Presidency University‚ Kolkata. (Formerly Presidency College‚ Kolkata) U.G. I Admission Test 2011 Department of English Syllabus: Candidates are to be tested on: Linguistic competence Comprehension ability Literary aptitude and interpretive skills Familiarity with literary and cultural texts Flair for expression SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER Time: 2Hours Full Marks: 100 Answers exceeding the stipulated word limit will be penalized 1. Read the following poem and critically evaluate it in not more
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Through one of his profound quotes: “If knowledge can create problems‚ it is not through ignorance that we can solve them”‚ Isaac Asimov shows his perception for knowledge and ignorance as well as to what they lead. Based on his thought‚ the expansion of knowledge leads to expansion of problems while ignorance responds to smaller number of troubles and struggles. More knowledge causes more uncertainties and harder life whereas ignorance simplifies people’s way of living to such extent that there
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Chapter 16: Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Western Europe (ca 1589-1715) [pic][pic][pic] The Palace of Versailles Louis XIV‚ the “Sun King” Oliver Cromwell This will be the Golden Age of the Netherlands and France. The kings of France‚ England and Spain claimed loyalty of their subjects‚ monarchical power added up to something close to sovereignty‚ sovereign in power within their boundaries. In the period between 1589 and 1715‚ two basic patterns of government
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Bibliography: 1 From Don Quixote (1605‚ trans. 1612)‚ a satirical Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. 2 Soren Kierkegaard‚ Nineteenth-century Danish philosopher‚ on "Moral Individualism and Truth."
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as a statesman that has allowed himself to question the very foundations of human society or more notably laws and legislations as nothing is hardly ever seems obvious when it comes to deciding the punishment for a convicts. Works like such as Don Quixote written by Miguel Cervantes and Faust written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe also questions the validity of social views and learning. By delving into Montaigne’s essay On Experience we also get glimpses of how the originator of this philosophical
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“Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all‚ to see life as it is and not as it should be.” Miguel de Cervantes was considered the person to write the first “modern novel”. He was a very intelligent man. He is well known for his book “Don Quixote” when he died. Miguel de Cervantes was born near Madrid‚ Spain in 1547. He was the fourth of seven children in his family. He struggled financially his whole entire life. His father was born deaf and worked as a surgeon which
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adventures ‚ and misadventures ‚ mostly on the highways . The earliest examples of the picaresque novel are Lizaritle de Tormes and Guzman de Alfarachi. Fielding was considerably influenced by Gil Blass and Don Quixote. In fact there are marked resemblance between Joseph Andrews and Don Quixote. Parson Adam is clearly a Quixotic figure. The Picaresque element in the novel is introduced in Book 1 chapter 10 with Joseph setting out on his journey in the moonlight. From here onwards
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piece of Spanish literature of its day‚ achieving greater critical acclaim and popular sales than even Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Although Alemán’s masterpiece is seldom read today‚ scholars continue to debate the authenticity of protagonist’s conversion. Critics agree‚ however‚ that the psychological complexity‚ engaging plot‚ and literary realism of Guzmán de Alfarache rank it with Don Quixote as one of the two greatest novels of the Spanish Golden Age. Biographical Information The exact date of Alemán’s
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Joseph Andrews as a Picaresque Novel Joseph Andrews as a Picaresque Novel Joseph Andrews‚ or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams‚ was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding and among the first novels in the English language. Henry Fielding along with Samuel Johnson is considered to be the founder of English novel. Henry Fielding was in fact a satirist and initially he was known for his satirical
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The Picaresque tradition and its development in England Questions the following questions may help you draw up a logical scheme for the essay: What is the origin of the word picaresque? What is the earliest picaresque work in Spain? What other Spanish novels followed? What are the general characteristics of the picaro What is considered by many to be the first picaresque novel in England Could Nashe and Defoe have known about the Spanish picaresque novels? Which of Defoe’s novels contain picaresque
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