Rajasthan University BA 6th Sem English Literature – Prose and Fiction -III Important Questions 2026

[00:00:00]Hello friends, today I told you about the English literature sixth semester important questions which have a very high probability of appearing in the exam. Let's start the video without wasting any time. Part A, references to context is compulsory for 20 marks.

[00:00:19]Question number one, explain any four of the following passages with reference to the context. Each passage carries five marks. Provide details on author, text, thematic context, and add brief critical comments. Passage A from unit one.

[00:00:36]Munchi premchand the chess players. The mere was beginning to lose his temper.

[00:00:43]Do you take me for a fool? Mirsa answered, "No, Mir Sahib, but you have no patience. Your game is on the brink of ruin, and now you want to save it by making a false move." Passage B from unit one inar Hussein a chronicle of the peacocks. How strange it is that when the great disaster came we thought only of our houses and our lands and not of the gentle birds who shared our gardens.

[00:01:14]Now they sing no more and their silence is a heavier curse than our exile.

[00:01:20]Passage C from unit one. Isma chuktai.

[00:01:24]Touch me not. Her life was spent in a hypers sensitive shell, a single coarse sword, a single look that lacked the required respect, and she would withdraw like a sensitive plant. They called her Lajanti, but she was more fragile than that. Passage D from unit 2. Amita go, the hungry tide. In the tide country, the boundaries between land and water are always shifting. Every day, the tide drowns thousands of acres of forest only to let them rise again. It is a world where there are no permanent landmarks, and survival depends on reading the water. Passage E from unit 2. Chinua Achbe, the novelist.

[00:02:14]As a teacher, I would be quite satisfied if my novels did no more than teach my readers that their past, with all its imperfections, was not one long night of savagery from which the first Europeans acting on God's behalf delivered them.

[00:02:31]Passage F from unit 3, Aldis Huxley, Brave New World. All conditioning aims at that, making people like their unescapable social destiny. A gram is better than a dam. 10 minutes later, she was smiling again, her mind wrapped in the warm, protective blanket of s. Part B. Analytical and short answer questions for 50 marks. Attempt any two questions from the following four options. Each question carries 25 marks. Your answer should be analytical, grounded in the text and approximately 400 to 500 words in length. Question two, techniques of narrative. Critically analyze the development of the Indian novel in English, paying special attention to the realistic narrative techniques, simple language and characterization used by RK Naran in his short stories and novels as highlighted in the syllabus outcomes.

[00:03:35]Question three, literary terms and practical editing. Define and explain the literary significance of any five of the following concepts in pros and fiction. A. Dystopian fiction versus utopian fiction. B. The inverted pyramid structure in news reporting. C. Theme versus motif in pros analysis. D.

[00:03:59]Grammaticality, cohesion, and coherence in text editing. E. Postcolonial literature and the novelist as a teacher. F. Stream of consciousness narrative style. Question four.

[00:04:13]Postcolonial perspective.

[00:04:15]Discuss Chinua Achib's arguments in the novelist as a teacher. How does he define the role and educational responsibility of an African writer in restoring self-respect and dignity to a society colonized by external powers?

[00:04:32]Question five. Ecological and subalton themes examine the conflict between environmental conservation, ecological preservation and human survival, the subalter struggle for life as depicted in Amitav Gosh's the hungry tide with reference to the Murich Japi incident.

[00:04:53]Part C essay type questions for 80 marks. Answer four questions in total, selecting one question from each unit with internal choice. Each question carries 20 marks. Answers should be highly structured, approximately 500 to 600 words. Unit one, question six.

[00:05:14]Evaluate Munchi Premchun's The Chess Players Shatran Kilari as a scathing satirical critique of the political apathy, military collapse and moral decadence of the avid aristocracy on the eve of the British annexation. For question seven, compare the thematic depiction of women's domestic confinement, emotional suppression and quiet resilience in Shashi Deshband's My Beloved Charotti and Ambi's Aitchen in the corner of house. Unit two, question eight. Critically examine Dr. BR Ambedka's historical and political critique in his essay ranade Gandhi and Jina. How does he warn against the rise of bakti or hero worship in Indian politics as a direct path to degradation and dictatorship? Or question nine, trace the role of the dolphin researcher Pali Roy and the local subalton guide FIA in Amitav Gosh's the hungry tide.

[00:06:17]How does their relationship bridge the gulf of language, class, and culture?

[00:06:22]Unit three, question 10. Attempt both A and B. A translation 10 marks. Translate the following Danagari passage of about 10 simple sentences into grammatically correct and coherent English pros.

[00:06:47]Yes.

[00:07:15]Dr. B. Text editing. Thus marks. Correct the grammatical, logical and spelling errors in the following short text. Rewrite the corrected texts. English literature have evolved over the centuries. Many writers writes in English who was not native speakers but they achieved great success. However, writing a good novel require not only talent but also hard work. If we edits our text properly, we can improve their quality. Thus, cohesion and coherence is essential for clear writing.

[00:08:03]Our question 11. discuss Aldis Huxley's Brave New World as a futuristic dystopia that exposes the dangers of state sponsored scientific engineering, consumerous conformity, and the systematic elimination of individual emotional liberty and spiritual depth.

[00:08:23]Unit 4, question 12. Write a detailed critical analysis of an unseen pros piece focusing on its literary devices, narrative structure, thematic development, and stylistic tone. Or question 13. Attempt both A and B. A news report writing 10 marks. Write a news report using the inverted pyramid structure on a national seminar hosted by the department of English at your college on the relevance of postc colonial literature in the 21st century.

[00:08:59]B. Editorial process. 10 marks. Explain the functional steps involved in professional editing from maintaining grammatical accuracy to establishing logical flow and cohesion in a news report.

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[00:09:33]Thank you.