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Thursday, 8 January 2015

The Tragedy of Othello , The Moor of Venice Complete Online resources (15+)

The Tragedy of Othello , The Moor of Venice

Complete Online resources (15+)

Here is Baqbaqum presents Online Resources for Reading and Studying Shakespeare Easily follow these link and be : )
  1. Othello Navigator—Includes the annotated text, a search engine, and scene summaries.
  2. Download e book http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2267
  3. Listen an Audio Drama https://librivox.org/othello-by-william-shakespeare/
  4. Shakespeare for dumbs http://www.henry4school.fr/Literature/shakespeare/videos.htm
  5. Sparknote          http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/othello/summary.html
  6. Cliffsnote           http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/o/othello/play-summary
  7. Cinthio's Tale—A 19th-century English translation of Shakespeare's primary source.
  8. Othello—analysis, explanatory notes, and lectures.
  9. Othello— Read Online, Flash Version at LibriPass.com+++
  10. Othello—text by PublicLiterature.org
  11. Othello—Scene-indexed and searchable version of the text.
  12. Othello at the Internet Broadway Database - lists numerous productions.
  13. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2764sm_shakespeare-the-animated-tales-02x06-othello-eng-subs_shortfilms+++ Download
  14. Othello study guide, themes, quotes, multimedia, and teacher resources
  15. Othello Act and scene wise summary & quotes, analysis, characters, topic discussions.
  16. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Othello
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Thursday, 11 September 2014

MA in ENGLISH LiTERaTURE QUESTIONS



ENGLISH—2009
Subject Code : 1151 (Chaucer and Shakespeare)
Time-4 hours Full marks—100

[N.B.— All questions are of equal value. Answer question No. 1 and four others.]

1.   Locate and explain any four of the following:—
(a)   Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: She has deceived her father and may thee.

(b)   Be not afeared, this isle is full of noises
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
He hadde maad ful many a marriage
Of yonge wommen, at his owne cost.

(c)   Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend,
More hideous when thou showest thee in a child
Than the sea-monster.

(e)  O it is excellent
To have a giant’s strenght, but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.

(f)     Wommenes counseils been ful oft colde
Wommenes counseils broughte us first to wo
And made Adam from Paradys to go
There as he was ful merye and wel at ese.

(g)   Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother’s hand
O life, of croun, of queen, at once dispatched.

(h)   Criseyde gan all his chere espyen
And let so soft it in her herte sinke.

  1. (a) Comment on Chaucer’s use of humour and irony in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Or
(b)How does Chaucer give human attributes to the animals in The Nun’s Priest’s Tale?
Or
(c)  Show in what ways Chaucer’s Troilus and Creseyde transcends the literary convention.
  1. (a) Show how the ghost acts as a powerful driving force in Hamlet.
Or
(b) To what extent is Hamlet an unconventional revenge play?
  1. (a) Do you think that Othello was a victim of credulity and jealousy?
Or
(b) Write a note on Shakespeare’s use of intrigues in Othello:
  1. (a) What is the role of Foal in king Lear? Why does he disappear so mysteriously?
Or
(b) Give a description of the storm scene in King Lear with a critical note on its significant

  1. (a) Discuss   the   theme   of colonisation   as   depicted   in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Or
(b) Attempt a comparison and contrast between Caliban and Ariel in The Tempest.

  1. (a) Will you consider Measure for Measure as a dark comedy?
Give reasons for your answer.
Or
(b) The conclusion of Measure for Measure does not adequately resolve the complex moral issue the play presents. Justify.




Bangladesh National University MA(Final) Syllabus for English Literature



Bangladesh National University Syllabus: MA(Final)-English Session from:2005-2006(New syllabus)


Course Description:
Subject Code---- Subject---------------------Unit -----Marks

1151 ---------Chaucer and Shakespeare------1.0---- ---100
1152 ---------Modern Poetry ----------------1.0------- 100
1153--------- Modern Drama ----------------1.0------- 100
1154--------- Modern Novel and Prose ------1.0-------- 100
1180 ---------Tutorial -----------------------0.5------ --50
1190 ---------Viva ---------------------------0.5 --------50

Total----------------------------------------- 5.0 --------500

Detailed Syllabus:

Subject Code-1151: Chaucer and Shakespeare

1.Chaucer-
  1. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales,
  2.  The Nuns Priests Tale, 
  3. Troilus and Cresyde

2.Shakespeare-

  1. Hamlet, 
  2. Othello, 
  3. king lear, 
  4. Tempest, 
  5. Measure for Measure

Books Recommended:

1W.P. Kerr,Medieval English Literature
2N.G. Coghill,The Poet Chaucer
3C.S. Lewis,The Allegory of Love
4M. Bowden,A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales


