BEGC-108 · December 2023 · English
IGNOU BEGC-108 December 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH LITERATURE : 18TH CENTURY
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-108, December 2023 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 11 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
BACHELOR IN ENGLISH HONOURS
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2023
BEGC-108 : BRITISH LITERATURE : 18TH
CENTURY
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This question paper has three Sections.
Attempt the questions as instructed in each
Section.
Section—A
Q1.Attempt any three short notes and any one reference to the context : 4×7.5 = 30
(a) Classicism
(b) Tabula Rasa
(c) Glorious Revolution
(d) Enlightenment
(e) Swift on Colonialism
(f) “Haply some hoary -headed swain may say, „Oft have we seen him at the peer of dawn „Brushing with hasty steps the dews away „To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.”
(g) “Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart onc e pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.”
Section—B
Note : Answer any three of the following questions
in about 200 words each. 3×10=30
Q2.Critically comment on the importance of repentance for the resolution of the plot of Robinson Crusoe.
Q3.Critically comment on Swift and “ Savage Indignation”.
Q4.Comment on schemes, intrigues and deceptions in The Way of The World.
Q5.Comment on the pastoral elements in Gray‟s Elegy.
Q6.Give details of some broad features of „Long 18th century.”
Section—C
Note : Answer any two of the following questions in
about 400-500 words each. 2×20=40
Q7.Comment on the characterization in Robinson Crusoe.
Q8.Do you think Gulliver’s Travels is a travelogue ?
Q9.Give a reasoned answer with examples from the text.
Q10.Critically comment on the class politics in t he play, The Way of the World.
Q11.Critically evaluate the self -divided poet in „Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‟.