Bachelor Of Mass Media (BMM) SEM II 2017 18 April 2017-18 INTRO. TO LITERATURE Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

1. Q1 Answer briefly any three of the following questions: 15 marks
   • a. What is the significance of setting in a short story?
   • b. Why is point of view considered one of the most important technical considerations for fiction writers?
   • c. Define the main features of a dramatic monologue?
   • d. How does the poet’s use of tone shape the reader’s response to the poem?
   • e. Why is the plot considered the basis of narration in a novel?
   • i) From whose point of view does Ruskin Bond narrate the story The Thief? Does it make the story more effective? Give your views. (8)
   • ii) What would you say is the theme of Chekhov’s story The Lottery Ticket? 7
   • i) Which woman character in by Shashi Deshpande made an impact on you? Give reasons for your choice. (8)
   • ii) How does Chekhov develop the character of the wife in the story The Lottery
2. Q3 Answer any one of the questions with reference to the novel you have studied. 15 marks
   • a) novelists use literary elements to create and develop their work? Answer with reference to the novel you have studied
   • b) What is the source of the conflict in the novel you have studied? How successfully does the novelist resolve it?
   • c) Analyse the novel you have studied on the basis of theme and plot
   • Q. P. Code: 19058
   • i) How are the themes of Death, Time, and Eternity presented in Emily Dickinson’s poem The Chariot? (8)
   • ii) Analyse Shakespeare’s sonnet Shall | Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day as a poem in praise of his friend. (7)
   • (i) What are the elements of romanticism in Keats’s poem Ode to a Nightingale? 8
   • (ii) Identify Tennyson’s use of nature imagery in Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. 7
3. Q5 Answer only from either play. 15 marks
   • a) Show how money.and money transactions form the central theme of The Merchant
   • b) In The Merchant of Venice how does the character of Portia compare with the men
   • a) What is your opinion of Sargent in the one act play The Rising of the Moon by Lady
   • b) In what way does the setting and the political situation create tension in The Rising of the Moon?
   • Q. P. Code: 19058
   • H) (setting) Pa ?
   • i) (The Thief) a se?
   • ii) (The Lottery Ticket) wy (\9)
   • ii) (The Lottery Ticket)
   • Q. P. Code: 19058
   • i) ‘The Chariot’ Fa, do UT HAM
   • ii) ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day’ el
   • i) ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ (romanticism) (C)
   • ii) ‘Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal U
   • H) site (The Merchant of Venice ta si (The Merchant of Venice Rising of the Moon’ Ha ‘The Rising of the Moon’

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