CSS English Literature Past Paper 2004
Paper-I
PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II selecting TWO questions from EACH
SECTION. (20×4)
PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. Critically evaluate W. Blake as a writer of lyrical poetry.
Q. No. 3. How far does Wordsworth follow his critical principles in his best poems? Give examples.
Q. No. 4. Discuss Browning’s monologues as beautiful psychological analysis of characters belonging to different countries.
SECTION-II
Q. No. 5. Write a critical note on Charles Lamb as a prose writer. In what particular ways was he different from the prose writers of his age? Give examples.
Q. No. 6. It is said, “Dickens has his own sentimental way of solving social problems.” Discuss with examples.
Q. No. 7. It is said by C. Rickett, “In his earlier writing, sweetness and bitterness are contrasted; but in his later novels, the gloom is needlessly intensified.” Discuss with examples.
Q. No. 8. Write detailed notes on TWO of the following:
(a) Byron as a Satirist
(b) Shelley as a revolutionary poet
(c) Contrast between Romantic and Victorian poets
(d) Keats as a writer of odes
Paper-II
PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Lawrence very closely describes the working life of the labourers. What particular techniques does he employ in Sons and Lovers?
Q. No. 3. Discuss Pygmalion as a satire on the rigid class system in England. Give examples.
Q. No. 4. T.S. Eliot claims universality for his The Waste Land, but many critics disagree with it. Discuss.
Q. No. 5. What are the main characteristics of Frost’s poetry? Discuss with examples.
Q. No. 6. Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea has been best described as ‘A heroic story filled with light from sea and sky, and sympathy with men and their mysterious fellow creatures.’ Discuss.
Q. No. 7. Discuss Shakespeare’s concept of tragedy with special reference to Hamlet.
Q. No. 8. Write a critical note on major themes of Yeats’ later poetry with special reference to Sailing to Byzantium, Among School Children, and The Second Coming.