Subjective / Written Questions (25)
1. Discuss the major forms of prose: essay, biography, autobiography, short story and novel.
2. Explain the narrative characteristics that distinguish a short story from a novel.
3. Discuss the central theme and narrative method of Chekhov's “Lament”.
4. Examine the treatment of materialism and desire in D.H. Lawrence's “The Rocking-Horse Winner”.
5. Discuss narrative structure and symbolism in Faulkner's “A Rose for Emily”.
6. Examine social and economic concerns in Mulk Raj Anand's “The Barber's Trade Union”.
7. Discuss the treatment of human values and moral choice in R.K. Narayan's “The Axe”.
8. Compare the social concerns of any two prescribed short stories.
9. Explain the role of characterization in prose fiction.
10. Discuss how setting contributes to meaning in a short story.
11. Explain the purpose and format of a report.
12. What is meant by citing resources? Discuss its importance in academic writing.
13. Explain the principles of editing and reviewing a book or media work.
14. Discuss the format and functions of a memorandum.
15. Explain the purpose and essential contents of minutes of a meeting.
16. Discuss the format, characteristics and 5 W's of an effective notice.
17. Explain the structure and characteristics of an effective email.
18. Discuss synthesis, analysis and evaluation as components of critical thinking.
19. Explain the structure of a well-formed argument from introduction to conclusion.
20. Discuss Indianisms and distinguish Indian English from Standard English.
21. Examine the language and cultural issues raised by Nissim Ezekiel's “The Patriot”.
22. Discuss the central argument of Alleen Pace Nilsen's “Sexism in English”.
23. Explain sentence, order, agreement and the basic elements of sentence structure.
24. Discuss basic sentence patterns in English.
25. Explain syntactic features of Indian English with reference to word order, questions, tense and aspect.