IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR M.A.

ENGLISH PART II ANNUAL EXAMINATION 2020

Paper 1 – POETRY

Section A

1. S.T. COLERIDGE

1. Coleridge as a poet of supernatural

2. Coleridge as a romantic poet
3. Coleridge as a poet of nature & beauty
4. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
5. Coleridge's Poems Summary and Complete Analysis of "Kubla Khan" (1798) / an
introduction to 'Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream'
6. Dejection an Ode

2. JOHN KEATS

A. Questions on Keats’ Odes

1. Keats as an escapist / escapism

2. Keats as a Romantic Poet (poet of beauty, of nature)
3. Negative capability of Keats
4. Ode to Nightingale (development of thought, unity in Keats’ odes)
5. Summary and complete critical analysis of Ode on a Grecian Urn
6. Compare & Contrast any two poems or Comparison of Ode to a Nightingale and Ode
on a Grecian Urn
 B. Questions on “Hyperion”
1. Hyperion: A Fragment
2. Hyperion: Critique and Analysis/ Major Themes/ Human Sufferings in Hyperion/
“the agonies, the strife of human hearts.” in Hyperion
3. Symbolism in “Hyperion”
4. “Hyperion” as an Epic poem or Hyperion”, An Epic of Beauty’s Triumph

3. WILLIAM BLAKE

1. Use of symbolism / Symbolism in Blake's Poetry

2. Auguries of innocence / William Blake: From - Auguries of Innocence Context
3. Comparison & Contrast of the poems of “The Song of Innocence” & “The Song of
Experience”
4. Transition Innocence to Experience?
5. Comparison & Contrast of the poems of “Holy Thursday I” & “Holy Thursday II”
6. London
7. The Sick Rose
Section B

4. PHILIP LARKIN

1. Larkin as a poet of realism

2. Larkin’s attitude towards modernism
3. Themes of Larkin’s poetry
4. Church Going
5. Mr. Bleaney
6. Ambulance

5. SEAMUS HEANEY

1. Themes Of the Below Poems

2. A Constable Cells
3. The Toomed Road
4. The Tollund Man
5. Personal Helicon
6. Casting and Gathering
7. Compare & Contrast any two poems

6. TED HUGHES

1. Animal imagery in his poems

2. Complete Critical appreciation of That Morning
3. The Thought Fox
4. Full Moon and Little Frieda
5. Chaucer

Paper 2 – DRAMA

1. HENRIK IBSEN – “Hedda Gabler”

1. “Hedda Gabler” as a tragic play / as a tragedy

2. Psychological problems of Hedda Gabler / Character sketch of “Hedda Gabler”
3. Character of Loevborg
4. Hedda’s suicide

2. BECKETT – “Waiting for Godot”

1. Beckett as a dramatist
2. “Waiting for Godot” a play about absurd
 3. Human relationships in the play
4. “Waiting for Godot” as an existentialist play / Existentialism in W-F-G
5. Different themes in the play
6. “Waiting for Godot” as a tragi-comedy
7. Structure of the play

3. ANTON CHEKOV – “The Cherry Orchard”

1. Symbolism in “The Cherry Orchard”

2. “The Cherry Orchard” as a tragic comedy play
3. Characters of Lyubov, Lopakhin and Trophimov
4. “The Cherry Orchard” as a social or political play

4. EDWARD BOND – “The Sea”

1. Edward Bond as a dramatist

2. Title of the play
3. Symbolism in “The Sea”
4. Theme of individual and society
5. Character sketches of main characters (Mrs. Rafi, Mr. Hatch)
6. “The Sea” as a tragic-comedy / as a social Comedy / black humour

Paper 3 – NOVEL

1. JOSEPH CONRAD – “Heart of Darkness”

1. Symbolism in “Heart of Darkness”

2. Character sketch of Mr. Kurtz
3. Character sketch of Marlow
4. Marlow as detective of Human soul
5. Conrad’s style and technique
6. Themes
7. “Heart of Darkness” as a political allegory / Criticism of Imperialism
8. Comparison between “Heart of Darkness” and “Things Fall Apart”

2. ACHEBE – “Things Fall Apart”

1. Significance of the Title / Impact of British arrival on Igbo Culture

2. Okonkwo as tragic hero
3. “Things Fall Apart” as a tragic play
4. “Things Fall Apart” as a Post-colonial novel / Criticism of Imperialism
5. Achebe’s treatment of women / female characters
6. Comparison between “Heart of Darkness” and “Things Fall Apart”
 7. Themes

