English Literature KP PMS Paper I 2018

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ENGLISH LITERATURE, PAPER I

TIME ALLOWED:. 3 HOURS MARKS: 100

Note: i. Attempt ONLY 5 questions.

ii. Marks will be deducted for incorrect use of the English language. Extra attempt of any
question will not be considered.

iii. Candidate must draw two straight lines ( ======== ) end of each answer to separate the questions.

Q. No. 1 How far, in your opinion, is the poetry of Blake influenced by occult traditions in European thought ? (20 Marks)

Q. No. 2 Poetry for Wordsworth was the record of a state of mind and the value of poetry for him lay in the value of the state of mind. Comment. (20 Marks)

Q. No. 3 What was Ruskin’s attitude towards Victorian society? flow far do you agree that the Gothic gave free play to the individual workman? (20 Marks)

Q. No. 4 Give examples from the poems of Tennyson of how he uses natural images to achieve a dream landscape. (20 Marks)

Q. No. 5 Give your opinion of the character of Angel Clare in Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles. (20 Marks)

Q. No. 6 The vividness of The personality caught unawares in Browning’s dramatic monologues is what makes them so effective. Explain this statement using examples from his monologues. (20 Marks)

Q. No. 7 Write notes on any two of the following: (20 Marks)
(a) Symbolism in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (b) Hardy as a poet (c) Sentimentality in the novels of Dickens (d) The vein of grimness in Shelley’s poetry