NSOU BDP 1ST YEAR EEG PAPER- 1 & PAPER- 2

NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH BDP

1^ST YEAR

EEG

PAPER- 1

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

1. Bring out the features of epic poetry in Beowulf. 

2. Comment critically on the features of old English elegies/ lyrics.

3. Discuss the history of Bible translations in England. /Show how the history of Bible translations in English indicates the development of English prose in general.

4. Discuss the origin and development of English Drama. / What are the three major groups of Middle English drama? Discuss the growth and development of them. / How do the miracle, morality and the interlude contribute to the development of drama? / Trace the growth of drama in England till the Renaissance.

5. Give an account of Anglo-Saxon Christian poetry. / Write a short essay on Old English religious poetry.

6. Give an account of old English Heroic poetry.

7. Trace the development of Anglo-Saxon prose.

8. What are the three categories of Middle English Romance? Discuss them briefly.

9. Why is Chaucer considered to be one of the most important poets of the Middle English period? / Can Chaucer be rightly called the father of English poetry?

10. Write a short essay on the Middle English romances.

11. Write briefly on the morality play Everyman.

12. Comment on the note of melancholy in Anglo-Saxon elegiac poetry with reference to any one poem that you have read.

13. Write a brief essay on Middle English alliterative poetry.

14. Discuss how miracle and morality plays contribute to the development of Middle English drama.

HISTORY OF ENGLISH PHILOLOGY

1. Discuss the particular features of Shakespeare’s use of the English language.

2. Assess the Latin influence on the English language.

3. Discuss the importance of the French influence on English phonetics and grammar. /Assess the nature and extent of the French influence on the English Language.

4. Assess the nature and extent of the Scandinavian influence on the English Language.

5. Show how the Bible has influenced the English language.

THE CANTERBURY TALES

1. Comment on Chaucer’s portrayal of the Wife of Bath.

2. The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales reflects contemporary life. Discuss.

3. Compare and contrast the characters of the Wife of Bath and the Prioress.

                         THE WAKEFIELD SECOND SHEPHERDS' PLAY

Show how the Wakefield Second Shepherds’ Play balances religious and secular elements.

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NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH BDP

1ST YEAR

EEG

PAPER- 2

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

1. Make an assessment of the development of the sonnet form in England focusing on the Elizabethan sonnets in your syllabus.

2. Write an essay on the contribution of the Metaphysical Poets to English Literature.

3. Compare and contrast between Metaphysical poems and Cavalier poems.

4. Write a short essay on Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy

5. Write a brief essay on the prose of the Elizabethan period.

6. Write a short note on revenge tragedy?

7. How did the University Wits influence the drama scene in England? Or, Assess the contributions of the major predecessors of Shakespeare to Elizabethan Drama. Or, Who were the ‘University Wits’? Why are they called so? Briefly assess the contribution to the field of drama. Or, Write an essay on the contribution of University Wits/ Pre-Shakespearean dramatists.

8. Discuss John Milton as a Poet.

9. Give an account of the major trends in Post Shakespearean drama and account for its decline.

10. Discuss the chief features of Metaphysical Poetry with illustrative references to the poems you have read.

11. Write a short essay on Cavalier Poets.

12. What factors led to the European Renaissance? Briefly discuss the impact of the Renaissance on English Literature and Culture. /How did the Renaissance and the Reformation impact socio-cultural life in England?

13. Write a short on impact of Renaissance on English literature

14. What was the Reformation? How did it affect English Society/ English Literature?

15. Discuss the importance of John Milton as a poet and prose writer.

16. Comment on the importance of Ben Jonson’s drama.

17. Discuss the contribution of any two of the University Wits to English Drama.

                                        BACON'S ESSAYS

1. Examine the development of the form of the essay with special reference to the essays of Francis Bacon.

2. Discuss with reference to any one essay in your syllabus, the prose style of Bacon.

                                            MACBETH

1. Critically analyse the sleepwalking scene in Macbeth.

2. Discuss Macbeth as a Shakespearean tragedy.

3. How far does Lady Macbeth play the decisive role in Macbeth? Argue your answer

4. Is Banquo a foil to Macbeth? Support your answer

5. Discuss the role of Macduff as a true hero in Macbeth.

6. Critically analyse the Banquet Scene in Macbeth

7. Critically analyse the opening scene in Macbeth.

8. Critically analyse the Porter Scene in Macbeth

9. Discuss the role of three weird sisters/ witches in Macbeth

10. What role does the supernatural play in Macbeth?

11. Would you consider Macbeth as a hero or a villain? Give reasons.

                                       AS YOU LIKE IT

1. Comment on the important themes in As You Like It.

2. Discuss the different notions of ‘Love’ in As You Like It.

3. To what dramatic effect does Shakespeare use disguise in As You Like It?

                                             POETRY

1. Analyse Shakespeare’s “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”

2. Analyse Shakespeare’s “That time of year Thou may’st in me behold”.

3. Analyse Sir Thomas Wyatt’s "Farewell Love". / Analyse the treatment of love in Wyatt’s sonnet ‘Farewell Love’.

4. Analyse ‘The Good Morrow’ as a Metaphysical love poem.

5. Analyse Sir Philip Sidney’s Loving in Truth/ Is Sidney’s ‘Loving in Truth’ a poem about love or about the conventions of writing poetry?

6. Critically appreciate John Milton’s ‘On His Blindness’.

7. Critically appreciate George Herbert’s ‘Virtue’.

8. Write a short note on treatment of time in Shakespeare’s Sonnets

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

1. What impression of Jesus’ outlook on life do you form from the themes of the Sermon on the Mount? Analyse with close textual references.

2. Write a brief essay on the structure and style of ‘The Sermon on the Mount’.

                                          EDWARD II

1. Analysis of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II as a Historical Play

2. Attempt a critical analysis, with a note of dramatic significance of the deposition on Abdication Scene.

3. Analyse the character of Piers Gaveston in Marlow’s Edward II.

4. Analyse the character of young Mortimer in Christopher Marlowe’s, Edward II.

5. Discuss Marlowe’s Edward II as a Tragedy. / How far does Marlowe’s Edward II satisfy the notion of a high tragedy?

6. How would you evaluate the character of Queen Isabella in Edward II?

7. Analyse the Character of Edward II.

                                   APOLOGY FOR POETRY

1. Discuss the classical influences which Sidney used and adapted to develop his thesis in ‘Apology for Poetry’.

                                  SHORT QUESTIONS EEG- 2

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