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M.A. English (Semester-I)- 2024-25
Course Title: Poetry Paper Code- MEG-101
Session: 2024-25 Max. Marks: 25
NOTE: Attempt all the five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1- How does Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales observe the social distinction of 14th Century
England? Discuss with reference to any of the two tales from the text.
2- Prologue to Canterbury Tales is a social satire. Discuss.
3- Critically discuss the themes of Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare.
4- Critically discuss the speech by Satan in Paradise Lost Book 1.
5- What is the dissimilarity between ‘first generation romantics and second generation
romantics? Discuss any two romantics from both the periods.
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M.A. English (Semester-I)- 2024-25
Course Title: Drama Paper Code- MEG-102
Session: 2024-25 Max. Marks: 25
NOTE: Attempt all the five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Trace the history of dramaturgy in British English drama from Elizabethan to Restoration
period.
2. Conduct a comparative study of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra and Dryden’s All
for Love.
3. Where is the act of kindness in A Woman killed With Kindness? Discuss.
4. Discuss the socio-political background of England when Beaumont and Fletcher wrote
their co-authored play Pilaster or Love lies Bleeding.
5. Discuss the major genres of British Drama during Restoration period.
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M.A. English (Semester-I)- 2024-25
Course Title: 19th Century American Literature Paper Code- MEG-103
Session: 2024-25 Max. Marks: 25
NOTE: Attempt all the five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1- How does Sojourner Truth’s speech “Ain't I a Woman?” advocate the idea of equality and
individual liberty? Discuss
2- What connections do you see between Thoreau's views and Gandhi's in the excerpt "on civil
disobedience?"
3- Discuss “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd” as a meditation on the theme of
death.
4- Discuss the conflict between the Puritan law and the laws of nature or human law.
5- Comment on the title of the poem “hope is the Thing With Feathers”
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M.A. English (Semester-I)- 2024-25
Course Title: Indian Writing in English Paper Code- MEG-104
Session: 2024-25 Max. Marks: 25
NOTE: Attempt all the five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Explore the concept of Gandhian ideology in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura.
2. Comment on the poetic technique and language of Nissim Ezekiel as reflected through his
poems (focus on the prescribed poems).
3. Discuss the significance of the title of the poem “The House with a Thousand Doors” by
Meena Alexander.
4. Discuss the prejudices of Indian Hindus and Muslims for each other as pointed out by
Mahesh Dattani in his play Final Solutions.
5. What is the major Idea of the essay “Some Thoughts on the Puzzle of Identity”.
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M.A. English (Semester-I)- 2024-25
Course Title: Popular Fiction Paper Code- MEG-105
Session: 2024-25 Max. Marks: 25
NOTE: Attempt all the five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1- Describe the historical overview and development of ’popular fiction’ as a genre.
2- Write a critical essay on Harry Potter as a global success.
3- Describe the historical development of Children’s Literature as genre.
4- Critically discuss Jerry Palmer’s essay “Thrillers” prescribed in your syllabus.
5- What are the literary formulas as discussed by John Cawelti.
