5th Semester Bankura University

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5th Semester Bankura University

Study Materials & Suggestions by PKG SIR

SEMESTER-V (MJC-9)

Course Title: British Literature: The Early 20th Century
Code: A/ENG/501/MJC-9

Unit I

James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Stream of Consciousness in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce

Long Answer

Master Summary

Short Questions and Answers

Bernard Shaw: Candida

Summary

Examination on Candida

Analyze the character of Candida. Is she a conventional Victorian wife or a "New Woman"?

All Answers

Master Summary

As a Dramatist

Unit II

W.B. Yeats: “The Wild Swans at Coole”

1. Bengali meaning of “The Wild Swans at Coole”

2. Discuss how Yeats explores the theme of change and permanence in “The Wild Swans at Coole.”

3. Summary of “The Wild Swans at Coole"

4. Discuss how Yeats explores the theme of change and permanence in “The Wild Swans at Coole.”

4. Short Questions and Answers

“An Acre of Grass”

Discuss “An Acre of Grass” as a reflection of Yeats’s concerns of old age and creativity.

Bengali Meaning

T.S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

Bengali Meaning

Summary

Long Answers

Important Long Answer

Master Summary

Short Questions and Answers

Virginia Woolf: "Street Haunting: A London Adventure"

Bengali Meaning

Long Answer

Long Answer 2

Short Questions and Answers

Master Summary

Unit III

History of English Literature: Early 20th century (Till 1940s)

1. History of English Literature: Early 20th century (Till 1940s)

2. Novelists

3. Discuss the narrative techniques used by James Joyce in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.

4. Stream of Consciousness in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce

Suggestion

5. Discuss the contribution of W.B. Yeats to early 20th-century poetry

Authors

Postmodernism

Long Answer

SEMESTER-V (MJC-10)

Course Title: Indian Writing in English
Code: A/ENG/502/MJC-10

Unit I

R.K. Narayan: The Man Eater of Malgudi

Summary

Master Summary

Character of Nataraj

Anita Desai: Fire on the Mountain

Summary

Long Questions and Answers

Short Questions and Answers

Mock Test 2026

Unit II

H.L.V. Derozio: “Freedom to the Slave”, “The Orphan Girl”

1. The Orphan Girl

1. Bengali Meaning of The Orphan Girl

Critical Appreciation

Short Questions and Answers

2. Freedom to Slave

Bengali Meaning

Summary of Freedom to Slave

Critical Appreciation

Short Questions and Answers

Kamala Das: “My Grandmother’s House”, “The Anamalai Hills”

1. My Grandmother's House

Bengali Meaning

Critical Appreciation

Summary and Analysis

Nostalgic Elements

Nissim Ezekiel: “Soap”, “Enterprise”

1. Soap

Bengali Meaning

Critical Appreciation

2. Enterprise

Bengali Meaning

Short Questions & Answers

Critical Appreciation

Unit III

Mulk Raj Anand: “Two Lady Rams”

Bengali Meaning and Text

Summary

Khuswant Singh: 'A Bride For The Sahib'

SEMESTER-V (MJC-11)

Course Title: Literature of the Indian Diaspora
Code: A/ENG/503/MJC-11

Unit I

V.S. Naipaul: A House for Mr. Biswas

Broad Questions

Long Question-Theme of Alienation and Quest for Identity in A House for Mr. Biswas

Character of Mr. Biswas

Character of Mrs. Biswas

Short Questions and Answers

Summary

Kiran Desai: The Inheritance of Loss

Unit II

Essay / Short Stories

Salman Rushdie: “The Riddle of Midnight”

Summary

Jhumpa Lahiri: “Unaccustomed Earth” (Unaccustomed Earth)

Bengali Meaning

Rohinton Mistry: “Swimming Lessons”

Summary

Deepak Unnikrishnan: ‘Birds’ (Temporary People)

Summary

Unit III

Poems

A.K. Ramanujan: “Take care”

Bengali Meaning

The Theme of Racial Prejudice in “Take Care” — A.K. Ramanujan

Sujata Bhatt: “The One who Goes Away”

Bengali Meaning

Diasporic elements in Sujata Bhatt’s The One Who Goes Away

“A Different History”

Bengali Meaning

Critical appreciation

Short Questions and Answers

SEMESTER-V (MJC-12)

Course Title: British Literature: Post World War II
Code: A/ENG/504/MJC-12

Internal Examination Topics

 Postmodernism in British Literature

 Britishness after 1960s

 Multiculturalism and the Rise of the Other

 Literature and Counterculture

 The South Asian Diaspora in Britain

Important Questions (Internal & External)

1. Briefly discuss the intricacies of the house that Mr. Biswas finally purchased in Naipaul’s A House for Mr Biswas.

2. Features of Post-1950s British Poetry

3. Significance and Symbolism of Nataraj’s Printing Press in R.K. Narayan’s The Man-Eater of Malgudi

4. Discuss the key features of Fauvism as an art movement.

5. Compare and Contrast Morell and Marchbanks’ Characters in Candida

6. How did Nissim Ezekiel satirize his contemporary society? Discuss with reference to Soap and Enterprise.

7. Character of Vasu in R.K. Narayan’s The Man-Eater of Malgudi

MJC-9

1. Stream of Consciousness in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce

2. Compare and Contrast Morell and Marchbanks’ Characters in Candida

3. Write a critical appreciation of The Wild Swans at Coole.

4. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock — Discuss it as a dramatic monologue

MJC-10

1. Character of Vasu in R.K. Narayan’s The Man-Eater of Malgudi

2. Write a critical appreciation of Freedom to the Slave ➡️ Critical Appreciation

3. Write a critical appreciation of The Orphan Girl Critical Appreciation

4. Two Lady Rams — Justify the title.

5. A House for Mr. Biswas — Discuss the theme of alienation and quest for identity.

6. Diasporic elements in Sujata Bhatt’s The One Who Goes Away

7. Unaccustomed Earth — Comment on the significance of the title.

8. Take Care — Discuss the biographical elements in the story.

9. Critical Appreciation of Text

MJC-12

1. Write a critical appreciation of the poem

2. Explain Hawk Roosting as a dramatic monologue.

3. Discuss Thought-Fox as a poem of creative imagination.

4. Discuss The Thought Fox as a Dramatic Monologue

Extra

1. J.M. Synge as a dramatist/a>

2. G.B Shaw.

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