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BANKURA UNIVERSITY
B.A. 4th Semester (Major) Examination, 2026
ENGLISH
Course Code: A/ENG-402/MJC-6 | Course ID: 40312
British Romantic Literature
(NEP) — MODEL SET IV
| Time: 2 Hours | Full Marks: 40 |
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Answer all the questions.
Answer all the questions.
1. Answer any one of the following questions:
(1 × 10 = 10)
- Critically analyze the structural evolution and symbolic parameters of Blake's representation of childhood in his 'Chimney Sweeper' texts.
- Explore the nature of constant devotion versus shifting worldly configurations in John Keats's sonnet 'Bright Star'.
2. Answer any one of the following questions:
(1 × 10 = 10)
- Examine the structural interface between memory, nostalgic recall, and contemporary economic positioning in Charles Lamb's essay 'Old China'.
- How does Thomas Love Peacock address the conflict between systemic misanthropy and romantic sentimentality within the thematic design of Nightmare Abbey?
3. Write short notes on any two of the following:
(2 × 5 = 10)
- The conceptual parameters of "Terror vs. Horror" in Gothic fiction design.
- The dynamic influence of early nineteenth-century political shifts on the second-generation Romantics.
- The generic evolution of the conversational style within the nineteenth-century prose essay.
- The treatment of class mobility and individual autonomy in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
4. Answer any five of the following questions:
(5 × 2 = 10)
- What explicit psychological condition triggers Tom Dacre's immediate transformation inside his dream sequence?
- Identify the precise philosophical definition Wordsworth introduces regarding the conceptual status of the child as a "Mighty Prophet".
- What precise anatomical anomalies define Geraldine's physical presence during the chamber disclosure scene in 'Christabel'?
- Identify the nature of the specific auditory phenomenon that breaks Bonnivard's absolute stupor in 'The Prisoner of Chillon'.
- What specific meteorological shift prompts the transformation of the clouds into "angels of rain and lightning" in Shelley's 'Ode to the West Wind'?
- Explain the conceptual function of the "Moving waters at their priestlike task" metaphor in Keats's 'Bright Star'.
- What explicit thematic reality is described through the phrase "Thou silent form, dost tease us out of thought / As doth eternity"?
- Which real-world historic philosopher is directly targeted through the character setup of Mr. Flosky in Nightmare Abbey?
- What explicit detail regarding the narrative transition defines the ultimate departure of the apparitions in Lamb's 'Dream Children'?
- Identify the primary domestic item whose artistic depictions prompt the initial aesthetic conversation in Lamb's 'Old China'.
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