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UGC NET DEC 2008 : ENGLISH PAPER III

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Signature and Name of Invigilator Roll No. (In figures as per admission card) 1. (Signature) (Name) Roll No. 2. (Signature) (Name) Test Booklet No. D 3 0 0 8 Time : 2 hours] (In words) PAPER III ENGLISH Number of Pages in this Booklet : 32 [Maximum Marks : 200 Number of Questions in this Booklet : 26 Instructions for the Candidates U U 1. Write your roll number in the space provided on the top of this page. 1. U DU U S U U U U U 2. U U U, U S U U 2. Answers to short answer/essay type questions are to be given in the space provided below each question or after the questions in the Test Booklet itself. U U No Additional Sheets are to be used. 3. U U U, - S U U U - S U U 3. At the commencement of examination, the question booklet will be given to you. In the first 5 minutes, you are requested to open the booklet and compulsorily examine it as below : (i) - S U U U U U U U S U U- U S S U U (i) To have access to the Test Booklet, tear off the paper seal on the edge of this cover page. Do not accept a booklet without sticker-seal and do not accept an open booklet. (ii) U DU U U U - S DU U U U U U U S DU / U U U U U S S U U U U U S U U - S U U - S U UQ (ii) Tally the number of pages and number of questions in the booklet with the information printed on the cover page. Faulty booklets due to pages/questions missing or duplicate or not in serial order or any other discrepancy should be got replaced immediately by a correct booklet from the invigilator within the period of 5 minutes. Afterwards, neither the question booklet will be replaced nor any extra time will be given. 4. U U 4. Read instructions given inside carefully. 5. One page is attached for Rough Work at the end of the booklet before the Evaluation Sheet. 5. U U- S (Rough Work) U U DU 6. If you write your name or put any mark on any part of the Answer Sheet, except for the space allotted for the relevant entries, which may disclose your identity, you will render yourself liable to disqualification. 6. U- S U , U U U U 7. U # U U- S U U U U U # U U U U 7. You have to return the Test booklet to the invigilators at the end of the examination compulsorily and must not carry it with you outside the Examination Hall. 8. / U Z U S U 8. Use only Blue/Black Ball point pen. 9. Use of any calculator or log table etc. is prohibited. 9. U ( U U) U U 10. There is NO negative marking. 10. U U D 3008 1 P.T.O. ENGLISH PAPER III NOTE : D 3008 This paper is of two hundred (200) marks containing four (4) sections. Candidates are required to attempt the questions contained in these sections according to the detailed instructions given therein. 2 SECTION - I Note : This section contains five (5) questions based on the following poems. Each question should be answered in about thirty (30) words and each carries five (5) marks. (5x5=25 marks) When I stepped into your bridal chamber I was not one-but two One completely wedded, one completely chaste..... For the sake of your pleasure I had to kill that virgin So I killed her These murders, legitimate by law Only the humiliation of them illegitimate I drank the poison of the humiliation. Then the morning came And saw my hands all wet with blood. I washed my hands Just the way I washed your musty man-smell from my body But when I came before the mirror There she was before me The very one I d murdered in the night Oh! God! Had the darkness of the bridal chamber been so dense? Which one had I come to kill, which one had I killed...... 1. Comment on the significance of blood as an image. D 3008 3 P.T.O. 2. What does killing/murder refer to ? 3. What does the poet intend by referring to the two identities of the woman ? D 3008 4 4. What is the significance of the coalescing of the two images of a woman ? 5. What is the poet s attitude towards the male in the poem ? D 3008 5 P.T.O. SECTION - II Note : This section contains fifteen (15) questions each to be answered in about thirty (30) words. Each question carries five (5) marks. (5x15=75 marks) 6. How does The Prologue to the Carterburry Tales open ? 7. What is the significance of comic relief in a Shakespearean tragedy ? D 3008 6 8. What are the causes of the decline of Jacobean drama ? 9. Define metaphysical conceit with an example. D 3008 7 P.T.O. 10. What is neo-classicism ? 11. Define periodical essay . D 3008 8 12. Define Coleridge s concept of fancy . 