BANGLA CHOTOGALPO — DU B.A. (Hons.) Bengali Previous Year Question Papers

Type of the Paper : DSC Candidates have to answer All the questions in Part A and any three questions in Part B. Questions in Part A carry 10 marks each and questions in Part B carry 20 marks each. 1. (a) Identify, contextualise and critically comment on the following lines : Of these am I, who thy protection claim, A watchful sprite, and Ariel is my name. Late, as I rang'd the crystal wilds of air, In the clear mirror of thy ruling star I saw, alas! some dread event impend, Ere to the main this morning sun descend, But Heav'n reveals not what, or how, or where: Warn'd by the Sylph, oh pious maid, beware! This to disclose is all thy guardian can. Beware of all, but most beware of man ! (b) Write a critical note on mock-epic conventions in The Rape of the (a) Identify, contextualise and critically comment on the following lines: My little friend Grildrig; you have made a most admirable panegyrick upon your country. You have clearly proved that ignorance, idleness, and vice, are the proper ingredients for qualifying a legislator. That laws are best explained, interpreted, and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding, and eluding them. (b) Write a note on Swift's use of travel genre and attempts to secure verisimilitude in Gulliver's Travels. 3. (a) Identify, contextualize and critically comment on the following lines: I cannot tell whether it is from the number of our penal laws, or the licentiousness of our people, that this country should shew more convicts in a year, than half the dominions of Europe united. Perhaps it is owing to both; for they mutually produce each other. (b) Write a short note on the character of Squire Thornhill in The Vicar of 4. (a) Critically examine Swift's satire on contemporary politics based on your reading of Gulliver's Travels. (b) To what extent is Gulliver's Travels a pessimistic view of human nature. Support your answer with reference to his various voyage. 5. (a) Explain the gender discourse in Pope's The Rape of the Lock. (b) The irrationality of human passion is the subject of satire in The Rape of the Lock. Elaborate. 6. (a) "Man líttle knows what calamities are beyond his patience to bear, till he tries them." Discuss the theme of fortitude as explicated in The Vicar of Wakefield. (b) How do the tone, style and genre of The Vicar of Wakefield shape its plot? (a) The eighteenth-century literature, with a strong emphasis on good sense and reason, sought to effect changes in the manners and morals of society. Elaborate with reference to two or more texts. (b) How did the eighteenth-century politics affect the social fabric, especially the institution of marriage? Elucidate with reference to two texts.