MA english uos Part 1 Important questions- university of sargodha

All Important short questions MA Eng Part 1

PAPER_II__CLASSICAL_DRAMA__PART_01

Most_Important_TOPICS_and_QUESTIONS MA Eng Part 1(UOS)

SOPHOCLES- "Oedipus Rex"
1_ Concept of Fate & Free Will/Character & Fate
2_ Oedipus as a Greek Tragic Hero
3_ Character is Destiny
4_ Plot Construction in Oedipus Rex
5_ Hamartia & Hubris
6_ Irony in Oedipus Rex
7_ Role of Chorus

SHAKESPEARE- "Othello"
1_ Character Sketch of Othello
2_ Character Sketch of Desdemona
3_ Character Sketch of Iago.
4_ Character Sketch of Casio
5_ Othello as a Social Tragedy
6_ Racism in Othello
7_ Role of Chance and Misunderstanding
8_ Significance of the Handkerchief Scene
9_ Who is Responsible of the Tragic/Destructive End of Othello

CHRISTOPHER_MARLOWE- "Jew of Malta"
1_ Jew of Malta a Typical Morlovian Tragedy
2_ Character Sketch of Ferneze
3_ Character Sketch of Barabas The Jew
4_ Character Sketch of Abigail
5_ Themes in Jew of Malta
6_ "If there is No Marlowe then No Shakespeare"

SHAKESPEARE- "The Tempest"
1_ Character Sketch of Prospero
2_ Character Sketch of Miranda
3_ Compare & Contrast between the Characters of Aerial & Caliban
4_ Themes in The Tempest
5_ Role of Supernatural Machinery/Elements in The Tempest

OSCAR_WILD- "Importance of Being Earnest"
1_ Title Significance of Importance of Being Earnest(IBE)
2_ Importance of Being Earnest as a Comdey of Manners
3_ Importance of Being Earnest as a Farcical Play
4_ Importance of Being Earnest as a Trivial Comedy
5_ Importance of Being Earnest as a Social Satire
6_ Character Sketches of Algernon Monicrieff & Jack Worthing
7_ Character Sketches of Lady Augusta Bracknell & Cecily Cardew
8_ Use of Wit & Paradoxical Statements in IBE

PAPER_01__CLASSICSL_POETRY__PART_01
Most_Important_TOPICS_and_QUESTIONS(UOS)

GEOFFERY_CHAUCER- "The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales"
1_ Chaucer's Humour/Satire/Irony
2_ Chaucer's Art of Characterization
3_ Chaucer as a Modern Poet
4_ Chaucer Representative of 14th Century
5_ Chaucer's Ecclesiastical Characters(Hypocrisy, Comparison and Contrast between the Characters)
6_ Chaucer's Female Characters
7_ Chaucer as a Father of English Poetry/Literature
8_ Chaucer's Realism

EDMUND_SPENSER- "Faerie Queene"
1_ Faerie Queene as an Allegory
2_ Faerie Queene A Great Epic Poem
3_ Spenser A Poets' Poet
4_ Spenser's contributions to the English literature and language

WILLIAM_SHAKESPEARE- "Sonnets"
1_ Shakespeare as A Sonnet Writer
2_ Shakespeare's Contributions to the English Sonnet Writing
3_ Different Themes of the Selected(Syllabus) Sonnets

JOHN_DONNE- "Selection from Love & Divine Poems"
1_ Donne as a Metaphysical Poet
2_ Characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry
3_ Donne as a Divine Poet
4_ Three Modes of Love in Donne's Poetry
5_ Donne as a Love Poet

JOHN_MILTON- "Paradise Lost"
1_ Milton's Grand Style
2_ Portrayal of Satan(character) in Paradise Lost
3_ Who is the Hero of Paradise Lost, Satan or Adam?
4_ Character Sketch of Adam
5_ Character Sketch of Eve

ALEXANDER_POPE- "Rape of the Lock"
1_ Rape of the Lock as a Social Satire
2_ Rape of the Lock as a Comic Epic/Mock Epic
3_ Use of Machinery(Supernatural Elements) in Rape of the Lock
4_ Pope's Attitude Towards Women(Belinda's Character, Social Satire)
5_ Moral of the Rape of the Lock

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MOST_IMPORTANT_QUESTIONS(UOS/PU)

SIR_FRANCIS_BACON(Essays)
1_ Bacon's Prose Style
2_ Bacon As a Moralist
3_ Bacon As a Philosopher
4_ Bacon's Worldly Wisdom
5_ Renaissance Elements in Bacon
6_ Bacon As An Essayist

