NSOU BDP 3RD YEAR EEG PAPER- 6, PAPER- 7 & PAPER- 8

NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH BDP

3RD YEAR

EEG

PAPER- 6

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

How did the Early Victorian novelists use their works as the reflection of the contemporary society?

How did the enforcement and abolition of various legislative reforms cumulatively lead to the constant change in the Victorian England?

Reflect on the scientific temperament of the Victorian Age.

What was the effect of industrialization on Victorian social set up?

Write a note on the position of women in Victorian England.

Write a note on the religion and its complexities in the Victorian Period.

Write an essay on the Non-Fictional Prose that enriched Victorian Literature.

Evaluate Carlyle and Arnold as critics of culture. /Compare and contrast Carlyle’s and Arnold’s prose style.

Write an essay on the Bronte sisters.

Attempt a comparative study of Tennyson and Browning as poets. / How do Tennyson and Browning, in diverse ways, manifest their times?

Write an essay on the women novelists of the Victorian period.

DAVID COPPERFIELD

David is the least interesting character in the novel. Do you think this was Dickens’s choice, to make David simply a background on which to display the more interesting characters? Why or why not?

Dickens’s life is the backbone for David’s story. Illustarte/ David Copperfied as an Autobiographical novel

Marriage as a Major Theme in David Copperfield

The Representation of Fallen Women in David Copperfield

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

Comment on the Fanny-Sergeant Troy relationship in Far From the Madding Crowd.

Comment on the role and function of the rustics in Far from the Madding Crowd.

Discuss Hardy’s treatment of nature in Far from the Madding Crowd.

Elucidate the vision of life underlying Far from the Madding Crowd.

In Hardy’s Novel Fate appears in a great variety of focus - chance and co-incidence, nature, time, and woman’. Discuss./ Examine the role of chance and coincidence in furthering the plot of Far from the Madding Crowd.

Is the ending of ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ consistent with the rest of the novel? Support your answer.

What image of womanhood does Hardy project through the development of Bathsheba? /Examine Hardy’s characterisation of Bathsheba in Far From the Madding Crowd. /Bathsheba is an independent woman who throws away her own strength willingly. Examine her character in the light of this statement.

What is the significance of the title of Thomas Hardy’s novel Far from the Madding Crowd ?

JANE EYRE

In what ways might Jane Eyre be considered a feminist novel ?

What is the significance of the character of Bertha Mason in the plot of Jane Eyre ?

POETRY

Attempt a critical appreciation of Christina Rossetti’s A Dirge.

Attempt a critical appreciation of the poem with special reference to the Classical allusions used in the poem I thought once how Theocritus had sung. / Would you agree with the view that this sonnet I thought once how Theocritus had sung records a moment of transition in the speaker’s life and thoughts? Give reasons for your answer.

Attempt a critical appreciation of the poem. / Would you agree with the view that ‘No Coward Soul is Mine’ presents a personal solution to the problem of faith?

Can ‘Dover Beach’ be called a love poem? Give reasons for your answer./ Attempt a critical appreciation of Arnold’s ‘Dover Beach’.

Comment on the use of metaphor in ‘To Marguerite: Continued’. / Attempt a critical appreciation of Arnold’s To Marguerite: Continued.

Critically appreciate Christina Rossetti’s A Birthday

How does the poet treat the theme of immortality in the poem ‘No Coward Soul is Mine’.

Analyse the Duke’s character in ‘My Last Duchess’.

Attempt a Critical appreciation of ‘Prophyria’s Lover’.

Attempt a critical appreciation of Tennyson’s Ulysses.

Browning’s “My Last Duchess” - Character of the Duchess

Comment on the character of the speaker in ‘Prophyria’s Lover’

Critical Analysis of 'Ulysses' by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Do you consider ‘Break, Break, Break’ a poem of melancholy? Elucidate.

"My Last Duchess" as a dramatic monologue. OR A critical analysis of 'My Last Duchess'.

Discuss on 'Ulysses' as a Dramatic Monologue

SHORT QUESTIONS EEG 6

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.

What kind of changes did Modernism bring about in the form and content of the English novel ?

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’.

