IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR M.A. ENGLISH PART II ANNUAL EXAMINATION 2021

VIP QUESTIONS FOR M.A. ENGLISH PART II ANNUAL EXAMINATION 2021 (PU Lahore)

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Paper 1 - POETRY

Section A

1.    S.T. COLERIDGE

                  i.            Coleridge as a poet of supernatural

              ii.            Coleridge as a romantic poet

           iii.            Coleridge as a poet of nature & beauty

            iv.            The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

                v.            Coleridge's Poems Summary and Complete Analysis of "Kubla Khan" (1798) / an introduction to 'Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream'

            vi.            Dejection an Ode

2.  JOHN KEATS

     A.  Questions on Keats’ Odes

                  i.            Keats as an escapist / escapism

              ii.            Keats as a Romantic Poet (poet of beauty, of nature)

           iii.            Negative capability of Keats

            iv.            Ode to Nightingale (development of thought, unity in Keats’ odes)

                v.            Summary and complete critical analysis of Ode on a Grecian Urn

            vi.            Compare & Contrast any two poems or Comparison of Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian Urn

      B.  Questions on “Hyperion”

                  i.            Hyperion: A Fragment

              ii.            Hyperion: Critique and Analysis/ Major Themes/ Human Sufferings in Hyperion/ “the agonies, the strife of human hearts.” in Hyperion

           iii.            Symbolism in “Hyperion”

            iv.            “Hyperion” as an Epic poem or Hyperion”, An Epic of Beauty’s Triumph

3.  WILLIAM BLAKE

                  i.            Use of symbolism / Symbolism in Blake's Poetry

              ii.            Auguries of innocence / William Blake: From - Auguries of Innocence Context

           iii.            Comparison & Contrast of the poems of “The Song of Innocence” & “The Song of Experience”

            iv.            Transition Innocence to Experience?

                v.            Comparison & Contrast of the poems of “Holy Thursday I” & “Holy Thursday II”

            vi.            London

         vii.            The Sick Rose

Section B

4.  PHILIP LARKIN

                  i.            Larkin as a poet of realism

              ii.            Larkin’s attitude towards modernism

           iii.            Themes of Larkin’s poetry

            iv.            Church Going

                v.            Mr. Bleaney

            vi.            Ambulance

5.  SEAMUS HEANEY

                  i.            Themes Of the Below Poems

              ii.            A Constable Cells

           iii.            The Toomed Road

            iv.            The Tollund Man

                v.            Personal Helicon

            vi.            Casting and Gathering

         vii.            Compare & Contrast any two poems

6.  TED HUGHES

                  i.            Animal imagery in his poems

              ii.            Complete Critical appreciation of That Morning

           iii.            The Thought Fox

            iv.            Full Moon and Little Frieda

                v.            Chaucer  

Paper 2 – DRAMA

1.    HENRIK IBSEN – “Hedda Gabler”

                  i.            “Hedda Gabler” as a tragic play / as a tragedy

              ii.            Psychological problems of Hedda Gabler / Character sketch of “Hedda Gabler”

           iii.            Character of Loevborg

            iv.            Hedda’s suicide

2.  BECKETT – “Waiting for Godot”

                  i.            Beckett as a dramatist

              ii.            “Waiting for Godot” a play about absurd

           iii.            Human relationships in the play

            iv.            “Waiting for Godot” as an existentialist play / Existentialism in W-F-G

                v.            Different themes in the play

            vi.            “Waiting for Godot” as a tragi-comedy

         vii.            Structure of the play

3.  ANTON CHEKOV – “The Cherry Orchard”

                  i.            Symbolism in “The Cherry Orchard”

              ii.            “The Cherry Orchard” as a tragic comedy play

           iii.            Characters of Lyubov, Lopakhin and Trophimov

            iv.            “The Cherry Orchard” as a social or political play

4.  EDWARD BOND – “The Sea”

                  i.            Edward Bond as a dramatist

              ii.            Title of the play

           iii.            Symbolism in “The Sea”

            iv.            Theme of individual and society

                v.            Character sketches of main characters (Mrs. Rafi, Mr. Hatch)

            vi.            “The Sea” as a tragic-comedy / as a social Comedy / black humour

Paper 3 – NOVEL

1.    JOSEPH CONRAD – “Heart of Darkness”

                  i.            Symbolism in “Heart of Darkness”

              ii.            Character sketch of Mr. Kurtz

           iii.            Character sketch of Marlow

            iv.            Marlow as detective of Human soul

                v.            Conrad’s style and technique

            vi.            Themes

         vii.            “Heart of Darkness” as a political allegory / Criticism of Imperialism

     viii.            Comparison between “Heart of Darkness” and “Things Fall Apart”

2.  ACHEBE – “Things Fall Apart”

                  i.            Significance of the Title / Impact of British arrival on Igbo Culture

              ii.            Okonkwo as tragic hero

           iii.            “Things Fall Apart” as a tragic play

            iv.            “Things Fall Apart” as a Post-colonial novel / Criticism of Imperialism

                v.            Achebe’s treatment of women / female characters

            vi.            Comparison between “Heart of Darkness” and “Things Fall Apart”

         vii.            Themes

3.  AHMAD ALI – “Twilight in Delhi”

                  i.            Significance of the title “Twilight in Delhi”

              ii.            Impact of British imperialism on Muslim Culture of Delhi / Fall of Muslim culture in India

           iii.            Themes

            iv.            Ahmad Ali as a novelist

                v.            Symbolism

4.  JAMES JOYCE – “Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man”

                  i.            James Joyce’s style & technique (stream of consciousness, myth, irony, pun, poetic diction etc.)

