English Literature

J 2010 UGC ENG P–III

Note : This paper is of two hundred (200) marks containing four (4) sections. Candidates are required to attempt the questions contained in these sections according to the detailed instructions given therein.

SECTION – I
This section consists of two essay type questions of twenty (20) marks each, to be answered in about five hundred (500) words each. (2 ⋅ 20 = 40 marks)

1. Is print culture dying ?
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Theme of alienation in modern fiction.
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Ethnicity and identity in Indian Writing in English.
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The theme of the absurd in modern drama.
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Influence of English on Indian Languages.

2. Grammar-translation method of teaching English in India.
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Bildungsroman and the European Novel.
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The idea of the sovereign self in the 19th century American writing.
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Trauma as the narrative act in the fiction of the Indian partition.
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Close textual analysis in literary studies.

SECTION – II
Note : This section contains three (3) questions from each of the electives/specializations.
The candidate has to choose only one elective/specialization and answer all the three questions from it. Each question carries fifteen (15) marks and is to be answered in about three hundred (300) words. (3 × 15 = 45 marks)

Elective – I
History of English Language and English Language Teaching
3. How far Stylistics can relate to language teaching/learning ?
4. Discuss the role of context in language learning. Illustrate with examples from the English language.
5. Explain the cognitive view language learning.

Elective – II
European Literature from Classical Age to the 20th Century
3. Euripides is often called an ironist because he structures his plot in an unusual way. Find an instance or two where the choices he makes seem contrary to ordinary expectations for plot development or character presentation.
4. Trace the development of Meursault’s philosophy in Camus’s The Stranger.
5. Examine the themes of sex and death in Baudelaire’s...