CSS past paper

CSS English Literature Past Paper 2021

CSS English Literature 2021 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

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How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

Q. 2
What does Emerson mean by “Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist” ? Discuss.
(20)
Q. 3
Maugham in “The Lotus Eater” projects that our circumstances will shape our personalities, decisions and resolves. Explain.
(20)
Q. 4
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is the song of being divided between passion and timidity. It is a song of frustration and emotional conflict. Discuss.
(20)
Q. 5
Keats is known as the master of sensuousness. Give arguments.
(20)
Q. 6
Eugene O’ Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey into Night” is a modern tragedy. Explain.
(20)
Q. 7
“Under the Net” represents both the political and philosophic views which Iris Murdock herself held at the time, but also her self-image. Discuss.
(20)
Q. 8
How have Feminist theories tried to reshape literary studies?
(20)

Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.