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B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination June, 2025
BEGC-108 : BRITISH LITERATURE : 18TH CENTURY
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : All Sections are compulsory
Section—A
1. Attempt any three from the short notes Section and any one from the reference to the context questions :
(a) Role of the preface in Robinson Crusoe
(b) Misogymy in Gulliver’s Travels
(c) Augustan Age
(d) Pre-romantic poets
(e) Congreve on comedy
(f) “Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree‟s shade
Where heavens the turf in many a
mouldering heap,
Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.”
(g) “Let not ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful
smile,
The short and simple annals of the poor.”
BEGC 108 : British Literature : 18th Century Question Paper June 2025
Section—B
2. Elaborate on the political pre-occupations of 17th and 18th century England
3. Critically evaluate Laputa as an absolutist state
4. “Robinson Crusoe foregrounds that cultural colonisation and geographical conquering go hand in hand.” Do you agree with this statement ? Elaborate
5. How did the early eighteenth century poets deal with commercial trends ?
6. Does the island setting of Robinson Crusoe have any significance ? Elucidate
Section—C
7. Comment on the theme of “Civilization versus Savagery” in Robinson Crusoe.
8. What do you understand by the term Restoration Period ? Give the characteristics of the age.
9. Comment on the title of the play „The Way of the World‟
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