MA ENGLISH BY ASMA SHEIKH
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY KARACHI
PAST PAPERS
DRAMA PAPER 1
SECTION (A)
Trace the mental conflict by Dr.faustus in the begginning till his last hour on this earth?
Discuss the puzzle of life and death as presented by Hamlet in his soliloquy “to be or not to be that is the question”
The way conflicts and contrast are revolved alomg with the theme of “mistaken identity” make the twelfth nighta successful comedy.discuss
Write a comprehensive note on caliban as ardent champion of freedom from european conial rule.
SECTION B
1.The Alchemist is a good example of a play reacting the qualities of the comedy of manners.Discuss
2.write a note on the main features of retorian comedy with special reference to the way of the world.
3.politicians are puppet in the hands of catalists.How does GB SHAW establish this theme heartbreak house?
4.Duke ORSINO is in love with the idea that he is in love with voila while voila love the real man the duke.Disscuss these two types of love.
POETRY (PAPER 2)
1.Compare and contrast anyone of the following characters from chaucer prologue to canterbury tales:
a. The prioress and the wife of bath
b.The monk and the priest
c.The friar and the pardoner
2.compare and contrast Blake songs of innocence and experience in term of theme tone and style (OR)comment on Blake use of symbolism in songs of innocence and experience.
3.comment on spenser blending religious and political allegory with romantic and epic element in the Fearie Queene book 1.
4.How effective has Dryden used the biblical story of david
For the purpose of his poem “ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL”?
(OR) Dryden “absalom and achitophel” is not merely a police pamphlet but a great work of literature .Discuss.
5.Comment on pope use of supernatural element in Rape of the lock. (OR) How helpful foe pope is the use of epic frame work in producing social criticism in the RAPE OF THE LOCK.
6.Comment on John DOnne as a metaphysical poet.
(OR) Although donne religious poetry is not in an absolute novel style,yet the way in which he has exploited the traditional christian devices shows his greatness as religious poet.Comment.
How chuaucer used his persona to create irony in the prologue to the canterbury tales?
7.Blake songs of innocence and experience present two contrasting ways of looking at the world and the life.comment
(OR) Evaluate William Blake as a romantic poet.
LITERATURE AND SOCIETY (PAPER III)
1.What are the significant features of Bacon literary style?Discuss with refernce of essay you have studied.
2. comment on the style and form of AROPAGATICA .
3.Comment of SWIFT use of scale as the technique of satire with reference of GULLIVER TRAVELS.
(OR) Critically analyze the cuttimg satire in GULLIVER TRAVELS.
4.Critically analyze the technique addison uses in his essays to bring the reader round to his point.
5.Critically analyse following these lines from OF LIBERTY
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
6.critically comment of leavis discussion on the rerelationship between culture and language.
7.Critically comment on the following lines from culture and anarchy,
“culture disinterstedly seeking its aim at perfection to see things as they are ,shown us how worthy and divine a thing is the religious side in men,though it is not the whole of man”.
8. The governing theme of leavis MASS CIVILIZATION effect of industrialism on society and culture.Discuss
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER (V)
1.What are the main difference between spoken english and its written variety? (OR) what are the advantages and disadvantages of studying a language as a system rather then a tool of communication? (OR) Modern linguistic hold that speech a primary and writing is a second menifestation of a language .discuss
SECTION B
2.Discuss the example the differences between British and American pronounciation .(OR)
Critically asses the reason for the global spread of English in the last 8 years.
(OR) write a critical essay on striking features Elizabathen English .illustrate your essay with specific example from noteworthy writers of the age.
3.What were the effects of norman conquest on the developing of English.
(OR) discuss the significance of Dr.johnson efforts in the standardization ans establishment of English language .illustrate with examples.(OR) what language most Influenced English in the following fields of human activities govt.law medicine and religion. Give specific examples.
SECTION C
4.Discuss difference between the uses of present progresseive and present perfecr progressive structure in english .illustrate your answer with example. (OR)
Write the detailed discription of english modality.(OR)
How does english language express HUPOTHETICAL MEANING.?
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER (IV)
1.What are the salient features of RENISSANCE ?Discuss in brief its influence on Marlow and shakespeare illustating from some of their plays.
2.Critically analyze the development of restoration drama?
3.THE METAPHYSICAL says T.S ELIOT are in tradition of Elizabathen playwrights .discuss
4.Browning is said to be the precurson of modern age.Discuss
5.What is pre-Raphaelitism ?illustrate with reference to swinberea and WILLIAM MORIS .
6.write short notes on any two of the following
A) Reformation : its salient features
B)Verse drama
C)picaresque novel
7.Modern fiction features introspective substance
8.according to TS ELIOT poetry effect modern life.comment.
9.Twentieth century literature is a reaspertion romantic movement in a new setting .comment
10. GB SHAW man and supreme is representative of both the author and the age?