3. AHMAD ALI – “Twilight in Delhi”

1. Significance of the title “Twilight in Delhi”

2. Impact of British imperialism on Muslim Culture of Delhi / Fall of Muslim culture
in India
3. Themes
4. Ahmad Ali as a novelist
5. Symbolism

4. JAMES JOYCE – “Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man”

1. James Joyce’s style & technique (stream of consciousness, myth, irony, pun, poetic
diction etc.)
2. Character sketch of Stephen Daedalus
3. James Joyce’s aesthetic theory of art

5. VIRGINIA WOOLF – “To the Light House”

1. How has Virginia Woolf used stream of consciousness technique? Or Technique of Virginia
Woolf
2. Symbolism in “To the Light House”
3. Compare & contrast the characters of Mr. & Mrs. Ramsay
4. Virginia Woolf as a novelist
5. Character study of Lime Brisko & symbolic importance of her paintings
6. Structure of “To the Light House”

Paper 4 – LITERARY CRITICISM

1. ARISTOTLE – “The Poetics”

1. Aristotle’s theory of imitation / Aristotle’s Concept of Imitation

2. Catharsis
3. Tragedy
4. Plot-Character relationship
5. Ideal Tragic hero
6. Importance of the Plot of Tragedy

2. PHILIP SIDNEY – “An Apology for Poetry”

1. The objections or charges against poetry / Sydney’s Defense of Poetry

2. Sidney’s theory of poetry / his views on poetry and drama
3. Contribution of Sidney as a critic / Criticism
4. Superiority of poetry over philosophy and history
3. T.S. ELIOT– “The Critic (Tradition and Individual Talent)”

1. Eliot’s concept of tradition / Tradition and Individual Talent

2. Theory of impersonality in poetry
3. T.S. Eliot as a critic
4. Eliot’s views on metaphysical poets

4. RAYMOND WILLIAMS – “Modern Tragedy”

1. Tragedy & Tradition

2. Tragedy and contemporary ideas
3. Rejection of tragedy
4. Tragic views of various critics as Hegel and Nietzsche
5. Raymond William as a critic

Paper 5(Optional) - LINGUISTICS

1. Language

1. Language and its Characteristics

2. Human Language and Animal Communication
3. Language and Speech
4. Language and Culture
5. Causes of Language Change
6. Descriptive and Prescriptive Approach to the Investigation of Language
7. One question is about notes for example “Write notes on TWO of the
following:”
8. Language Acquisition / b. Pidgin and Creole Languages / c. Language and
Culture / d. Multilingualism

2. Linguistics

1. Linguistics and its Levels

2. Branches of Linguistics and Their Scope
3. Features of Linguistics
4. Growth and Development of Historical Linguistics
5. Sociolinguistics and its Significance
6. Significance of Psycholinguistics
7. Contribution of Ferdinand de Saussure
8. One question is about notes for example “Write notes on TWO of the following:”

a. Comparative Linguistics / b. Historical Linguistics

3. Phonetics and Morphology

1. Phonetics and its Main Branches

2. Places and Manners of Articulation (Consonant and Vowel)
3. Complete Consonant’s assignment with examples
4. Complete Vowel’s assignment with examples
5. Transcription of some words or phrases with Examples
6. Complete assignment on Morphology / Morphological analysis
7. One question is about notes for example “Write notes on TWO of the following:”

a. Auditory and Articulatory Phonetics / b. Places of Articulation with examples

/ c. Manners of Articulation with examples / d. RP Consonants / e. Plosives and
Fricatives / f. Semi Vowels / g. Short Vowels / h. Long Vowels / i. Voicing / j. Primary
stress(less important) / k. Morphology (most important) / l. Inflectional and
Derivational Morphology.

4. Syntax and Grammar

1. I.C. Analysis and its Major Flaws

2. Phrase Structure Grammar
3. Tree Diagram Giving P-Markers with Examples
4. Complete assignment on Structuralism
5. Complete assignment on Bilingualism (most important)
6. Grammatical Units
7. One question is about notes for example “Write notes on TWO of the
following:”
a. Syntax / b. Why study Grammar? / c. Phrase
Structure Grammar / d. TG Grammar / e. Generative Grammar
/ f. Generativism / g. Structuralism / h. Functionalism
/ i. Bilingualism

5. Semantics And Stylistics

1. Semantics and Some Types of Meaning

2. Lexical Semantics (sense relation)
3. Structural Semantics(less important)
4. Major Semantic Theories
5. Semantic Field Theory