Important Questions University of Karachi , Federal Urdu university and all Sindh universities

 Important Questions University of Karachi , Federal Urdu university and all Sindh universities

Questions for MA English (Part 1)

PAPER 1 DRAMA

Dr. Faustus By Marlowe

4. "Dr. Faustus" As a Morality Play
5. "Dr. Faustus" As a Modern Tragedy
6. Renaissance Elements in "Dr. Faustus"
7. Significance of Last Speech in "Dr. Faustus"
8. Dr. Faustus As a Tragic Hero

 ARMS AND THE MAN BY G.B. SHAW

11. Symbolic Significance of the Title 'Arms and the Man'

12. Elements of Farce in 'Arms and the Man'

13. Realism in 'Arms and the Man'

14. Major Themes in 'Arms and the Man'

15. Role of Petkoff and Catherine in 'Arms and the Man'

16. Character Sketch of Captain Bluntschi

PAPER 2 POETRY

Prologue to the Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer

4. Female Characters in 'The Prologue'

5. Ecclesiastical Characters in 'The Prologue'

6. 'The Prologue' As a Cross-section of the 14th Century English Society

7. Irony and Satire in 'The Prologue'

8. Chaucer's Style and Narrative Skill in 'The Prologue'

• Questions in Past Papers
• REFERNCE TO CONTEXT

2. Alexander Pope – “Rape of the Lock”

i. “Rape of the Lock” as social satire
ii. “Rape of the Lock” as comic epic / mock epic
iii. Use of machinery (Supernatural elements etc.)
iv. Pope’s attitude towards women (Belinda’s character, Social satire)
v. Moral of the “Rape of the Lock”

3. Milton – “Paradise Lost”

i. Milton’s grand style
ii. Portrayal of Satan in “Paradise Lost”
iii. Who is the hero of Paradise Lost?
iv. Character sketch of Adam
v. Character sketch of Eve

4. LOVE AND DIVINE POEMS BY JOHN DONNE

27. Donne As a Love Poet

28. Donne's Attitude Towards Women

29. Donne As a Metaphysical Poet
30. Donne As an Intellectual Realist

31. Use of Hyperbole and Paradox in Donne's Poetry

32. Critical Appreciation of

(i) The Sun Rising

(ii) A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

5. SPENSER

34. Spenser As an Eminent Poet of Elizabethan Period
35. Renaissance Elements in 'Faerie Queen'
36. Critical Appreciation of Canto I of 'Faerie Queen' Book I

 . William Blake

i. Critical Appreciation of poems
ii. Blake as a romantic poet (Blake’s mysticism)
iii. Comparison & Contrast of the poems of “The Song of Innocence” & “The Song of

1. JOSEPH ANDREWS BY HENRY FIELDING

1. Henry Fielding As the Father of English Novel 

2. Major Themes in 'Joseph Andrews'

3. 'Joseph Andrews' As a Picaresque Novel

4. Fielding's Art of Characterization in 'Joseph Andrews'

5. Character Sketch of Joseph Andrews

6. Character Sketch of Parson Adam

2. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN

1. Theme of Love and Marriage in' 'Pride and Prejudice

2. Irony in 'Pride and Prejudice'

3. Character of Elizabeth Bennet

4. Male Characters in 'Pride and Prejudice'

5. Jane Austen's Limited Range

6. Plot of 'Pride and Prejudice'

 TESS OF THE D'UBERVILLES BY THOMAS HARDY

1.Role of Fate and Chance in 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'

2. Role of Landscape in 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'

3. Plot of 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'

4. Tess As a Pure Woman

5.  Character Sketch of Alec

6. Salient Features of Victorian Novel

|Adam Bede By George Eliot 

1. Major Thematic Concerns in 'Adam Bede'

2. Psychological Realism in 'Adam Bede'

3. Ending of 'Adam Bede'

4. George Eliot's Narrative Technique

5. George Eliot's Art of Characterization

6. Character Sketch of Adam Bede

7. Character Sketch of Dinah Morris

8. Character Sketch of Hetty Sorrel