MPhil English www.dravidianuniversity.ac.in Model Question Paper, Syllabus : Dravidian University

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Syllabus for M. Phil. English
Paper – II Broad Field: Model Question paper
Duration: 3 hrs. Marks: 5X20= 100

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http://www.dravidianuniversity.ac.in...us/English.doc

Instruction: Answer any 5, attempting at least one from each section. All Questions carry equal marks.

Section –A

1.Identify the spirit of Renaissance in Elizabethan writers.

2.Analyze the roles of ‘Nature’ and ‘Self’ in the writers of Romantic Age.

3.Discuss the concept of ‘Fate’ in Hardy’s novels.

4.Treat Eliot as a pioneering modernist writer.

Section-B

5.Elaborate the basic features of Transcendentalism in American Literature.

6.Explain the idea of ‘American Dream’ in Miller’s Writings.

Section-C

7.Consider archetypal approach as a seminal one in the history of literary criticism.

8.Bring out the basic tenets of New Criticism.

9.Analyze how feminist criticism contributes to gender equity.

10.Establish the relevance of Postcolonial approach to Literature.