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BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER -- ENGLISH LITERATURE S.No. 8098 P16 EN 11 (For candidates admitted from 2016-2017 onwards) M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2019. English - Major LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS Time: Three hours Maximum: 75 marks PART A-(10×2=20) Answer the following in a sentence or two each. 1 Define a word. 2 Write any two differences between spoken language and written language. 3. What is a diphthong? Give an example. 4. What is a dialect? 5. What is morphology? 6. What is synchronic study of language? 7. What is 'lexical category' in Structural Grammar? 8. What is the purpose of sociolinguistics? 9. What is dyslexia? 10. What is a "special purpose dictionary"? PART B-(5×5=25) Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b). 11. (a) Analyse the core features of human language. Or (b) Distinguish between human language and animal language. 12. (a) Discuss the relationship between gender and language. Or (b) Explain the vowel system in En...

BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER– ENGLISH LITERATURE S.No. 8101 P 16 EN 14 (For candidates admitted from 2016-2017 onwards) M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2019. English Major INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH Time: Three hours Maximum: 75 marks PART A-(10 × 2 = 20) Answer ALL questions.. 1. What is the mood of the poem "Our Casuarina Tree"? 2. What is the theme of "A Hot Noon in Malabar"? 3. What is the central idea of Discovery of India Chapter 5? 4. Why does Radhakrishnan consider nuclear weapons dangerous? 5. What is myth used in The Fire and the Rain? 6. How did Chandan cause the death of Tara? 7. What is the theme of Two Leaves and a Bud? 8. Why did Ira's husband desert her? 9. What is the childhood prophesy for Maya? 10. Who is Kamat in That Long Silence? PART B-(5×5=25) Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b). 11. (a) Explain Parthasarathy's description of the river in "River once". Or (b) Explain the theme of "Obituar...

Q & A on Poem 'OZYMANDIAS' by P.B.Shelley 1) The poem 'Ozymandias' was written in the year of ________. Ans: December 1817. 2) The poem 'Ozymandias' was published in the year of ________. Ans: 11 th January 1818. 3) Name the publishing paper issued the poem 'Ozymandias'.  Ans: The Examiner.  4) The Examiner is a ____________ paper of London.  Ans: A Sunday paper, on politics, domestic economy, and theatricals". 5) Which was the P. b. Shelley's work published under his pen name?  Ans: Ozymandias.  6) Mention the pen name of Shelley was published in the Examiner.  Ans: Glirastes. 7) Ozymandias was written in the form of ____________. Ans: Sonnet.  8) Why did Shelley wrote the poem 'Ozymandias'?  Ans: Shelley's friend told about the statue of Ozymandias and then they decided to write a poem about it as a friendly competition.  9) Who is Shelley's friend?  Ans: His name is Horace Smith and he is a banker.  10) Where d...

Q & A on Andrew Marvell's Poem " To his Coy Mistress " 1) The poem " To his Coy Mistress " Was written in the year of _________. Ans: 1650. 2) The poem " To his Coy Mistress " Was originally published in the year of __________. Ans: 1681. 3) What was the Phrase used in this poem?  Ans: carpe diem.  4) The Phrase carpe diem was taken  from?  Ans: Latin.  5) What is the meaning of the phrase carpe diem?  Ans: " Seize the day". 6) Whom did already used this phrase carpe diem in his work?  Ans: Greek poet Horace used this phrase in his ode.  7) Who is Andrew Marvell?  Ans: He was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician.  8) What is the concept of the poem" To his Coy Mistress "?  Ans: An unnamed lover or speaker tries to convince his mistress for love making.  9) Where did speaker's coy mistress find rubies?  Ans: The speaker's coy mistress found rubies on Indian Ganges.  10) Where did the sp...

Q & A ON THOMAS KYD’S THE SPANISH TRAGEDY – PART IV 1) Who are the servants helped Balthazar and Lorenzo to kill Horatio?  Ans: Pedringano and Serberine.  2) Who is Serberine?  Ans: Balthazar's Servant.  3) Where did Horatio was murdered?  Ans: Horatio is murdered in the garden.  4) How did Horatio was murdered.  Ans: The murderers stab him to death and hang him on the tree.  5) Who found the body of Horatio?  Ans: Hieronimo and his wife Isabella.  6) What happened to Isabella?  Ans: She became mad after his son died.  7) What happened to Bellimperia?  Ans: Bellimperia was dragged away from the garden and imprisoned by Lorenzo.  8) Who got the bloody letter from Bellimperia?  Ans: Hieronimo.  9) Who told Pedringano to kill Serberine for gold?  Ans: Lorenzo wants to clear all the evidence of Horatio's murder and told Pedringano to kill Serberine.  10) What did Lorenzo promised to Ped...

Q & A ON THOMAS KYD’S THE SPANISH TRAGEDY – PART IIl 1) Who won the battle between Spain and Portuguese?  Ans: Spain.  2) Who is the protagonist?  Ans: Hieronimo.  3) Who was taken as a prisoner after Andrea's death?  Ans: Balthazar.  4) Who got the ransom money for capturing Balthazar?  Ans: Horatio.  5) What happened to Balthazar after he was captured by Spanish army?  Ans: He was taken as a prisoner and stays in  Lorenzo's home.  6) Who ordered Lorenzo to take Balthazar to his place?  Ans: The King of Spain.  7) Who is Lorenzo?  Ans: The son of Duke of Castile.  8) Who is Duke of Castile?  Ans: Brother of the King of Spain.  9) What is the relationship between the King of Spain and Lorenzo?  Ans: Lorenzo is the nephew of the King of Spain.  10) What happened in Portugal after Balthazar was captured by Spanish army?  Ans: Viceroy of Portugal believes that his son is dead...

Q & A ON THOMAS KYD’S THE SPANISH TRAGEDY – PART II 1) How many days later did Andrea's funeral rites finally performed?  Ans : Three days.  2) How many fields are present in the underworld to place souls?  Ans: Two.  3) Mention the name of fields in the underworld?  Ans: a) Field of lovers and the warriors          b) Deepest hell of villains 4) What are the three paths present in the underworld?  Ans : a) Right            b) left and           c) Middle 5) Which path leads to field of lovers and the warriors?  Ans: Right.  6) Which path leads to deepest hell of villians?  Ans: Left.  7) The middle path leads to ____________. Ans: Palace of the king of Underworld.  8) Who is the king of the Underworld?  Ans: Pluto.  9) Who is the wife of Pluto?  Ans: Proserpine.  10) Who is the Queen of the Underworld?  Ans: Pros...