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Sr. No. of Question Paper : 569 G
Unique Paper Code : 2032102302
Name of the Paper : Victorian Literature DSC
Name of the Course Bachelor of Arts with
English
Semester
Duration: 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 90
Instructions for Candidates
1. Write your Roll No. on the top immediately on receipt
of this question paper.
2 This paper consists of 2 parts. Both parts are
compulsory.
3. Candidates have to answer ALL the questions in Part
A and ANY THREE in Part B.
4 Questions in Part A carry 10 marks each and
questions in part B carry 20 marks each.
PART A
Attempt a short note on St. John Rivers in Jane Eyre.
Or
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A long drawn carol, mournful, holy,
She chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Til her eyes were darken'd wholly,
And her smooth face sharpen'd slowly,
Turn'd to tower'd Camelot:
(a) Who is being described in the above quoted
lines? (3)
(b) Why is the woman singing mournful songs? (3)
(c) Discuss the significance of Camelot. (4)
2. Write a short note on the theme of marriage in Great
Expectations.
Or
dentify, contextualise and critically comment on the
following lines:
She thanked men-good! but thanked
Somehow-I know not how-as if she ranked
My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
With anybody's gift. Who'd stoop to blame
This sort of trifling? Even had you skill
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In speech-which Ihave not-to make your will
Quite clear to such an one, and say, "Just this
Or that in you disgusts me; here you misS,
Or there exceed the mark"-and if she let
Herself be lessoned so, not plainly set
Her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse
E'en then would be some stooping: and I choose
Never to stoop.
3. Write a short note on 'river floss' in George Eliot's
The Mill on the Floss.
Or
Atempt a short note on the form and structure of the
poem How do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barret
Browning.
PART B
4. Critically examine Charlotte Bronte's representation
detail.
of "The Madwoman in the Attic" in
Or
power
Discuss the complex intersection of gender and
Lady of Shalott".
in Alfred Tennyson's "The
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5, In what ways does Great Expectations by Charles
Dickens reflect Victorian English society?
Or
What do you understand by dramatic monologue? With
reference to Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess",
explain how a dramatic monologue makes the persona
reveal his character in his own words.
6. Critically analyse Maggie Tulliver's journey from the
innocence of childhood to the experience of adulthood.
Or
Discuss in detail the central theme of Elizabeth Barret
Browning's "How do I Love Thee?"
7. Discuss the significance of social class in Victorian
fiction with reference to any two texts in this paper.
Or
Critically analyse the portrayal of women in the works
of any two Victorian poets in your course.
(10,000)
