MJC-7 Model Question Paper 2026 Bankura University B.A. 4th Semester English Hons Major :Set 2

 

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. Examine Jane Austen's Emma as a comedy of manners that reflects and critiques the rigid social hierarchy of Regency England.
2. Critically explore how the subplots involving Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill serve as an essential structural foil to Emma's own errors in the novel.
3. Discuss the significance of the motif of sacrifice in Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, with special reference to Sydney Carton and Miss Pross.
4. How does Dickens recreate the terror, mob psychology, and systemic oppression of the French aristocracy in A Tale of Two Cities?

2. Answer any one of the following questions from Unit II: (1 × 10 = 10)

1. Examine Lord Alfred Tennyson's "Ulysses" as a dramatic monologue that beautifully balances Victorian optimism with profound existential weariness.
2. Critically evaluate Robert Browning's "The Last Ride Together" as a supreme exploration of the philosophy of sublimated desire and spiritual victory over earthly failure.

3. Write short notes on any two of the following topics from Unit III (Victorian Period): (2 × 5 = 10)

1. The impact of Darwinism and scientific progress on Victorian religious faith.
2. Key stylistic and psychological elements of the Victorian Dramatic Monologue.
3. The contribution of the Brontë sisters to the mid-19th-century English novel.
4. Aestheticism and the late-Victorian "Art for Art's Sake" movement.

4. Answer any five of the following questions from Units I and II: (5 × 2 = 10)

1. Why does Emma Woodhouse initially oppose the marriage proposal of Robert Martin?
2. Briefly comment on the thematic significance of the Christmas Eve snowstorm at Randalls in Jane Austen's Emma.
3. What is the symbolic meaning of the "Grindstone" scene in Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities?
4. Why does Dr. Manette suffer from sudden relapses into making shoes, and what triggers them?
5. What does Ulysses mean by the line: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use!"
6. What specific objects inside her tower link the Lady of Shalott to the world of shadows and artistic creation?
7. How does the rejected lover in Browning's "The Last Ride Together" compare his achievement with that of a professional sculptor or poet?
8. According to Caliban, what criteria does Setebos use to choose who to plague or favor?
9. What do the seven stars in the hair of the Blessed Damozel symbolically represent in Rossetti's poem?
10. Briefly describe the parenthetical interruptions in "The Blessed Damozel". Whose voice do they represent?

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