3RD YEAR EEG PAPER- 7

NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH BDP

3RD YEAR

EEG

PAPER- 7

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Assess the contribution of T. S. Eliot to modern English poetry.

Assess the development of the English short story in the 20th Century.

Discuss the Angry Young Man movement, in the drama and novel writing tradition.

Evaluate Shaw’s contribution to twentieth century social drama.

Examine the contribution made by the War poets in documenting the condition of the twentieth century.

How can Baudrillard be seen as a key figurein Postmodern Literary criticism?

How did Postmodernism begin as a movement in art?

In your opinion how can Lyotard be seen as an important figure of Postmodernism?

In your opinion how did Postmodernism get connected with Popular Culture?

What is postmodernism? What are the Characteristics of Postmodern Literature?

What was the imagist movement? How did it influence modernist poetry?

With special reference to the poems you have read, discuss briefly Yeats’ contribution to modern poetry?

Discuss Woman Novelists of the Victorian Era.

Write a critical essay on the growth and development of Shaw’s Theatre of Ideas.

Write a critical note on the impact of World War I on English poetry.

LOOK BACK IN ANGER

Consider the title Look Back in Anger. What does it mean?

Discuss Look Back in Anger as a Kitchen sink drama.

Justify the title Look Back in Anger by John Osborne.

The Influence of Kitchen Sink Drama In John Osborne’s “ Look Back In Anger”

Osborne’s play Look Back in Anger points to the social anxieties of the post-war period. Explain. / Describe the character of Jimmy Porter.

Sketch the character of Alison.

What do Jimmy and Alison’s playful game of bear and squirrel represent at different stages of the play?

POETRY

Attempt a critical analysis of Seamus Heaney’s Digging.

Attempt a critical appreciation of Larkin’s poem “Church Going”.

Comment on the use of irony in ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’.

Critically appreciate Brook’s The Soldier.

Describe “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” as a Dramatic Monologue.

Discuss Owen’s use of the para-rhyme in “Strange Meeting” and show how it impacts the poem.

Discuss Yeats use of symbolism in The Second Coming

With reference to the poem Strange Meeting being discussed, show how Owen communicates “the pity of war”./ How far would you agree the view that Owen’s response to war is anti-romantic?

How is "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" a Modernist poem?

Write the chief features of Movement poetry. Do you consider Philip Larkin a Movement poet?

PYGMALION

Comment on Shaw’s treatment of gender roles in Pygmalion.

Comment on the character of Alfred Doolittle.

Comment on the ending of Shaw’s Pygmalion.

Critically comment on the title of Shaw’s Pygmalion. How does Shaw appropriate Ovid’s myth in his play?

Describe Eliza Doolittle’s character with reference to her evolution in the course of the play.

Examine the character of Colonel Pickering.

Examine the character of Henry Higgins. Comment on his relationship with Eliza Doolitle.

How Does The Relationship Between Eliza Doolittle And Henry Higgins Change Throughout The Play?

THE LOTUS EATER

Comment on the plot of the short story entitled "The Lotus Eater."

How would you assess the character of Wilson in The Lotus Eater in the light of the story of his life and his observations on leisure?

THE LAGOON

Would you consider The Lagoon as a tale of passion and remorse? Discuss with close textual references.

SONS AND LOVERS

Comparative study of the characters Miriam and Clara/ Theme of love in Sons and Lovers

Discuss Sons and Lovers as an autobiographical novel.

Does Sons and Lovers deal with the Oedipus Complex? Justify your opinion with a close reading of the text. Or Describe Paul’s relationship with his mother.

How can we see Sons and Lovers as a working class novel? Discuss

PAUL’S RELATION WITH THE THREE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE/ CHARACTER OF PAUL IN SONS AND LOVERS

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MR. MOREL AND MRS. MOREL/GERTRUDE MOREL AND WALTER MOREL

Relationship between Paul and Miriam in the novel Sons & Lovers

Write a note on Lawrence’s use of symbols in Sons and Lovers.

Write a note on the character of Paul Morel in Sons and Lovers.

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