NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY
BDP Assignment,
December-2019 & June-2020
Elective Course
ENGLISH ( New Syllabus ), (2nd Paper),
The Renaissance and the Reformation : EEG-2
1. Answer any two of the following : 20 × 2 = 40
a) Discuss the literary genres that flourished during the Renaissance and the Reformation in England and suggest causes for their growth.Click Here
b) Write an essay on The English Revenge Tragedy.Click Here
c) Attempt a critical appreciation of the poem ‘Farewell, Love’.Click Here
d) Critically comment on the element of wit in As You Like It.Click Here
a) Assess the contribution of the Metaphysical poets to English poetry.Click Here
b) Examine the imagery used in ‘Loving in Truth’.Click Here
c) Discuss, with close textual reference, how Patience consoles the blind poet in ‘On
His Blindness’.Click Here
d) To what extent does Bacon’s Philosophic and scientific writings influence the
content and style of his essays ?Click Here
e) Sketch the character of Piers Gaveston. Click Here
f) Discuss the contribution of any two of the University Wits to English Drama.Click Here
3. Answer any four of the following : 6 × 4 = 24
a) Explain with reference to the context :
“I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved ? Were we not weaned till then ?”Click Here
b) Write a short note on Humanism.Click Here
c) Comment briefly on the Elizabethan Conceit.Click Here
d) Write a short note on William Tyndale.Click Here
e) What is Macbeths’ reaction on hearing of Lady Macbeths’ death ? What does it say
about the changes in their relationship ?Click Here
f) What are the contemporary factors that led to the writing of Apologie for Poetrie ?Click Here
g) Mention any five sayings in the English Language which have been derived from the
Authorised Version of the Bible.Click Here
h) Briefly discuss some of the popular pamphlet writers of the Elizabethan Age.Click Here
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