English Literature CSS Paper I 2014

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2014
ENGLISH LITERATURE, PAPER-I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES
PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
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 by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION. 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) Candidate must 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 attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
SECTION-A
Q. No. 2. ‘Keats’ dictum ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty – that is all’ is not a philosophy but a mystic experience through the senses. Discuss. (20)
Q. No. 3. Shelley piles images on images in his poems which appears to be a flaw rather than strength as it mars the thought and feelings Shelley intends to express. Do you agree? Substantiate your answer referring to the poems you have read. (20)
Q. No. 4. Discuss the characteristics of the ‘Essay’ as a form of literature. Refer to some major English Essayists in support of your answer. (20)
Q. No. 5. How does Coleridge exemplify ‘Willing Suspension of disbelief’ in his poetry? Illustrate quoting from his poems. (20)
SECTION-B
Q. No. 6. “No writer better represents the new character of the Victorian age in its contrast with the romantic period than Matthew Arnold”. Illustrate from Arnold’s’ poetry. (20)
Q. No. 7. Explain the terms Fatalism and Pessimism and decide whether Hardy is a fatalist or a Pessimist. Substantiate your answer with reference to his novels. (20)
Q. No. 8. Do you agree with Ruskin that a machine Civilization degrades the nature of man? Support your view referring to his lectures. (20)