UPSC मेन्स ENGLISH-LITERATURE-PAPER-I 2012

13 प्रश्न • 240 अंक • विस्तृत मॉडल उत्तर के साथ

1
12 अंक150 शब्दhard
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.
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2
12 अंक150 शब्दhard
"The Classical humanism of the Renaissance was fundamentally medieval and fundamentally Christian...." Critically analyse this statement.
इतिहाससाहित्य
3
12 अंक150 शब्दmedium
How do the 'Sylphs' help in the development of the 'mock-epic' element in The Rape of the Lock?
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4
12 अंक150 शब्दmedium
"The Romantic age marks the end of pastoral poetry in the very shock of its collision with actual country experience." Critically evaluate this statement.
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5
12 अंक150 शब्दmedium
Comment on the use of bildungsroman narrative in Victorian novels.
साहित्यउपन्यास
6
30 अंक400 शब्दhard
Critically examine if the treatment of Caliban in The Tempest is a reflection of the emergence of European Colonialism during the Elizabethan period.
साहित्यइतिहास
7
30 अंक400 शब्दhard
How does Milton use paganism to describe the fallen angels in Paradise Lost? Your answer should be based on your close reading of Paradise Lost, Book I.
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8
20 अंक250 शब्दmedium
T.S. Eliot described Donne's imagery as follows----“the elaboration...of a figure of speech to the furthest stage to which ingenuity can carry it.” Analyse this quality with reference to Donne's poems.
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9
20 अंक250 शब्दmedium
In Memoriam explores the relationship between science and religion.
साहित्यदर्शनशास्त्र
10
20 अंक250 शब्दmedium
"Despite its macabre opening theme, The Relic has some flashes of comic wit which shows Donne's readiness to joke even when his subject is serious." Critically analyse this statement.
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11
20 अंक250 शब्दmedium
Write an essay on the 'Condition of England' in the novels written in the Victorian Age.
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12
20 अंक250 शब्दmedium
Critically analyse Ibsen's use of symbolism in A Doll's House. How does the symbolism complement the realistic tone of the play?
साहित्यनाटक
13
20 अंक250 शब्दmedium
Analyse the use of 'blank verse' by Wordsworth in his poems.
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