BEGC-107 · December 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGC-107 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA : 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-107, December 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 12 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS.) ENGLISH
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2025
BEGC–107 : BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA :
17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : There are three Sections in this paper.
Attempt all Sections.
Section—A
Q1.Write short notes on any four of the following in about 100 words each : 4×5=20
(a) Symbolism and Allegory in L’ Allegro. [ 2 ] BEGC–107
(b) The Sonnet
(c) Pastoral Elegy
(d) The Cavalier Poets
(e) Shakespearean Tragedy
(f) The theme of revenge in The Duchess of Malfi
Section—B
Note : Answer any two questions from this
Section in about 200 words each.
2×10=20
Q2.How does Pope use satire to comment on the 18th century aristocratic society in The Rape of the Lock ?
Q3.Compare the moods and themes of L’ Allegro and II Penseroso. [ 3 ]
Q4.Discuss the theme of fun and humour in the story of Mac Flecknoe.
Q5.What is the central idea of ‘An Essay on Man’ ? Discuss.
Section—C
Note : Answer any three questions from this
Section in about 350 words each.
3×20=60
Q6.Attempt a critical analysis of Lycidas.
Q7.How does the play The Duchess of Malfi challenge patriarchal power and portray female agency through the character of the Duchess.
Q8.What do you understand by e pic ? Discus s Paradise Lost as an epic. [ 4 ]
Q9.Discuss John Dryden’s Mac Flecknoe as a mock epic. How does Dryden use mock -epic style and wit to ridicule Thomas Shadwell ?
Q10.Attempt a ch aracter sketch of the Baron in The Rape of the Lock.
Q11.What is a ‘Poetaster’ ? What does Dryden think of them with reference to Mac Flecknoe ?
Q12.Discuss the Glorious Revolution of 1688.