M.A. Credit System Part-II students are requested to take note of the paper pattern for the oncoming Semester III and Semester IV University exam.
Question Paper Format-Semester-III
Paper- 3.1- Indian Writing in
English
Time: 3 Hours
Marks: 50
Q 1. Background question (Any one
out of three) Marks 10
(Long answer questions on the
background and features of literary
chools/movements and/or comparison of the schools/movements/ prescribed
writers/poets)
Q 2. Questions on ‘The Princess’-
Manohar Malgonkar Marks 10
(Any two out of three)
Q 3. Questions on ‘A Fine Balance’-
Rohinton Mistry Marks 10
(Any two out of three)
Q 4. Questions on Poetry- Derozio to
Aurobindo Marks 10
(Any two out of three)
(The nature of questions may be
comparative)
Q 5. Questions on ‘Roses in
December’- M.C.Chagla Marks 10
(Any two out of three)
Question Paper Format-Semester-IV
Paper- 4.1- Indian Writing in
English
Time: 3 Hours Marks: 50
Q 1. Background question (Any one
out of three) Marks 10
(Long answer questions on the
background and features of literary chools/movements and/or comparison of the
schools/movements/ prescribed writers/poets)
Q 2. Questions on ‘The Shadow
Lines’- Amitav Ghosh - Marks 10
(Any two out of three)
Q 3. Questions on ‘The Inheritance
of Loss- Kiran Desai - Marks 10
(Any two out of three)
Q 4. Questions on Poetry- Dom Moraes
to Present Day - Marks 10
(Any two out of three)
(The nature of questions may be
comparative)
Q 5. Questions on ‘Mahanirvan-
Satish Alekar - Marks 10
(Any two out of three)
Question paper Pattern- Semester-III
Paper - 3.2: English Language and
Literature Teaching
Time: 3 Hours Marks: 50
Q. 1 Long Answer questions on Unit-I
Theories of Language learning (1 out of 2) Marks – 10
Q. 2 Long Answer questions on
Unit-II English in India : Theoretical perspectives (1 out of 2)
Marks – 10
Q. 3 Long Answer questions on
Unit-III Tools and methods of teaching (1 out of 2) Marks – 10
Q. 4 Long Answer questions on
Unit-Iv Teaching of language skills and testing (1 out of 2)
Marks – 10
Q. 5 Short notes based on al the
four units above (2 out of 4) Marks – 10
Question paper Pattern- Semester-IV
Paper - 4.2: English Language and Literature Teaching
Time:
3 Hours Marks: 50
Q. 1 Long Answer questions on Unit-I
Study skills and dealing with learners’ errors (1 out of 2)
Marks – 10
Q. 2 Long Answer questions on Unit-II
Literature Teaching – I (1 out of 2) Marks – 10
Q. 3 Long Answer questions on
Unit-III Literature Teaching – II (1 out of 2) Marks – 10
Q. 4 Long Answer questions on
Unit-IV Instructional materials and classroom issues (1 out of 2)
Marks – 10
Q. 5 Short notes based on all four
units above (2 out of 4)
OR
Questions on preparing a lesson plan
for literature teaching - Marks - 10
Question paper Pattern- Semester-III
Paper 3.3: Poetry in English
Time:
3 Hours Marks:
50
Q. 1 Long answer questions on the
background and features of literary schools /movements and/or comparison of the
schools /movements/ prescribed writers/poets
- Marks 10 (Any one out of three)
Q. 2 Long answer questions on
Geoffrey Chaucer - Marks 10
(Any one out of three)
Q. 3Long answer questions on
Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson Marks 10
(Any one out of three)
Q. 4 Long answer questions / Short
notes on the prescribed poems of Browning, Hopkins, Arnold Marks 10
(Any one out of two Long answer
questions OR Any two out of three Short notes)
Q. 5 Long answer questions / Short
notes on the prescribed poems of Owen, Auden, Hughes, Heaney Marks 10 (The nature of questions may be comparative)
(Any one out of two Long answer
questions OR Any two out of three Short notes)
Question paper Pattern- Semester-IV
Paper 4.3: Poetry in English
Time:
3 Hours Marks:
50
Q. 1Long answer questions on the
background and features of literary schools/ movements and/or comparison of the
schools /movements/ prescribed writers/poets
- Marks 10 (Any one out of three)
Q. 2 Long answer questions on
Robinson, cummings, Frost, Williams, Doolittle
Marks 10 (The nature of questions
may be comparative) (Any one out of three)
Q. 3 Long answer questions on
Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Sexton, Rich Marks 10
(The nature of questions may be
comparative) (Any one out of three)
Q. 4 Long answer questions / Short
notes on the prescribed poems of Dunbar, Cullen, Angelou, Hughes Marks 10
(The nature of questions may be
comparative)
(Any one out of two Long answer
questions OR Any two out of three Short notes)
Q. 5Long answer questions / Short
notes on the prescribed poems of Achebe, Walcott, Gabre-Medhin, De Sousa,
Dharker, Okara Marks 10
(The nature of questions may be
comparative)
(Any one out of two Long answer
questions OR Any two out of three Short notes)
Question paper Pattern- Semester-III
Paper 3.4: Drama in English
Time:
3 Hours Marks:
50
Q. 1Long answer questions on the
background and features of literary schools/ movements and/or comparison of the
schools/movements/ prescribed playwrights
Marks 10 (Any one out of three)
Q. 2Long answer questions on
Antigone - Marks 10 (The nature of questions may be comparative) (Any one out
of three)
Q. 3 Long answer questions on Doctor
Faustus - Marks 10 (The nature of questions may be comparative) (Any one out of
three)
Q. 4 Long answer questions / Short
notes on Hamlet - Marks 10 (The nature of questions may be comparative)
(Any one out of two Long answer
questions OR Any two out of three Short notes)
Q. 5 Long answer questions / Short
notes on Volpone Marks 10
(The nature of questions may be
comparative)
(Any one out of two Long answer
questions OR Any two out of three Short notes)
Question paper Pattern- Semester-IV
Paper 4.4: Drama in English
Time:
3 Hours Marks:
50
Q. 1Long answer questions on the
background and features of literary schools/ movements and/or comparison of the
schools /movements/ prescribed playwrights
- Marks 10 (Any one out of three)
Q. 2 Long answer questions on Cherry
Orchard - Marks 10
(The nature of questions may be
comparative) (Any one out of three)
Q. 3 Long answer questions on Six
Characters in Search of an Author - Marks 10
(The nature of questions may be
comparative) (Any one out of three)
Q. 4Long answer questions / Short
notes on Look back in Anger - Marks 10
(The nature of questions may be
comparative)
(Any one out of two Long answer
questions OR Any two out of three Short notes)
Q. 5 Long answer questions / Short
notes on The Zoo Story - Marks 10
(The nature of questions may be
comparative)
(Any one out of two Long answer
questions OR Any two out of three Short notes)
Department of English
P.D.E.A.'s Ramkrishna More College,
Akurdi, Pune 44.