Subject Code-1152: Modern Poetry

1 Whitman-Song of Myself
2 W.B. Yeats-Selected Poems (ed.Norman Jeffer excluding the pieces included in the First year Honours Course
3 Robert Frost-Poems (as in Norton-excluding Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening)
4 W.H. Auden-Poems (as in Norton)
5. Dylan Thomas-Poems (as in Norton excluding Fern Hill)
6. Heany Seamus-Poems (as in Norton)


Books Recommended:

1G.W. Cunliffe,English Literature during the last half of a century
2C.M. Bowra,The Heritage of symbolism
3V.De Sola Pinto,Crisis in Modern Poetry
4D.H. Lawrence,Studies in Classic American Literature
5Geofrey Dutton,Walt Whitman
6Phillip L. Gerber,Robert Frost

Subject Code-1153: MOdern Drama
1 Synge-Riders to the Sea
2 G.B.Shaw-Man and Superman
3 -O NeilDesire Under the Elms
4 Samuel Becket-Waiting for Godot
5 A. Miller-Death of a Salesman 6 Osborne-Look Back in Anger


Books Recommended:

1. H.Lawrence,Studies in Classic American Literature
2 Murcus Cunlife,Literature of the United States
3 Jean Gould,Modern American Playwrights
4 H.w.Hubel,who are the major American Writers?
5 Doris B. Folk,Eugene O Neil and the Tragic Vision
6 G.W. Cunliffe,English Literature During the last half of a century

Subject Code-1154(A):Modern Novel and Prose
1 E.Hemingway-A Farewell to Arms
2 W. Golding-Lord of the Flies
3 N. Hawthorne-The Scarlet Letter
4 Aldous Huxley-Brave New World
5 J. Paul Sartre-Nausea

Prose:

 1F.R. Leavis-Literature and Society
2Virginia Woolf-Shakespeare's Sister
Books Recommended:
1G.W.Cunliffe,English Literature during last Half a Century
2dmund Wilson,Axel's Castle
3Hallbrook Jackson,The Eighteen Nineties
4Perry Lubbock,The Craft of the Fiction

OR, Subject Code-1154(B)
Introduction to English Language Study: (This group is not for the Students pursuing the Honors Syllabus effective from the session 2001-2002)
Course Contents:
1Phonetics and Phonology:Vowel and Consonant Phonemes, IPA Transcription, Stress and Intonation
2Morphology:Morpheme, inflection, derivation and word fomation
3Determination, Modification, Tensed and Non Tensed Clauses, aspects, voice Constraints and Cohesion in English
4Semantics:Difficulties in defining meanings and seven types of Meaning.
5:Pragmatics:Transactional and International Function of Language, Discoursal Analysis, Speech Act and Conversational Analysis
Core Reading:
1Roach, Peter, 1991,English Phonetics and Phonology, Cambridge (CUP)
2Palmer, FR, 1981,Grammar, Harmondsworth
3Leech, G and J Suartvik,1975,A communication Grammar of English London: Longman.
4Halliday, M.A.K and Hason,1976, Cohesion in English London: Longman
5Maniruzzaman,M 2004,Advanced Reading and Writing Skills Dhaka: Friends Publication
6Leech,G,1974,Semantics (CUP)
7Brown and Yule1982,Discourse Analysis (CUP)

Recommended Reading:
1Coulthard M 1985,An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, London: Longman
2Palmer, F.R. 1982,Semantics(CUP)
3Levinson,S:1983,Pragmatics(CUP)
4Ginson,A.C.1980,An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, London, Edward Arnold.
5Searle, J.R. 1981,Speech Act, London (CUP)



OR, Subject Code-1154(C)
This is an Alternative paper only for the students pursuing the 4 years (Integrated) Honours Course according to the Syllabus effective from the session 2001-2002
Practical Criticism and Critical Theories:
A .Practical Criticism :50 marks
1 scansion 10 Marks
2 Critical appreciation of a poetic piece 10 Marks
3 Critical appreciation of a prose piece 20 Marks

This part of this paper aims at helping students learn how to interpret a text very closely.The focus will be to enable the students to identify figures of speech, rhyme schemes , stanza forms, metre, tone, style, setting and points of view i order to grasp the total meaning of the text.
 

B. Critical Theories:
In this part of this paper students will be required to familiarize themselves with the leading trends in Critical Theories. The focus will be on; Symbolism, Imagism, Structuralism, Histricism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Feminist Criticism, Post Colonial Theory, Readers Purpose theory etc.

