English Literature Guide

Dibrugarh University 2nd Semester English Major question paper;2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 1.201(2013) For all question paper click here    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MFX6lr_4-FL8HEeLTFU6Z2OtoZcGhOgr 2. 201  (2014) click here for all question paper   https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ax6zKKnuYZw5HPuPRXT5vBPQj_eOsWHP 3.201(2015) click here for all     https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q396RFi_LzPMpHLuAX2XjYlfwIqtRxW5

1. Discuss Addison’s prose style with reference to the essay, Sir Roger in London. Answer:-Joseph Addison ,a stylist essayist ,a great moralist,a scholarly critic,a judicious journalist and a great literary figure od 18 th century,is regarded as one if the most famous founders of modern prose style.He was agreat critic and ing about social reformer who wished to bring a change in the life of contemporary people through his contribution to  The Spectator                                     Addison develop a style along with his friend Steel which was became known as the middle style which  ha dbecome famous as the middee style, a stlye that is familiar but not course  and elegant but not ostentatios,a style that is always easy,without glowing words or pointed sentence.   The first and foremost feature of Addison prose style is clarity and lucidity of expression . He expresses his thoughts and ideas in simple and ordinary language without complexity and ambiguity without obscu

BA 2014 4th SEMESTER ENGLISH MAJOR QUESTION PAPER OF DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY 1.First paper:401    For all questions click the link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1x6px-iM7StqKDeLeK0xot7hxlRRqj_w-

BA 2016 4th SEMESTER ENGLISH MAJOR QUESTION PAPER OF DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY 1. First paper:-401 For all questions click here     https://drive.google.com/open?id=1w5DhyPFUX8TigsvqlagfCgFlwIysNBFE

1   1. Present a critical assessment of William Makepeace Thackeray as a Victorian novelist. Answer:-   William Makepeace Thackera y was a British novelist. He began writing articles and send them to a newspaper that would print theme. Thackeray began to contribute regularly to Fraser’s Magazine Morning Chronicle and The Times . His first writing attracted in Punch, where he satirized English Snobbery.As a Victorian, he knew the chaos and problem of Victorian society.He presents the problems of Victorian society in a satirical manner.                                                             While he was struggling to earn money from magazines, he wrote Henry Esmond (1852).As a realist, he shows not the pride and pomp of war, which are largely delusions, but its brutality and barbarism which are all too real, painting the generals and leaders not as the newspaper heroes, but as intrigues, pretty jealous and selfish ambitions which were common in Victorian society.        

Comment critically on the contribution of   Thomas Hardy to the English novel.                                                                                 Or The contribution of   Thomas  Hardy to the development of the English Novel.   Answer:- Thomas Hardy (2June1840-11January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself as a poet but his first collection of poetry was not published(1898). Therefore he published some of his popular novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd( 1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d’Urbervills (1891) and Jude the Obscure (1895). Many of his novel concerns tragic characters struggling against their passion and social circumstance and they are often set semi-fictional region of  Wessex ; initially based on the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom.                                 In style, Hardy is direct and simple, aiming at realism in all things. In his novels , Hardy makes m

4th sem  Question paper of Dibrugarh University BA English Major (4th semester)2015 1.(a)4th semester 2015,401 For all paper click the link https://drive.google.com/open?id=1T8QDF5zm5BIX3b8Xb-YzUGkZoqq-lNhv (b)4th semester 2015,402 For all paper click the link https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ncWBofkADla2K9tViS6kkuMtV5w2Ji30