PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS PAPER INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES

 PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS PAPER INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES

UNIQUE CODE:2332101101

NAME OF PAPER:INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES

SEM-1

DURATIONS:3 HOURS

PART-A

1.DISCUSS JANE AUSTEN'S REPRESTIONS OF MASCULINITY IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE WITH REGARDS TO ANY ONE CHARACTER OF YOUR CHOICE FROM THE TEXT.

OR

WHAT IS A PARTICIPANT NARRATOR? DISCUSS WITH REFERENCE TO GERALD J.PRINCE'S ANALYSIS OF THE SAME.

2.IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE THE FOLLOWING LINES.WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE POET'S UNUSAL USE OF SYNTAX IN THIS POEM?

This is the hour of lead-

Remembered ,if outlived,

As freezing persons,recollect the snow-

First-chill-the stupor-then the letting go-

or

Do you consider rhyme to be a significant element of poetry? Explain and illustrate with examples from yours syllubs.

3.Tara is a play about a dysfunctional family. discuss.

or

write a short note on the siginficance of the stage desgin in mahesh dattani's Tara.

PART-B

4.(a)"It is a truth universally acknowledged,that a single man in possession of a good fortune.must be in want of a wife."discuss with reference to austen's views on issues of property,inheritance and gender in pride and prejudice.

or

(b)some of the character in pride and prejudice such, as elizabeth and darcy,evolved,grow,while others,like lydia and wickman remain static. discuss jane Austen's art of characterization with reference to the  above statement.

5.(a)poetry transform personal experiences into universally vaild emotions.elaborate with reference to any two poems in your course.

(b)from and content are intricately linked in poetry.elaborate with  reference to two poems in your course.

6.(a)discuss how feminist and disability studies can provide perspectives to understand mahesh dattani's tara.

or

(b)mahesh dattani's tara ismore the story of chandan than of his sister. do you agree? discuss with the help of any two texts from your course.

7.(a) the interpretation of literary texts must be rooted in an understandibg of their context. discuss with the help of the two texts from your course.

or

(b)literay genres have evolved with changing times,discuss with the help of any two texts from your course.

EDIT BY

RITU RAJ KUMAR

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