English Literature Punjab PMS Paper I 2023

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC.-2023
CASE NO. 1C2024
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LITERATURE (PAPER-I)
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 FIVE Questions in all.
Q.No.1 In what ways “Oedipus Rex” explore the theme of Fate versus Free Will? (20 Marks)
Q.No.2 In what ways does “Look Back in Anger” reflect the cultural and social context of 1950s Britain? (20 Marks)
Q.No.3 Keeping in view the dramatic importance of phonetics, how is phonetics related to manners in all of the acts of “Pygmalion”? (20 Marks)
Q.No.4 Critically analyze that “The real theme of The Tempest is the birth of a brave new world”. (20 Marks)
Q.No.5 Analyze the use of metaphor in “Sonnet 30”. How it reflects the speaker’s feeling about love and loss? (20 Marks)
Q.No.6 Bring out Wordsworth’s concepts of memory and childhood, with a special reference to “Ode to Immortality”. (20 Marks)
Q.No.7 Give critical appreciation of the poem “The Water Carrier” by especially focusing on its stylistic features. (20 Marks)
Q.No.8 In “Pakistan Movement” the poet uses images from Collective Unconscious in order to reconstruct the past history of the partition. Do you agree? (20 Marks)
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