MEG - 01

BRITISH POETRY
ASSIGNMENT 2021 - 2022
(Based on Blocks (1 10)

MEG 01/TMA 01/ 2021-22

Max. Marks: 100

Answer all questions.

1. Explain with critical comments any two of the following passages with reference to
their contexts: 10+10

(a) Where was heard the mingled measure

From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!

(b) We sat grown quiet at the name of love; We saw the last embers of daylight die,
And in the trembling blue-green of the sky, A moon, worn as if it had been a shell
Washed by time's waters as they rose and fell, About the stars and broke in days and
years.

(c) Weep no more, woful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead,
Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed,
And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams and with new spangled
ore,
Flames in the forehead of the morning sky: So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high,
Through the dear might of him that walk'd the waves.

(d) When the stars threw down their spears,

And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

2. Write a critical note on Chancer's art of portraiture in The General Prologue. 20

3. Consider Herbert as a religious poet. 20

4. Comment on the opposition of art and life and youth and old age in 'Sailing to
Byzantium'. 20

5. Comment on the themes of death and suicide in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. 20

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MEG - 03
BRITISH NOVEL
ASSIGNMENT 2021 - 2022
(Based on Blocks (1 - 9)

MEG 03/ TMA 01/ 2021 -22

Max. Marks: 100

Answer all questions.

1. Comment on the significance of the Man of the Hill episode in the novel Tom Jones.
20

2. Comment on the use of wit and irony in the novel Pride and Prejudice. 20

3. Do you think the title of Dickens Great Expectations is appropriate? Give reasons for
your answer. 20

4. What role do Aziz, Fielding and Godbole play in A Passage to India? 20

5. Bring out the differences between the major characters in The prime of Miss Jean
Brodie. 20

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 MEG-04
ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE
ASSIGNMENT 2021-22
Based on Blocks (1-9)

Course Code: MEG-04/ 2021-22

Max. Marks: 100

Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Write short notes on the following: (4 x 5=20)

i Langue and parole
ii Types of Negation and its interaction with Scope
iii Code mixing vs code switching
iv Generative grammar

2. Languages enrich and evolve through borrowings. Discuss the various borrowings in
English language by giving examples. 20

3. How is inflectional morphology different from derivational morphology? Discuss by

giving examples. 20

4. Discuss case, thematic roles and theta theory by citing relevant examples? 20

5. Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences: (2 x10=20)

1. A consonant during the articulation of which the vocal cords vibrate is called a
________________ consonant.
2. A consonant during the articulation of which there is no velic opening or the oral
cavity is closed then it is called a ____________________ consonant.
3. The difference between a plosive and an affricate is that during the articulation of
plosives the release of air is __________________ and during the articulation of
affricates the release is __________________.
4. Allophones are __________________of the same __________________.
5. Vowels are more _________________ than consonants. There is little or no
__________________in the production of vowels.
6. ________________ is a sound which is present in your mother tongue but not in
English. (use IPA to indicate the sound)
7. __________ is a voiceless bilabial plosive and ___________ is a voiced alveolar
lateral phoneme in English. (use IPA to indicate the phoneme)

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8. A speech sound which patterns like a consonant but is phonetically a brief vowel
such as /w/ in win is called a _____________.
9. Fricatives are produced by a ________________ in the vocal tract so as to
______________.
10. The _______________ vowels serve as points of reference for identifying real
vowels in actual languages.

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