C.U. English Hons Suggestion 2nd semester CC4 2023
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Calcutta University English Hons Suggestion 2nd semester CC4 2023
Poem
(Any two Questions out of four (15
Marks )
Andrew Marvell, 'To His Coy Mistress
1)**What is a metaphysical conceit? Elucidate with instances from AndrewMarvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress’.
OR
Consider Marvell, 'To His Coy Mistress as a
metaphysical poem.
2)**
Discuss how Marvell uses the theme of ‘Carpe Diem to convey his feelings in
‘To His Coy Mistress
John Donne, 'The Good Morrow
1)
“JohnDonne’s “The Good Morrow “is an unconventional love poem.” Discuss
2)
*Consider
Donne’s “The Good Morrow “ as a metaphysical poem.
3)
Consider
Donne’s ‘The Good Morrow’ as a love poem.
EdmundSpenser, 'One Day I Wrote Her Name
1)* Would you
describe ‘One
Day I Wrote Her Name' as a dramatic poem?
3)Discuss
Spencer‘s attitude to love as found in ‘'One Day I Wrote Her Name.
William Shakespeare, Sonnets 18
1)Comment
on Shakespeare’s use of imagery with reference to Sonnet 18 or Sonnet 130
2)How
does Shakespeare immortalize his beloved in Sonnet 18
OR
How
does Shakespeare compare the beauty of this friend to that of a summer’s day in
Sonnet?
William Shakespeare, Sonnets 130
1)
Attempt a critical appreciation of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130.
2)
Show how Shakespeare deviates from conventional Elizabethan love poetry in
Sonnet 130.
3)
Comment on Shakespeare’s portrayal of his mistress in Sonnet 130.
4)
Critically examine Shakespeare’s use of imagery and illusion in Sonnet 130.
Geoffrey Chaucer: Wife of Bath’s Prologue
1)
Sketch the character of ‘wife of Bath’ in Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Prologue.
OR
Discuss
the theme of feminism as found in Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Prologue.
OR
Is 'Wife of Bath’s Prologue' a feminist or anti–feminist?
QR
2) The Wife of Bath is a woman of great strength, vitality and aggression. She is
a threatening presence in the Prologue. Do you agree? Give reasons.
3)
Write a critical appreciation of ‘Wife of Bath’s Prologue’ by Geoffrey Chaucer.
4)Comment on the Wife of Bath’s to her first three husbands.
5)Is
Wife of Bath an anti-clerical
Drama (Any one (15 Marks )
Christopher Marlowe, Edward II
1) *Write a critical commentary on the murder scene in Edward II
OR
Critically comment on the Death –scene in Edward II.
2) *Comment on Marlow’s treatment of the
irony of kingship in Edward II.
3) Comment on Edward II as a history play.
4) *Bring out the dramatic significance
of the Abdication scene (Act V, Sc i)
5) ** Comment on the role of the Younger
Mortimer in Edward II.
OR
Is
It fair to describe Mortimer as a ‘villain’ and a ‘traitor’
6) Examine the character of the Galveston
William Shakespeare, Macbeth
1)
Analyze Shakespeare‘s treatment of the supernatural in Macbeth.
2) Comment on the significance of the porter in Act II Sc. III of Macbeth
.
3)Write
a critical note on the Banquet Scene in the play Macbeth.
OR
Discuss
Shakespeare’s use of the supernatural use in the Banquet Scene in the play
Macbeth.
4)
*Examine the use of dramatic irony in Macbeth.
5)Write
a note on Shakespeare’s use of soliloquies in Macbeth.
6)
Analyze the significance of the role of Lady Macbeth in the play Macbeth.
Critically examine and comment on
Shakespeare’s use of images in Macbeth.
William Shakespeare‘s Twelfth Night
1)** Comment on the role of Feste in Twelfth
Night.
2) How are romance and reality blended in
Twelfth Night? Answer with textual references.
OR
‘Twelfth Night’ is a comedy built on the
principle of contrast . Discuss with suitable examples from the text.
3)
Examine the role of disguise and cross-dressing in Twelfth Night.
4)*What
dramatic function is served by Malvolio in The Twelfth Night.
5)**Do
you agree with the view that Viola is essentially a romance? Give reasons for
your answer with close reference to the text.
OR
Analyze
the character of Viola and the significance of her role as the moving spirit of
the drama.
6)
Show how Shakespeare blends the real with the conversations of romance in
Twelfth Night
6)**Consider
Twelfth Night as a festive comedy.
7)
Comment on the title of the play Twelfth Night.
William Shakespeare‘s As You Like It
1)* Consider As You Like It as a romantic
comedy.
2) * Justify the title of As You Like It.
3)What
is the dramatic function of the Forest of Arden in ‘As You Like It’.
4)Write
an essay on Shakespeare’s exploration of
the theme of love in ‘As You Like It’.
Calcutta University
English Honours Syllabus (CBCS) -2023
CC4 (SEMESTER 2)
BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA (14TH – 17TH CENTURY)
Social and
Intellectual Background
Poetry
Geoffrey Chaucer,
'Wife of Bath's Prologue
Edmund Spenser,
'One Day I Wrote Her Name
William
Shakespeare, Sonnets 18 & 130
John Donne, 'The
Good Morrow'
Andrew Marvell,
'To His Coy Mistress
Drama
Christopher
Marlowe, Edward II
OR William
Shakespeare, Macbeth
William
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
OR As You Like It
End Semester
Question Pattern:
Objective – 5
marks
Two questions of
15 marks each from poetry (out of three)
Two questions of
15 marks each (one from each) from drama
(out of four, two
from each)
