BEGC-108 · June 2022 · English
IGNOU BEGC-108 June 2022 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH LITERATURE : 18TH CENTURY
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-108, June 2022 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 10 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 2022
BEGC-108 : BRITISH LITERATURE :
18TH CENTURY
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : All Sections are compulsory.
Section—A
Q1.Attempt any three from the short notes Section and any one from the reference to the context questions : 7.5×4=30
(a) Role of the preface in Robinson Crusoe
(b) Misogymy in Gulliver’s Travels
(c) Augustan Age
(d) Pre-romantic poets
(e) Congreve on comedy
(f) “Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree‟s shade Where heavens the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.”
(g) “Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grande ur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor.”
Section—B
Note : Answer any three of the following questions
in about 200 words each : 3×10=30
Q2.Elaborate on the political pre -occupations of 17th and 18th century England. [ 3 ]
Q3.Critically comment on Crusoe‟s sojourn on the island.
Q4.“Robinson Crusoe foregrounds that cultural colonisation and geographical conquering go hand in hand.” Do you agree with this statement ? Elaborate.
Q5.How is the poet desc ribed in the epitaph of „Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‟ ?
Q6.Does the island setting of Robinson Crusoe have any significance ? Elucidate.
Section—C
Note : Answer any two of the following questions in
about 400-500 words each. 2×20=40
Q7.How was Gray‟s „Elegy‟ received during its own time ? Discuss the way in which his contemporaries approached the poem. [ 4 ]
Q8.What do you understand by the term Restoration Period ? Give the characteristics of the age.
Q9.Discuss The W ay of the W orld as a comedy of manners, giving suitable examples.
Q10.Critically examine how Swift questions the binary between man and animal in Gulliver’s Travels.