IGNOU BEGC-108
- British Literature: 18th Century,
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(July 2024 - January 2025)

Section A

1. Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each:

(i) Restoration Comedy
(ii) Elegy
(iii) Pre-Romantic poetry
(iv) Neo-classicism

Section B

Answer the following in about 300 words each:

1. Discuss satire in the classical and neo-classical age.
2. How does the progression of the narrative in Robinson Crusoe try to balance the contradictory claims of a spiritual autobiography and a tale of adventure?
3. What purpose does the epigraph serve in the play The Way of the World?
4. Discuss form and structure of the the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
5. Analyze the major symbols, allegories and motifs in The Way of the World.

Section C

Answer the following questions in about 400 words each:

1. Examine the various thematic aspects of the Robinson Crusoe.
2. Critically summarize Book I and Book II of the Gulliver’s Travels.

Section A

1. Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each:

i) Historical Circumstances of 17 th and 18 th Century England.
ii) Enlightenment
iii) Major Characteristics of Restoration Period
iv) Poetry in 18 th century

Section B

Answer the following in about 300 words each:

1. Comment on the development of the character of Robinson Crusoe in the story.
2. Critically analyse important characters of Gulliver’s Travels Book III.
3. What is the “The Way of the World” solution to the Hobbesian power struggle?
4. What meaning does the term “Age of Sensibility” convey to you?

Section C

Answer the following questions in about 400 words each:

1. How does the novel foreground that cultural colonization and geographical conquering go hand in hand?
2. Write a critical summary of Gulliver’s Travels Book IV.
3. Critically analyse the major themes in “The Way of the World”
4. Discuss some critical assumptions about the epitaph of the Elegy.
5. Discuss the metaphors and personifications used in the Elegy.