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    This document provides an examination for a British Literature course up to 1900. It covers three sections: 1) History of English Literature - Students must answer 4 out of 5 questions about characteristics of Elizabethan poetry, features of Elizabethan drama, Restoration drama, 18th century prose, or reasons for reading Middle English literature. 2) Authors and Works - Students must answer 4 out of 5 questions about Aphra Behn as a radical writer, Margaret Cavendish as a precursor to feminist writers, themes in Paradise Lost, John Bunyan's contributions and use of allegory, or the message of Pilgrim's Progress. 3) Play - Students must answer 2 out of 3 questions about whether Doctor Faust

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    This document provides an examination for a British Literature course up to 1900. It covers three sections: 1) History of English Literature - Students must answer 4 out of 5 questions about characteristics of Elizabethan poetry, features of Elizabethan drama, Restoration drama, 18th century prose, or reasons for reading Middle English literature. 2) Authors and Works - Students must answer 4 out of 5 questions about Aphra Behn as a radical writer, Margaret Cavendish as a precursor to feminist writers, themes in Paradise Lost, John Bunyan's contributions and use of allegory, or the message of Pilgrim's Progress. 3) Play - Students must answer 2 out of 3 questions about whether Doctor Faust

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    This document provides an examination for a British Literature course up to 1900. It covers three sections: 1) History of English Literature - Students must answer 4 out of 5 questions about characteristics of Elizabethan poetry, features of Elizabethan drama, Restoration drama, 18th century prose, or reasons for reading Middle English literature. 2) Authors and Works - Students must answer 4 out of 5 questions about Aphra Behn as a radical writer, Margaret Cavendish as a precursor to feminist writers, themes in Paradise Lost, John Bunyan's contributions and use of allegory, or the message of Pilgrim's Progress. 3) Play - Students must answer 2 out of 3 questions about whether Doctor Faust

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    lll Semester B.A. e#rRinrtion, March/Aprit 2023
    (Freshers) (NEP) (2022-29 and Onwards)
    OPTIONAL ENGLISH A-2 -
    British Literature Upto 1900
    Time : 2/z Hours Max. Marks: 60

    lnstruction : Answer all the questions.

    SECTION _ A
    (History of English Literature)

    l. Answer any four questions : (5x4=20)


    1) What are the characteristics of Elizabethan poetry ?
    2) Elucidate the main features of Elizabethan drama.

    . 3) Discuss the features of Flestoration drama.


    4) Write a short note on 18th century prose.
    5) Give three reasons as to why read Middle English literature.

    SECTION _ B
    (Authors and Works)

    ll. Answer any four questions : (5x4=20)


    1) Discuss Aphra Behn as a radical writer with reference to her works.
    2) Comment on rr,rargl'ret Cavendish as a precursor for more explicit feminist
    writers with reference to her works._
    3) ls Paradise Lost only a bleak and tragic story ? why or why not ?
    4) comment on John Bunyan's contribution,to literary history and usage
    of
    allegory as a figurative tool.
    5) what is the message of pitgrim's progres.s by John Bunyan ?

    P.T.O.
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    SECTION _ C
    (Play)

    lll. Answer any two questions : (Sx2=10)


    1) Do you think Doctor Faustus is a tragedy ? Explain.
    2) What are the main conditions of the bond in the play ?
    3) What is the main theme of the play ?

    lV. Answer any two questions. (Poetry and Essays) (5x2=10)


    1) What is the central idea of the poem On His Btindness?
    2) What does'apple'signify in the poem A Poison Tree ? Explain with Biblical
    reference.
    3) What is the theme,of the essay'The Man in Black' ?

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