NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES

Faculty of English Language, Literature and Applied Linguistics

MA English External Examination
2014
Paper: History of Eng. Lit. & Lit. Criticism Total Marks: 100
Course Code: 01 Time Allowed: 3 hours
Note: Attempt any FIVE questions with at least two questions from each section. Q1 is
compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.

Q1: Neo-Classicism brings a shift in the focus of English Literature. Discuss.

Section A

Q2: What relationship does Arnold posit between the "critical power" and the "creative power"?
Why can't there be a truly great period of literary creation without criticism? What, for
instance, was the problem with the romantics' exercise of their creative genius?

Q3: Coleridge has his disagreements with Wordsworth about poetic language. What reasons does
he give for disagreeing, and what are his own views about the matter?

Q4: What Coleridge calls the secondary imagination is the creative imagination of the artist.
How does he describe the relationship of this power to the world of objects? What
characterizes all objects as objects, and how does the secondary imagination differ? What
does it do to the world of objects?

Section B

Q5: Define Sonnet. Analyze the development and evolution of sonnet as a popular genre
throughout the ages.
Q6: Modern science had a deep and lasting effect on English novel of the Twentieth century.
Discuss.
Q7: It is the use of personal feelings and expressions that set aside the romantic prose. Discuss
the characteristic features of Romantic Prose in the light of the above statement.