Picaresque, largely a series of comic set-pieces loosely structured novel. Elucidate.
08 Write notes on any Three of the following literary theories:
(i) Feminism (ii) Psychoanalysis. (iii) Structuralism. (iv) Marxism. (v) Postcolonialism.
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