BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME

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O ELECTIVE COURSE : ENGLISH
BEGE-105: UNDERSTANDING PROSE

Time : 3 hours MaximumMarks :'1.00

Note : Answer any fiae questions.All questionscarry equal

marks.

1. (u) What are the various forms of prose in

literature ? Elaborateon any ONE of them.
OR
(b) What narrative devices do you find in
Ramanujan's folk tale "In search of a
Dream", and to what use has the writer put
them ? 20

2. (u) Explain some important features of Judah

Waten's prose style as reflectedin his short
story 'Mother'.
OR
(b) Chekov's story 'Misery' deals with human
insensitivity to other people's grief. Do you
agree? Give a reasonedanswer. 20

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3. (u) Trace the rise and development of the Indian
novel in English.

OR

(b) The plot of the novel The Binding Vine is

intricate as there are three strands running
parallel in it. Discuss. 20

4. (u) Analyse Bacon's essay "Of Great Place"

mainly with regard to its focus.

OR

(b) "On Seeing England for the First Time"

reveals the author's anger against the
English. Do you agree ? Support your
answer with examples. 20

5. (u) Write a note on Boswell's biographical

technique in his Life of johnson.

OR

(b) Comment on Gandhi's autobiography as an

honest account of his experiences in life. 20

6. (u) What were Anne's early recollections of

|ewish persecution ? Discuss with reference
to the excerpts from her diary in your course.

OR

(b) Explain the main features of Laurence's

speech.

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7. Write short notes on any two of the following :
2x10=20
(u) Figures of Speech

(b) The English Essay

(.) Biography

(d) Diary writing as a literary form

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3. (u) \A/hy are the opening chaptersof the novel
The Mayor of Casterbridge important ?
Give a reasonedanswer
OR
(b) Discuss the character of Farfrae in The 20
Mayor of Casterbridge.
4. (u) Explain the role of the minor charactersin
the novel A Tiger for Malgudi.
OR
(b) Explain how A Tiger for Malgudi can be 20
read as an allegory.
5. (u) What ideasdoesAddison conveyin his essay
'Meditatious in Westminster Abbey'?

OR
(b) What is the theme of the essay'Old China'? 20
6. (u) Critically appreciate the prose style of
Bertraud Russel with reference to his
Autobiography.
OR
(b) DiscussStrachey'stechniqueasa biographer
from your reading of Queen Victoria. 20
7. (u) Trace the development of the Indian novel
in English.
OR
(b) Define and discussat least FIVE figures of
speechthat you have studied in your course. 20
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