JONATHAN_SWIFT(Gulliver's Travels)
1_ Swift's Prose Style
2_ Swift As a Satirist
3_ Swift As a Misanthrope
4_ Popularity of 'Gulliver's Travels'
5_ Elements of Utopia in 'Gulliver's Travels'
6_ First and Last Voyage of 'Gulliver's Travel'

LYTTON_STRACHEY(Selection from Eminent Victorians)
1_ Strachey's Prose Style
2_ Strachey As a Biographer
3_ Strachey's Ironic Attitude
4_ The Psychological Milieu of Strachey
5_ Critical Appreciation of 'End of General Gordan'
6_ Critical Appreciation of 'Florence Nightingale'

BERTRAND_RUSSELL(Selection of Essays)
1_ Russell's Prose Style
2_ Russell As a Philosopher
3_ Connection Between Philosophy and Politics
4_ The Future of Mankind
5_ The Functions of a Teacher
6_ Ideas That Have Helped Mankind
7_ Ideas That Have Harmed Mankind

EDWARD_W_SAID(Introduction to Culture & Imperialism)

1_ Edward Said's Prose Style
2_ Edward Said's Views on Culture
3_ Edward Said's Views on Imperialism
4_ Relationship Between Culture and Imperialism
5_ Classical English Novelists in 'Introduction to Culture and Imperialism'
6_ Influence of Post Colonialism on Edward Said

Important QUESTIONS Novel Part 1 UOS
A Tale of Two Cities
1. As a novel of love
2. Plot construction
3. Major Themes
4. Role of Dr Mannet
5. Character of Madame Defarge during French Revolution
6. Art of Characterization
7. Technique and Style of Dickens

Pride and Prejudice
1. Character sketch of Lydia
2. Title Significance
3. Character of Mrs Bennet
4. Character of Darcy
5. Relationship between Mr Bingley and Miss Jane
6. Relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth
7. Character sketch of Elizabeth
8. Jane Austen as a Nobelist.

Joseph Andrews
1. Character of Parson Adams
2. Comic Epic in Prose
3. As Parody of Pamela
4. Fielding as a Father of English Novel
5. As a Picaresque Novel
6. Character of Joseph Andrews

The Mill on Floss
1. Ending of the Mill on the Floss
2. Role and Significance of River Floss
3. Salient Features of George Eliot as Novelist
4. The Mill on the Floss as the most Truthful and touching depiction of child 

Psychology
5. Title Significance
6. As autobiographical Novel.

Tess of the D'urbervilles
1. Plot construction
2. Tess as Pure Woman
3. Is Angel Clare responsible for the Tragedy of Tess
4. Is Alec responsible for the Tragedy of Tess
5. Features and defects of Thomas Hardy as a Novelist
6. Hardy’s vision of Human Tragedy

American Literature
Important Questions
MA English Annual System
University of Sargodha

Robert Frost
1. Salient Features of Frost Poetry
2. As a Poet of Nature
3. Themes

Most Important Critical Appreciation
1. Mending Walls
2. The Road Not Taken
3. After Apple Picking
4. Stopping by Woods

John Ashbery
1. As a Modern Poetry
2. Themes

Critical Appreciation
1. The Painter
2. Melodic Trains

Richard Wilbur
1. Characteristics of modern poetry in Richard Wilbur and John Ashbery
2. As a Modern Poet

Critical Appreciation
1. After The Last Bulletin
2. Still Citizen

Walt Whitman
1. Characteristics of Walt Whitman's Poetry
2. Themes

Critical Appreciation
1. O Captain! My Captain!
2. There was a Child went Forth
3. To a Stranger
4. These Carols.

Mourning Becomes Electra
1. Mother daughter relationship
2. Adam Brant as a True Villain
3. As Modern Tragedy
4. Art of Characterization
5. Psychoanalysis / psychological Drama of lust.

The Crucible

1. Significance of Title
2. Themes
3. Historical and Cultural Background
4. Theme of Witch Craft
5. Character of John Proctor

A Farewell to Arms

1. Significance of Title
2. Views on Love and War
3. Autobiographical Novel
4. Robert Jordan as a Typical Hemingway Hero
5. Catherine Barkley as a typical Hemingway Heroin.

Jazz

1. Significance of Title
2. Role of Women Characters
3. Depiction of Urban Life
4. Thematic and Symbolic Importance of Music
5. Identity and Memory in Jazz
6. Violet as a Representative of Black Woman.

Note: Try to learn all critical appreciation of all poems which are included in your syllabus.
Important Questions & Answers Of " Pride & Prejudice (Novel) "