NWFP, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PESHAWAR
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, 2008
ENGLISH LITERATURE, PAPER-I
Time Allowed: 03 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1 What is meant by Romantic Movement? Write an essay on the general characteristics of Romantic literature.
2 Discuss Nature with reference to the works of Wordsworth and Hardy by pointing out similarities and dissimilarities in their concepts of Nature.
3 “Emotions recollected in tranquility”. Illustrate this view of poetry with reference to some major poetic works of Wordsworth.
4 “The odes of Keats reflect his persistent endeavor for something beautiful and permanent in transient world”. Discuss and illustrate.
5 Write a note on Browning’s handling of Dramatic Monologue.
6 “Dickens seems in so many ways to be very English and indeed very Victorian”. Comment.
7 “George Eliot’s sphere was the inner man; she exposed the internal clockwork”. Discuss The Mill on the Floss in the light of the above statement.