ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY



ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics)

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Course: The History of English Literature (9053) Semester: Autumn, 2020

Level: BS Total Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 50

ASSIGNMENT No. 1

(Units 1-5)

Q.1 Identify and explain with the help of appropriate examples the characteristic features of religious poetry composed in Old English. (20)

Q.2 How did Thomas Malory and John Wycliffe contribute to the development of prose written in English language? Explain. (20)

Q.3 Discuss the evolution of English sonnet in sixteenth century. (20)

Q.4 Discuss the role played by the group of literary artists called the University Wits in developing the genre of drama in English literature. (20)

Q.5 John Donne, Ben Jonson, Cavalier Poets and some religious poets composed English poetry during the seventeenth century. Briefly explain the characteristic features of the poetry each of these individuals and groups produced. (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2

(Units 6–9)

Total Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 50

Q.1 What do you understand by picaresque and epistolary novels? How did the English novelists of eighteenth century use these types of novels to express their ideas? (20)

Q.2 Enlist and explain the characteristics of Romantic poetry. Substantiate your explanation with the help of examples from works of English Romantic poets of early nineteenth century. (20)

Q.3 How did Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw revived English drama in late nineteenth century? (20)

Q.4 Which new trends did Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning and Mathew Arnold introduce in English poetry during the Victorian Age? (20)

Q.5 How do the novels of James Joyce and Virginia Wolfe reflect the effects of Modernism? Explain. (20)

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