BEGC 112 : British Literature : Early Twentieth Century Question Paper June 2025

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B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination June, 2025
BEGC-112 : BRITISH LITERATURE : EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : All questions are compulsory.

1. Explain any four of the following passages with reference to the context : 4×8=32
(i) “But when Evans (Razia who had seen him
once called him “a quiet main”, a sturdy,
red-haired man, undemonstrative in the
company of women), when Evans was
killed just before the Armistice in Italy,
Septimus, far from showing any emotion or
recognising that here was the end of a
friendship, congratulated himself upon
feeling very little and very reasonably. The
War had taught him. It was sublime.”

(ii) “Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming ! Hardly are
those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight;

(iii) “There was a Birth, certainly,
We had evidence and no doubt.
I had seen birth and death,
But had thought they were different;
this Birth was
Hard and bitter agony for us,
Like Death, our Death.”

(iv) “Yet he wasn‟t a scab or odd in his views,
For his Union reports that he paid his
dues,
(Our report on his Union shows it was sound)
And our Social Psychology workers found
That he was popular with his mates and
liked a drink.”

v) “I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul‟s
history
Through corridors of light, where the hours
are suns,
Endless and singing.”

BEGC 112 Question Paper June 2025

2. Write short notes on any four of the following (in around 100 words each) :
(i) Modernist Poetry
(ii) The ‘stream of consciousness’ technique
(iii) The influence of Freud on the intellectual life of early twentieth century Britain
(iv) The literary traits of Virginia Woolf’s writing
(v) Sons and Lovers as a regional novel

3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each :
(i) Discuss how early twentieth century British literature has dealt with the issue of women‟s rights and the women‟s movement

(ii) How does the novel Mrs. Dalloway engage with the trauma caused by the First World War ?

(iii) Explain the significance of the symbols in the poem „Journey of the Magi‟.

(iv) Discuss the biblical and historical contexts of the poem „The Second Coming‟.

4. Write an essay (around 300 words) on any one of the following questions : 20
(a) Discuss Virginia Woolf’s achievement as a modernist writer with special reference to Mrs. Dalloway.
(b) Explain the significance of the title of W. H. Auden’s poem ‘The Unknown Citizen’

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