Bachelor Of Mass Media (BMM) SEM II 2017 18 Oct 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. Define the main features of a dramatic monologue
   • b. What are the main features of a ballad?
   • c. What is the significance of setting in a short story?
   • d. Why is point of view considered one of the most important technical considerations for fiction writers?
   • e. What tools does the dramatist use to develop the characters in a play?
   • i) Which woman character in a story 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
   • i) Comment on the role of Arun in Ruskin Bond’s short story The Thief. 8
   • ii) Analyse the character of lvan Dmitritch in The Lottery Ticket. 7
2. Q3 Answer any one of the questions with reference to the novel you have studied. 15 marks
   • a) How does setting influence the characters and their action in the novel?
   • b) Which character/s made an impact on you? How was the novelist successful in doing What is the significance of place and time in the novel you have studied?
   • i) Identify the romantic features in Tennyson’s poem Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. 8
   • ii) Analyse Ode to a Nightingale as a poem that idealizes the world of nature. 7
   • Q. P. Code: 19059
   • (i) Comment on Wordsworth’s observation of the their impact on him in the poem | Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. (8)
   • (ii) Examine Emily Dickinson’s skilful combination of imagery and metaphor in the
3. Q5 Answer only one question from either play. 15 marks
   • a) Show how the trial scene in The Merchant of Venice reveals a conflict between justice and mercy. How is the conflict resolved?
   • b) In The Merchant of Venice how would you describe the relationship between Jessica and Shylock? With whom do your sympathies lie?
   • a) Examine the character of Sargent as a man in conflict with love for his motherland and his sense of duty as an official in the one act play The Rising of the Moon by
   • b) What is the significance of the title The Rising of the Moon by Lady Gregory?
   • Q. P. Code: 19059
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