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5055
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2011
( ENGLISH )
( SECOND YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - V )

660. HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

( Including Lateral Entry )
December ]

[ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum :

100 Marks

Answer any FIVE of the following without

omitting any group:
(520=100)
GROUP - A
1.

Comment on the poetry of the Elizabethan

Age.

2.

The Contribution of Metaphysical Poets.

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3.

4.

Bring out the significance of the Restoration

Drama.
Bring out the importance of the Age of
Dr. Johnson.
GROUP - B

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GROUP - D
13. The impact of science fiction on English
life.
14. Trace the growth and development of the
short story.

5.

Consider Goldsmith and Sheridan as

playwrights.

15. Mention some of the major prose writers

of the Modern Period.

6.

Explain the imaginative prose of Charles

Lamb.

16. T h e e m e r g e n c e o f N e w C r i t i c i s m . Explain.

7.

Contribution of the women writers in the

Victorian Age. - Discuss.

8.

Comment on the virtuoso genius of

Matthew Arnold.
GROUP - C

9.

Examine the poetry of the modernists.

10. Comment on the revival of the drama in

the 20 th Century.
11. The role of poetic drama in the Modern
Age.
12. Write a note on the psychological novel.