1st Semester English MJC 1 Question Paper 2023-2024 ,Bankura University ,B.A. 1st Semester (Major) Examination, 2023-2024

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B.A. 1st Semester Examination, 2023-24

ENGLISH

Course ID: 10311 | Course Code: A/ENG/101/MJC-1

Introduction to Literary Studies [NEP-MAJOR]

Time: 2 Hours Full Marks: 40

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

1. Poetry

(1 × 10 = 10)

a) According to Mario Klarer, lyric poetry is "mainly concerned with one event, impression, or idea". Discuss John Donne's 'Ecstasie' in the light of this observation.

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b) What, according to Mario Klarer, are the functions of imagery? Analyse Keats' use of imagery in 'Ode to a Nightingale' with reference to Klarer.

2. Fiction

(1 × 10 = 10)

a) Distinguish briefly between a flat character and a round character. Would you consider Rusty in Ruskin Bond's The Room on the Roof a flat or a round character? Answer with reference to the text.

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b) Define the Gothic novel and explore the Gothic elements in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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c) What are the distinctive features of a short story? Discuss critically at least two of these features with reference to Mahasweta Devi's 'The Hunt'.

3. Drama

(1 × 10 = 10)

a) Mention any two functions of the chorus in a drama. Critically consider how J. M. Synge has used two of his characters in Riders to the Sea to serve choric functions.

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b) What is an allegory? Discuss Girish Karnad's Tughlaq as a political allegory.

4. Short Answer Questions

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

  • a) Define "eye rhymes".
  • b) Name and briefly comment on any one figure of speech used in Shakespeare's 'Sonnet No. 29'.
  • c) "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains/My sense" - Why does the speaker's heart ache?
  • d) Comment briefly on Fielding's definition of the novel as "a newspaper of many volumes".
  • e) On what condition did Kishen accept Rusty as his teacher?
  • OR Why does Frankenstein destroy the Monster's female companion?
  • f) What is a Bildungsroman? Give an example.
  • g) Who were Sue and Johnsy? How did they get acquainted?
  • h) What does Mario Klarer mean by "external method" and "internal method" in modern acting?
  • i) "It's that number is in it" - Name the speaker. What number is referred to here?
  • OR Why does Aziz present himself in the guise of Vishnu Prasad?
  • j) How is the cottage kitchen of Maurya described at the beginning of Riders to the Sea?
  • OR What is the rumour about the Sultan in Girish Karnad's Tughlaq?
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