MJC-7 Model Question Paper 2026 Bankura University B.A. 4th Semester English Hons Major : Set 1

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BANKURA UNIVERSITY

B.A. 4th Semester (Major) Examination, 2026

ENGLISH

Course Code: A/ENG-403/MJC-7 • Course ID: 40313

British Literature: 19th Century (NEP)

Time: 2 Hours Full Marks: 40
The figures in the margin indicate full marks. Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.
1. Answer any one of the following questions from Unit I: (1 × 10 = 10)
  1. Analyze how Jane Austen utilizes the themes of social class, snobbery, and matrimonial matchmaking to drive the narrative arc in Emma.
  2. Critically examine the character of Mr. Knightley as a moral compass and a corrective force in Jane Austen's novel Emma.
  3. Discuss Charles Dickens's representation of the French Revolution in A Tale of Two Cities. Does he lean toward sympathy or condemnation?
  4. Evaluate the thematic function and architectural symbolism of the dual settings—London and Paris—in Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities.
2. Answer any one of the following questions from Unit II: (1 × 10 = 10)
  1. Examine how Alfred Tennyson addresses the complex transition between medieval myth and contemporary industrial reality in his poem "The Lady of Shalott".
  2. Consider Robert Browning’s "Caliban Upon Setebos" as an elegant psychological and theological exposition of natural religion.
3. Write short notes on any two of the following topics from Unit III (Victorian Period): (2 × 5 = 10)
  1. The Oxford Movement and its literary reflections.
  2. Core aesthetic tenets of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB).
  3. The Condition-of-England Question in the mid-19th century industrial novel.
  4. The rise of the psychological novel with reference to George Eliot.
4. Answer any five of the following questions from Units I and II: (5 × 2 = 10)
  1. What classic mistake does Emma commit regarding Harriet Smith and the suitor Robert Martin?
  2. Why does Frank Churchill maintain a carefully guarded secret engagement with Jane Fairfax in Emma?
  3. What specific historical event does the spilling of wine outside Defarge's wine shop symbolise in A Tale of Two Cities?
  4. Identify the character Jerry Cruncher and state his secret nocturnal profession.
  5. Explain the significance of the terminal lines from Tennyson's "Ulysses": "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
  6. Why is the Lady of Shalott explicitly forbidden from looking directly down towards Camelot?
  7. What request does the speaker make to his mistress in the opening stanza of Browning's "The Last Ride Together"?
  8. Who or what is "The Quiet" in Caliban's theological framework, and how does it relate to Setebos?
  9. Describe the physical appearance of the golden bar and the items held by the Blessed Damozel in paradise.
  10. Whose weeping or sudden echo interrupts the celestial landscape in the final line of D.G. Rossetti's poem?

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