G-DTN-M-FORA ENGLISH
Paper—I (Literature) Time Allowed : Three Hours

Maximum Marks : 300

INSTRUCTIONS Candidates should attempt Question Nos. I and 5 which are compulsoty, and any three of the remaining questions. selecting at least one question from each Section. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. Answers must be written in English. Important : Whenever a Question is being attempted, all its parts/sub-parts must be attempted contiguously. This means that before moving on to the next Question to be attempted, candidates must finish attempting all parts/sub-parts of the previous Question attempted. This is to be strictly followed. Pages left blank in the answer-book are to he clearly struck out in ink. A fly answers that follow pages left blank may not be given credit

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SECTION—A 1. Write short notes on each of the following. Each question should be answered in 150 words : 12x5=60

(a) In King Lear -Cordelia's goodness is as absolute and inexplicable as her sisters' reprovable badness...." Critically analyse the above statement with reference to your reading of King Lear. (b) -The Classical humanism of the Renaissance was fundamentally medieval and fundamentally Christian...." Critically analyse this statement. (c) How do the 'Sylphs' help in the development of the 'mock-epic' element in The Rape of the Lock ? (d) "The Romantic age marks the end of pastoral poetry in the very shock of its collision with actual country experience." Critically evaluate this statement. (e) Comment on the use of bildungsroman narrative in Victorian novels. 2. Answer each of the following in about 400 words : 30x2=60 (a) Critically examine if the treatment of Caliban in The Tempest is a reflection of the emergence of European Colonialism during the Elizabethan period.
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(11) How does Milton use paganism to