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Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Session 2016-2017
M.A. (Previous)
ENGLISH
ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN PROSE, POETRY AND DRAMA
(ENM-401)
ASSIGNMENT
Maximum Marks: 25
a) Attempt any two questions.

1. Discuss the themes of Ben Jonson‟s „The Alchemist‟.

2. Critically examine John Bunyan‟s „The pilgrim‟s Progress‟ as an allegory.
3. Discuss the theme of any two of Bacon‟s prescribed essays.
4. Discuss Love, according to Burton, love can be a cause of melancholy.

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Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Session 2016-2017
M.A. (Previous)
ENGLISH
SHAKESPEARE
(ENM-402)
ASSIGNMENT
Maximum Marks: 25
a) Attempt any two questions.

1. Critically analyse the impact of Renaissance on the literature of Shakespearean Age?

2. Give a character sketch of Olivia in the light of the major themes of the play “Twelfth
Night”.
3. What is a Sonnet? Illustrate with examples the difference between Shakespearean and
other kinds of Sonnets.
4. Discuss Samuel Colendjes criticism of Shakespeare.

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Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Session 2016-2017
M.A. (Previous)
ENGLISH
RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE
(ENM-403)
ASSIGNMENT
Maximum Marks: 25
a) Attempt any two questions.

1. How does Pope characterize Belinda in his poem “The Rape of the Lock”.
2. Examine the Subject- Matter of Steele‟s essay “The Coverley Household.”
3. Consider Swift‟s “Gulliver‟s Travels” as an example of Social Satire.
4. Write a critical review of Congreve‟s “The Way of the World”.

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Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Session 2016-2017
M.A. (Previous)
ENGLISH
LITERATURE OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
(ENM-404)
ASSIGNMENT
Maximum Marks: 25
a) Attempt any two questions.

1. How does Byron exercise the women‟s beauty in the poem “She walks in Beauty”. Also
highlight the main symbols in this poem.
2. Write a note on Jane Austen‟s use of irony and humour to satirize the upper-class in the
novel, “Persuasion” .
3. In what way “The Good Natured Man” is different from the 18th century sentimental
comedy?
4. Briefly discuss the salient characteristics of Hazlitt as an essayist.

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Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Session 2016-2017
M.A. (Previous)
ENGLISH
VICTORIAN LITERATURE
(ENM-405)
ASSIGNMENT
Maximum Marks: 25
a) Attempt any two questions.

1. Critically appreciate Mathew Arnold‟s “Doves Beach” as a typical work of the Victorian
Age.
2. The poems “A Garden by The Sea” and “Flora” display William Morris fascination for
natural beauty. Discuss.
3. What is the relevance or importance of the title of the play “A Doll‟s House”?
4. Compare Silas Marner‟s love for his money to his religious faith.

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