BEGC-108 · December 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGC-108 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH LITERATURE : 18TH CENTURY
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-108, December 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 11 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2025
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 with reference to the context : 4×7.5=30
(a) Comedy of Errors
(b) Classicism
(c) Pre-Romantic poets [ 2 ] BEGC–108
(d) Theme
(e) Bildungsroman
(f) “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd mind slowly over the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me”.
(g) “Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree’s shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.” [ 3 ]
Section—B
Note : Answer any three of the following
questions in about 200 words each.
3×10=30
Q2.How does repentance and self -awareness work in Robinson Crusoe’s character ?
Q3.Explain with suitable examples.
Q4.What role and purpose does Mrs. Fain all serve in the play ‘The Way of the World’ ?
Q5.Critically comment on Swift and ‘Savage Indignation’.
Q6.Comment on the pastoral elements in Gray’s Elegy.
Q7.How did the early 18th century poets deal with commercial trends ?
Section—C
Note : Answer any two of the following
questions in about 400-500 words each.
2×20=40
Q8.Examine the various thematic aspec ts of Robinson Crusoe. [ 4 ]
Q9.Analyse the main theme of Book III of ‘Gulliver’s Travels’.
Q10.Discuss ‘The Way of the World’ as a comedy of manners by giving suitable examples.
Q11.Critically evaluate the representation of the city vs. the country in ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’.