13. Explain Wordsworth s definition of poetry. D 3008 9 P.T.O. 14. What are the hallmarks of Pre-Raphaelite poetry ? 15. Define Mathew Arnold s concept of criticism. D 3008 10 16. What is meant by the term angry generation ? 17. What is W.B. Yeats concept of gyres ? D 3008 11 P.T.O. 18. Comment on Ted Hughes animal imagery ? 19. Define the concept of paradox according to Cleanth Brooks. D 3008 12 20. What is cultural materialism ? SECTION - III Note : This section contains five (5) questions from each of the electives / specialisations. The candidate has to choose only one elective / specialisation and answer all the five questions from it. Each question carries twelve (12) marks and is to be answered in about two hundred (200) words. (12x5=60 marks) Elective - I History of English Language and English Language Teaching 21. Bring out the influence of the French language in the development of English language. 22. Explain the differences between RP (Received Pronunciation) and GIE (General Indian English). 23. How can the cognitive model of language learning be adopted ? 24. What is inter-language interference ? explain. 25. Communicative language teaching pays systematic attention to functional as well as structural aspects of language Discuss. OR D 3008 13 P.T.O. Elective - II European Literature from the Classical Age to the 20th Century 21. Consider Thomas Mann s The Magic Mountain as a Bildungsroman novel. 22. Examine Emile Zola as the chief proponant of naturalism in France. 23. Bring out the element of pathos in Gorky s Mother. 24. How is Aristotle s Poetics an improvement upon Plato s ideas on poetry ? 25. Examine how Pirandello questions theatrical conventions through his plays. OR Elective - III Indian Writing in English and Indian Literature in English Translation 21. Evaluate the contribution of Indian novelists in English to diasporic fiction. 22. Sri Aurobindo s Savitri is more of philosphy than poetry. Discuss. 23. Examine Tughlaq as a dramatic reconstruction of history. 24. Consider Amrita Pritam s Revenue Stamp as a modernist text. 25. How would you catergorize and define Indian literature ? OR Elective - IV American and other Non-British English Literatures 21. Discuss Robert Frost as a New England Poet. 22. How does Eugene O Neil Synthesize the elements of the Greek and modernist drama ? 23. Pre-colonial Canadian poetry is essentially romantic in nature. Examine. 24. Evaluate Patrick White as a novelist of Australian landscape. 25. How does George Lamming use multiple narrative perspectives in his novel, In the Castle of My Skin. OR Elective - V Literary Theory and Criticism 21. What are the principles of the Sublime as envisaged by Longinus ? 22. Explain Methew Arnold s Touchstone Mehtod of Criticism. 23. Discuss I.A. Richards concept of two uses of language. 24. How does Derrida attack Saussure s notion of the signified and the signifier. ? 25. Gender-based reading of a text is another way of looking at power politics. Do you agree with this statement ? Give reasons. D 3008 14 D 3008 15 P.T.O. D 3008 16 D 3008 17 P.T.O. D 3008 18 D 3008 19 P.T.O. D 3008 20 D 3008 21 P.T.O. D 3008 22 D 3008 23 P.T.O. SECTION - IV Note : This section consists of essay type questions of forty (40) marks to be answered in about one thousand (1000) words. Attempt any one of the following. (40x1=40 marks) 26. Multimedia Devices in English Language Teaching. OR The Problem of Neglitude in American Literature. OR British Literature between the Two Wars. OR Existentialism in European Literature OR Post-modern Elements in Indian English Fiction D 3008 24 D 3008 25 P.T.O. D 3008 26 D 3008 27 P.T.O. D 3008 28 D 3008 29 P.T.O. D 3008 30 D 3008 31 P.T.O. FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 1 26 51 76 2 27 52 77 3 28 53 78 4 29 54 79 5 30 55 80 6 31 56 81 7 32 57 82 8 33 58 83 9 34 59 84 10 35 60 85 11 36 61 86 12 37 62 87 13 38 63 88 14 39 64 89 15 40 65 90 16 41 66 91 17 42 67 92 18 43 68 93 19 44 69 94 20 45 70 95 21 46 71 96 22 47 72 97 23 48 73 98 24 49 74 99 25 50 75 Marks Obtained Question Number Marks Obtained Question Number Marks Obtained Question Number Marks Obtained Question Number Marks Obtained 100 Total Marks Obtained (in words) ..................................... (in figures) .................................... Signature & Name of the Coordinator ............................... (Evaluation) D 3008 Date ............................. 32

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