vnsgu.ac.in B.A English Semester Examination Question Paper : Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

Name of the University : Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
Exam : Semester Examination
Degree : B.A
Year : 2016
Subject : English
Document Type : Sample Question Paper

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B.A English Semester Examination Question Paper :

Answer briefly any four of the following : 8
(1) What do you mean by anthropomorphism’ 2
(2) Why personae are important in poetry?
(3) What do you mean by symbols”?

(4) Which are the functions of Apostrophe”?
(5) What do you mean by denotation’ and connotation”? – Give examples.

2 (a) “Personification, similes and metaphors are special uses of language which constitute figures of speech”- substantiate the statement.
OR
(b) “All Literary language use images to appeal the senses”- Justify the statement.

3 (a) “Hyperbole, understatement and irony are three common kinds of tone in poetry”. Elucidate.
OR
b)
Discuss in detail about Tone’ with reference to Wordsworth’s much praised poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud’.

4 Write short notes on any two of the following :
(1) Apostrophe
(2) Voice and Persona
(3) `Thirst’ – The most sustained symbol in Dalit writing.
(4) Allegory.

Syllabus For B. A. Sem-1 & 2 English :
Sem – 1 :
Paper – 1: Introducing Literary Forms: Poetry.
Paper – 2: Introducing Literary Forms: Drama.

Sem – 2 :
Paper – 3: Introducing Literary Forms: Prose (Non- fiction and Fiction)
Paper – 4: History of the English Language.

SEM-1. Detailed Syllabus :
PAPER: 1 Introducing Literary Forms: Poetry
Unit -ATexts Prescribed:
1. Lights and Delights: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry – Ed.Tengse and others. (Orient Blackswan) (All the eight Poems of Unit – lll)
2. A Companion to Literary Forms: Padmaja Ashok (Orient Blackswan)

Unit – B :
Topics Selected for Long Answer Questions (Text No. 2)
(a)Poetry and Classification of Poetry
(b)Ballad and Various types
(c)Epic – features of an epic – epic conventions – mock epic
(d)Lyric
(e)Ode
(f)Elegy and Pastoral Elegy
(g)Sonnet- Petrarchan and English
(h)Rhyme

Unit – C :
*Figures of Speech(Text No. 2) (for ‘Explain with an example type questions’)
i) Simile ii) Metaphor iii) Personification iv) Onomatopoeia v) Alliteration vi) Apostrophe vii) Hyperbole viii) Oxymoron ix) Allegory x) Euphemism xi) Irony xii) Paradox xiii) Pun

Distribution of Marks for the University Exam :
Q-1. Choose the right answer from the options given below : 10/ 10 10 MARKS
(M C Q type Questions to be asked from the exercises of the prescribed texts – text – 1)
Q-2. Long Answer type questions from Text – 1 (1 out of 2) 13 MARKS
Q-3. Long Answer type questions from Text – 2 (1 out of 2) 13 MARKS
Q-4. Briefly explain with an example any 4 of the following figures of Speech (Maximum 50 words) (4 out of 6) 14 MARKS
** Total 50 MARKS

Paper : 2
Introducing Literary Forms Drama
Unit –A : Texts Prescribed :
1.A Book of Plays(Orient Blackswan)
The following plays are to be studied :
(a) A Marriage Proposal (b) The Rising of the Moon (c) Re union (d) Othello, Act v

2.A Companion to Literary Forms: Padmaja Ashok (Orient Blackswan)
Unit – B :
Topics Selected for Long Answer type Questions : (Text 2: Drama Section)
a) Drama – Tragedy and Comedy.
b) Dramatic Design.
c)Classical Greek Tragedy and its features.
d)The Origin and Growth of Drama in England.
e)Romantic Tragedy and Romantic Comedy.
f)Absurd Drama and its features.
g)Kitchen Sink Drama and its features.
h)One – Act Play and its features.

Unit – C :
Topics Selected for’ Briefly explain with an example type questions ‘(Text – 2)
I) Masque ii)Comedy of Humours iii) Heroic Tragedy iv) Comedy of Manners v) Sentimental Comedy vi) Closet Drama Vii) Farce viii) Melodrama ix) Problem Play x) Epic Theater xi) Theater of Cruelty xii)Expressionist Drama

Distribution of Marks for the University Exam :
Q-1. Identify any five of the following Speeches: (5 out of 7) 10 MARKS
(To be asked from only the exercises of texts prescribed (Text – 1)
Q-2. Long Answer Questions from Text – 1 (1 out of 2) 13 MARKS
Q-3. Long Answer Questions from Text – 2 (1 out of 2) 13 MARKS
Q-4. Briefly explain with examples any two of the following (Maximum 150 words) (From unit c) (2 out of 4) 14 MARKS
** Total 50 MARKS