              ii.            Character sketch of Stephen Daedalus

           iii.            James Joyce’s aesthetic theory of art

5.  VIRGINIA WOOLF – “To the Light House”

                  i.            How has Virginia Woolf used stream of consciousness technique? Or Technique of Virginia Woolf

              ii.            Symbolism in “To the Light House”

           iii.            Compare & contrast the characters of Mr. & Mrs. Ramsay

            iv.            Virginia Woolf as a novelist

                v.            Character study of Lime Brisko & symbolic importance of her paintings

            vi.            Structure of “To the Light House”

Paper 4 – LITERARY CRITICISM

1.    ARISTOTLE – “The Poetics”

                  i.            Aristotle’s theory of imitation / Aristotle’s Concept of Imitation

              ii.            Catharsis

           iii.            Tragedy

            iv.            Plot-Character relationship

                v.            Ideal Tragic hero

            vi.            Importance of the Plot of Tragedy

2.  PHILIP SIDNEY – “An Apology for Poetry”

                  i.            The objections or charges against poetry / Sydney’s Defense of Poetry

              ii.            Sidney’s theory of poetry / his views on poetry and drama

           iii.            Contribution of Sidney as a critic / Criticism

            iv.            Superiority of poetry over philosophy and history

3.  T.S. ELIOT– “The Critic (Tradition and Individual Talent)”

                  i.            Eliot’s concept of tradition / Tradition and Individual Talent

              ii.            Theory of impersonality in poetry

           iii.            T.S. Eliot as a critic

            iv.            Eliot’s views on metaphysical poets

4.  RAYMOND WILLIAMS – “Modern Tragedy”

                  i.            Tragedy & Tradition

              ii.            Tragedy and contemporary ideas

           iii.            Rejection of tragedy

            iv.            Tragic views of various critics as Hegel and Nietzsche

                v.            Raymond William as a critic

Paper 5 (Optional) - LINGUISTICS

1.    Language

                  i.            Language and its Characteristics

              ii.            Human Language and Animal Communication

           iii.            Language and Speech

            iv.            Language and Culture

                v.            Causes of Language Change

            vi.            Descriptive and Prescriptive Approach to the Investigation of Language

         vii.            One question is about notes for example “Write notes on TWO of the following:”

a. Language Acquisition / b. Pidgin and Creole Languages / c. Language and Culture / d. Multilingualism

2.  Linguistics

                  i.            Linguistics and its Levels

              ii.            Branches of Linguistics and Their Scope

           iii.            Features of Linguistics

            iv.            Growth and Development of Historical Linguistics

                v.            Sociolinguistics and its Significance

            vi.            Significance of Psycholinguistics

         vii.            Contribution of Ferdinand de Saussure

     viii.            One question is about notes for example “Write notes on TWO of the following:”

a. Comparative Linguistics / b. Historical Linguistics

3.  Phonetics and Morphology

                  i.            Phonetics and its Main Branches

              ii.            Places and Manners of Articulation (Consonant and Vowel)

           iii.            Complete Consonant’s assignment with examples

            iv.            Complete Vowel’s assignment with examples

                v.            Transcription of some words or phrases with Examples

            vi.            Complete assignment on Morphology / Morphological analysis

         vii.            One question is about notes for example “Write notes on TWO of the following:”

a. Auditory and Articulatory Phonetics / b. Places of Articulation with examples / c.  Manners of Articulation with examples / d. RP Consonants / e. Plosives and Fricatives  / f. Semi Vowels / g. Short Vowels / h. Long Vowels / i. Voicing / j. Primary stress(less important)  / k. Morphology (most important) / l. Inflectional and Derivational Morphology.

4.  Syntax and Grammar

                  i.            I.C. Analysis and its Major Flaws

              ii.            Phrase Structure Grammar

           iii.            Tree Diagram Giving P-Markers with Examples

            iv.            Complete assignment on Structuralism

                v.            Complete assignment on Bilingualism (most important)

            vi.            Grammatical Units

         vii.            One question is about notes for example “Write notes on TWO of the following:”

a. Syntax / b. Why study Grammar? / c.  Phrase Structure Grammar / d. TG Grammar / e. Generative Grammar / f. Generativism / g. Structuralism / h. Functionalism / i. Bilingualism

5.  Semantics And Stylistics

                  i.            Semantics and Some Types of Meaning

              ii.            Lexical Semantics (sense relation)

           iii.            Structural Semantics(less important)

            iv.            Major Semantic Theories

                v.            Semantic Field Theory

            vi.            Componential Analysis

         vii.            Stylistics and its Significance

     viii.            Complete assignment on Stylistics (most important)

            ix.            One question is about notes for example “Write notes on TWO of the following:”

      a.    Semantics / b. Polysemy and Synonymy / c.  Stylistics

Important Note for this Assignment and Later Assignment

This assignment is according to UPTO DATE QUESTIONS (past papers of PU Lahore from 2004 to onward). If you have any confusion during to understand this assignment, you can ask from me. In the coming assignment, I have submitted important references to the context which have also been taken from past papers of PU Lahore.