How is the Epigraph in ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ related to the thematic content of the poem ?

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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NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH BDP

3RD YEAR

EEG

PAPER- 8

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Assess the contribution of the major Indian English novelists. How have these novelists enriched the genre of Indian English Novel?

Assess the contribution of the major Indian English playwrights. How have these playwrights enriched the genre of Indian English Drama?

Assess the contribution of the major Indian English poets. How have these poets enriched the genre of Indian English Poetry?

Critically analyse the developments in the field of Indian English Fiction during the post-1980 period./How was Rushdie successful in creating a new wave in Indian English literature?

Critically analyse the poems written by Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu.

Discuss the importance of the major political and socio-economic developments that influenced the Indian writers in English.

Discuss the various themes that Asif Currimbhoy deals with in his plays.

How did Indian Diaspora Literature develop in the post-liberalization era?

How did the contribution of Anand, Rao and R.K. Narayan change the whole scenario of Indian English Fiction? Discuss with suitable references from their novels.

How did the women novelists of the post-independence era contribute to the genre of Indian English Fiction? Discuss with suitable references from their novels.

How do the women novelists of the post-independence era contribute to the genre of Indian English Fiction? Discuss with suitable references from their novels.

ENGLISH POETRY AND POETS OF PRE-INDEPENDENT INDIA

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

‘Fire on the Mountain is the story of women’. Discuss/ Is it possible to consider Fire on the Mountain as a feminist novel? Give reasons for your answer.

Critically examine the narrative techniques employed in the novel Fire on the Mountain.

HAROUN AND THE SEA

Discuss Haroun and the Sea of Stories as belonging to the genre of children’s literature./ In Haroun and the Sea of Stories there is a conflict between freedom of speech and forced censorship. Discuss

Would you consider Haroun and the Sea of Stories as a magic realistic text? Substantiate your view.

Show how Haroun and the Sea of Stories is much more than a simple children’s story.

POETRY

“IN OUR CASUARINA TREE WE GET A ROMANTIC PROTEST AGAINST TRANSCIENCE”DISCUSS./ Our Casuarina Tree is a tribute to not only the tree but also the early and late Romantic poetic tradition. Comment

OUR CASUARINA TREE AS A MEMORY POEM

CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF OUR CASUARINA TREE

Evaluate Toru Dutt as an Indian English poet with reference to Our Casuarina Tree.

Write a note on the use of imagery and allusions in Toru Dutt’s “Our Casuarina Tree”.

Critically analyse the autobiographical elements in Kamala Das’s “An Introduction”.

Critically appreciate the poem “Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher”. / Analyse the use of imagery in “Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher”.

Critically discuss the poem “The Harp of India”/ Attempt a critical appreciation of The Harp of India./ How does Derozio eulogize the hoary past of India.

Show how “Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa TS” displays typical features of ‘Indian English’.

Write a critical analysis of A. K. Ramanujan’s “A River”.

TARA

Discuss how Dattani’s Tara addresses stereotyped notions of gender.

Role and character of Tara /Tara as a Social Play/ Role of Dr. Thakkar/ Title/ Gender Discrimination/ Other Characters like Patel and Chandan

Evaluate Mahesh Dattani’sTara as a memory play.

ESCAPE FROM JAVA

Analyse “Escape from Java” as a father-son narrative.

THE ENGLISH TEACHER

Comment on R.K. Narayan’s presentation of the Indian life in its varied aspects through different characters. / Show how the Indian family system is represented in The English Teacher.

Comment on the English Teacher’s dissatisfaction with his profession. Or, Account for the transformation that take place in the English Teacher’s life. Or Critically analyse the character of Krishna. Show whether his character develops during the scope of the novel.

Compare the characters and philosophies of Krishna and the Headmaster./ Critically analyse the character of the Headmaster. Does his vision offer a model for Krishna to follow? Does his school offer an alternative model to that of the mainstream education?

What alternative views of education do you find in The English Teacher? Or, “The English Teacher clearly builds up within its narrative an anti colonial critique”. Discuss. Or, Write critically on Narayan’s criticism of the mainstream education system in British India.

Will you consider The English Teacher as an autobiographical novel?

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