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Bachelors Programme c) What were the classical influences behind

B. D. P.
Term End Examination — December 2016 & June 2017
Elective Course
ENGLISH
( New Syllabus )
( Second Paper : The Renaissance and the
Reformation )
( Enrolled from July 2015 )
Time : Four Hours Full Marks : 100
( Weightage of Marks : 70% )
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance
in the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect
spelling, untidy work and illegible handwriting.
The weightage for each question has been
indicated in the margin.
1. Answer any two of the following : 20 × 2 = 40
a) Write an essay on the literary genres that
developed in England as a result of the
Renaissance and the Reformation.
b) Analyse with reference to the poems in your
syllabus how Shakespeare’s sonnets are a
unique development in the Elizabethan
sonnet tradition.
Sidney’s theory of poetry ? How does he
adapt them to build his arguments ?
d) Edward-II is a play on the irony of kingship.
Discuss.
2. Answer any three of the following : 12 × 3 = 36
a) Account for the importance of Ben Jonson
as a dramatist.
b) How does Sidney combine traditional and
individual elements in ‘Loving in Truth’ ?
c) How does Donne use form of the aubade to
compose a Metaphysical love poem in ‘The
Good Morrow’ ?
d) Show with reference to the essays in your
syllabus how Bacon combines personal
opinions with philosophic reflections.
e) Comment on the presentation and role of
the witches in Macbeth.
f) Analyse As You Like It as a festive comedy.
3. Answer any four of the following : 6 × 4 = 24
a) Explain with reference to the context :
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course,
untrimmed.

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b) How does Patience console the blind poet of

‘On His Blindness’ ?

c) Explain “Crafty men condemn studies,

simple men admire them, and wise men
use them”.

d) Who was William Tyndale ? Why is he

famous in the context of the 16th century ?
e) “Her world is brazen, the poets only deliver
a golden.” Explain.
f) Write a note on Marlowe’s source for
Edward II.

g) Describe the setting of the scene of

Duncan’s murder in Macbeth.
h) How would you relate the “Seven Ages of
Man” speech to the central content of As
You Like It ?

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