MJC 1 Question Paper 2025 English Hons Bankura University, Major 1 English Hons Question Paper 2025

B.A. 1st Semester (Major) Examination, 2025

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Course ID: 10311
Course Code: A/ENG/101/MJC-1
Introduction to Literary Studies [NEP]

Time: 2 Hours Full Marks: 40

The figures in the margin indicate full marks. Answer all the questions.

(1×10=10) 1.

a) What is the difference between a simile and metaphor? Examine the use of metaphors in Jayanta Mahapatra's 'Grass'?

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b) Mention the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet and point out the rhyme scheme deviation in 'Sonnet 29'. How does Shakespeare address the themes of self-worth and love in 'Sonnet 29'?

(1×10=10) 2.

a) What do you understand by the term 'point of view' in the context of fiction? Discuss the different points of view that are central to the theme of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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b) What is 'Bildungsroman'? Consider Ruskin Bond's The Room on the Roof as a 'Bildungsroman'.

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c) What is the significance of the ending in a short story? Comment on the development of the character of the boy narrator with regard to the ending of the story.

(1×10=10) 3.

a) What is dramatic irony? Illustrate the notion of dramatic irony with reference to J. M. Synge's Riders to the Sea.

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b) What is a historical play? Comment on Karnad's evocation of historical events to address the themes of power, ambitions, and disillusionment in Tughlaq.

(5×2=10) 4. Answer any five of the following questions:

a) What are the two major events that happened to Frankenstein when he was seventeen?
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Why is Rusty unhappy with his guardian Mr. Harrison?

b) What do you understand by the three unities in the plot construction of a play?

c) What is Hellenism? Give an example from John Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale".

d) Illustrate an allegory by citing any one example from 'The Last Leaf' or 'The Hunt'.

e) Briefly comment on any one metaphysical conceit in John Donne's 'The Ecstasie'.

f) What, according to Mario Klarer, are four sequential levels of an ideal traditional plot in a fiction?

g) What is "dramatic monologue"?

h) Define one-act play with example.

i) "I want to see the last one fall before night" — Who is the speaker? Why does the speaker comment thus?

j) How do Cathleen and Nora get convinced about Michael's death?
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Why did the Sultan want to shift his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?