College : Karnataka State Open University
Degree : M.A
Department : English
Year : I
Subject : MAEN14 Nineteenth Century Literature
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Nineteenth Century Literature Question Paper :
(I YEAR ) (M.A_ENGLISH)
MAEN14
TIME : 03 HOURS
MAX.MARKS : 90
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Note :
i) Answer five questions without omitting any section.
ii) Do not answer more than two questions from any Sections.
iii) All questions carry equal marks.
1. Answer any Two questions on each of the course/ paper for 20 marks
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Karnataka State Open University
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GROUP A :
GROUP A
Q.1 a) Discuss The prelude Book – I as a spiritual autobiography. OR
b) Do you agree that “Tintern Abbey” is a characteristic poem of Wordsworth? Substantiate. (15)
Q.2 Comment on the treatment of the supernatural in “The Ancient Mariner”. (15)
Q.3 From the poems you have studied, what impression have you formed of Blake as a poet? (15)
Q.4 How is the contrast between life and art developed in the “Ode on a Grecian Urn”? (15)
Q.5 Trace the sequence of thought in “Ode to the West Wind”. (15)
Q.6 Estimate the greatness of Browning as a post based on your reading of any two poems prescribed for your study. (15)
Q.7 Comment on the theme and form of “Ulysses”. (15)
GROUP B :
Q.8 a) Discuss the rich variety of women characters in Emma.
OR
b) Discuss Emma – Knightley relationship. (10)
Q.9 a) Examine Dickens’ humour and pathos in Great Expectations.
OR
b) Comment on Pip’s boyhood experiences in Great Expectations. (10)
Q.10 a) “Egdon Heath is a character in its own right” Comment.
OR
b) Comment on the appropriateness of the title The Return of the
Native. (10)
Q.11 a) Sketch the character of Heathcliff.
OR
b) Critically the examine the love-hate relationship in Wuthering
Heights. (10)
GROUP C :
Q.12 a) Evaluate Arnold’s understanding of culture.
OR
b) “Culture and Anarchy diagnoses the ills of Arnold’s society and offers remedies”. Discuss. (05)
Q.13 Why Mill’s Autobiography is called “one of the vital documents for the study of the nineteenth century”? (05)
Q.14 Critically assess either Lamb’s Hazhitt’s contribution to English essay. (05)
MEN- 14: Nineteenth Century Literature
BLOCK 1:
Unit 1: The Romantic Movement
** Objectives
** Introduction
** Background (check –up questions)
** Influences (check –up questions)
** History & evolution
** Lyrical ballads & the preface
** Conclusion
** Revision
Unit 2: Background: The Romantic Age
** Objectives
** Introduction
** Imagination, Myth & symbol
** Poetic diction & literacy criticism
** The Lyric
** The decline of drama & the rise of the historical novel
** The long poem ,the idea & achievement
** Summing up & conclusion
** Revision questions
** References
Unit 3: The Victorian Age
** Objectives
** Introduction to the Victorian age
** The growth of democracy
** The trade union movement
** Expansion of education & the Diffusion of knowledge
** Growth of science & technology
** Alfred Tennyson
** Robert Browning
** Matthew Arnold
** Pre- Raphaelites
** Elizabeth Barrett Self check exercises
** Summing up
** Answers to self check exercises
** Questions for self study
Unit 4: The Victorian Age
** Objectives
** The oxford movement & cardinal Newman
** Macaulay
** J.S. Mill & Carlyle
** Ruskin
** Fiction Writers: William Makepeace Thackeray
** Charles Dickens
** Mary Ann Evans, George Eliot
** The Bronte Sisters
** Meredith
** Stevenson
** Reade, Trollope, Lytton, Kingsley, Mrs. Gaskell & Blackmore
** Thomas Hardy
** Drama Self check exercises
** Summing up
** Answers to Self check exercises
** For further reading
** Questions for self study
Unit 5: William Blake: The Tiger
** Objectives
** Introduction
** Text of the poem
** Analysis of the poem
** Check your progress
** A critical study
** Glossary
** Self assessment questions
** Let us sum up
Unit 6: William Blake: The Sick Rose And Ah! Sun Flower
** Objectives
** Introduction
** Comprehensive Analysis
** Check Your Progress
** Analysis-11
** Extra Reading Material
50
** Self Assessment Questions