BEGC-107 · December 2024 · English

IGNOU BEGC-107 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper

BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA : 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES

Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-107, December 2024 session.

Max marks: 100 · Questions: 12 · Sections: 4

Verified: 5 Aug 2026

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS)

ENGLISH (BAEGH)

Term-End Examination

December, 2024

BEGC-107 : BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA : 17TH

AND 18TH CENTURIES

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note:There are three Sections in this paper—

Section A, Section B and Section C. Attempt

all Sections. Write your answer neatly.

Section—A

Q1.Write short notes on any four of the following in about 100 words each : 4x5=20

(a) Petrarchan Sonnet

(b) Metaphysical Poets

(c) Pastoral Elegy

(d) Mock Epic

(e) Rise of the English Novel

(f) Allegory in Il Penseroso

(g) Heroic Couplet

(h) Revenge Tragedy

Section—B

Note : Answer any two questions from this Section

in about 200 words each. 2x10=20

Q2.The character of Bosola in ‘The Duchess of Malfi’.

Q3.The characteristics of Jacobean Drama.

Q4.Symbolism and allegory in L Allegro.

Q5.Characteristics of the poetry of the Augustan Age.

Section—C

Note: Answer any three questions from this

Section in about 350 words each. 3x20=60

Q6.Attempt a character analysis of the Duchess in ‘The Duchess of Malfi’.

Q7.Discuss ‘Lycidas’ as a pastoral elegy.

Q8.Discuss Dryden’s Mac Flecknoe as a satire.

Q9.Write a note on the supernatural machinery of ‘The Rape of the Lock’.

Q10.What features of the Mock Epic does ‘The Rape of the Lock’ display ?

Q11.How does the poem ‘Mac Flecknoe’ describe the contemporary literary scene ?

Q12.Write a note on the rise of the English Novel.