Books Recommended:
A.1.Brooks and Warren,Understanding Poetry
2.David Daiches,Critical Approaches
3.Empson,Seven Ambiguities
4.I.A. Richards,Principles of Literary Criticism
5. Michael Ryan,Literary Theory:

A. Practical Introduction
B. 1. David Lodge (ed),Modern Criticism and Theory
2. Stanley Fish, Is there a Text in this class
3.Steeven Connor,Post Modernist Culture: A Introduction of the Theories of the Contemporary
4. Peter Barry,Beginning Theory


Sunday, 15 December 2013

Model Test 02 Based on Completing Sentence English 2nd paper

Model Test 02
Based on Completing Sentence
English 2nd paper


01/

a)      Water is so vital of all natural resources that ____.
b)      It is water which ____.
c)       Our agriculture which ____.
d)      Though Bangladesh is blessed with rivers  ____.
e)      If the rain fall is timely ____.
02/
a)      Walk fast lest  ____.
b)      Our students are so meritorious  ____.
c)       Scarcely  had the teacher gone out of the room   ____.
d)      If I knew his mobile  number  ____.
e)      It is time we  ____.
03/
a)      Acid rain is harmful because  ____.
b)      The wind is so strong that  ____.
c)       Had he been little careful  ____.
d)      They were frighten when  ____.
e)      Take  your umbrella lest ____..
04/
a)      It is easy to say  ____.
b)      Five year passed since  ____.
c)        A graveyard is a place  ____.
d)      She insisted that  ____.
e)      Unless you work hard  ____.
05/
a)      As you show so  ____.
b)      Although Bangladesh is a populous country, it  ____.
c)       He is my teacher who  ____.
d)      The pied piper decided that  ____.
e)      He took up a part time job  ____.
06/
a)      My father is teacher who ____.
b)      Unless he gets up early in the morning ____.
c)       It is hogh time we ____.
d)      Though it is raining ____.
e)      A patriot is respected ____.
07/ 
a)      It is our sacred duty ____.
b)      My father is a teacher who ____.
c)       After that the  closed and  ____.
d)      Wait for me until  ____.
e)      He talks as if  ____.

08/
a)      As flower is a symbol of love beauty and purity , it  ____.
b)      There is hardy any person who ____.
c)       We can turn our enemies into friends if we are  ____.
d)      It is said those who do not love flowers can  ____.
e)      Many people cultivate flowers because  ____.
09/
a)      A tokai is a small boy  ____.
b)      Since he is shelter less  ____.
c)       He undergoes hard work so that  ____.
d)      He may have parents but  ____.
e)      He can not go to school because  ____.
10 /
a)      Since Bangladesh is an agricultural country  ____.
b)      Her economy depends on agriculture  ____.
c)       We have to develop cultivation scientifically so  ____.
d)      Though our farmers works hard but they do not get what they  ____.
e)      They can not improve their condition because  ____.
11/
a)      He has a lot of money but  ____.
b)      My father give me 500 taka so that  ____.
c)       She has been suffering from fever  ____.
d)      The train had left the station before  ____.
12/
a)      Yesterday , I could not get up form bed on time because  ____.
b)      As soon as I get up from the bed  ____.
c)       On the way to school I walk fast ,lest  ____.
d)      Nevertheless I reached the school ten minute s late and so .
e)      I could not get the bus so  ____.
13.
a)      They went to college after they  ____.
b)      This poem is too difficult for  ____.
c)       No sooner had she seen me  ____.
d)      He speaks , as he  ____.
e)      Helping other is a virtue that  ____.



Model Test 01 Based on Completing Sentence H S C ENGLISH SECOND PART



Model Test 01
Based on Completing Sentence
English 2nd paper
01/


a)      We should say no to corruption because ____
b)      Corrupt persons are not dishonest but also ____.
c)       Now it is high time ____.
d)      We should together if ____.
e)      But we are so self concerned_____.
02/
a)      AIDS is a fatal diseases which _____.
b)      It is such a diseases that _____.
c)       The first AIDS patient is a man who _____.
d)      The doctor suggests that _____.
e)      There is no further remedy that _____.
03/
a)      United we stand _____.
b)      _____ know this wise saying?
c)       Unless you are united, you _____.
d)      It is high time we _____.
e)      The story of the old man and his sons teaches us _____.
04/
a)      No sooner had we reached the station _____.
b)      She run fast least _____.
c)       He could not avail _____.
d)      I prevent him _____.
e)      All should do something to _____.
05./
a)      Walk fast lest _____.
b)      It is high time _____.
c)       Modern husband are _____.
d)      for good health _____.
e)      I will help him in danger _____.
06/
a)      We work hard so that _____.
b)      There is nobody who _____.
c)       As he is devoted to studies _____.
d)      He left the place after _____.
e)      As soon as the police came _____.

07/
a)      I don’t like people who_____.
b)      Do you know where _____.
c)       It is long science _____.
d)      You will not prosper _____.
e)      Had I been proposed to go _____.
08/
a)      Arif studies attentively so that _____.
b)      Hardly had the leader finished his speech _____.
c)       I walked fast lest _____.
d)      .A fish market is the place where people go_____.
e)      It is disappointing to note that the price of _____.
09/
a)      If you come here _____.
b)      I wish _____.
c)       He works hard so that _____.
d)      He is not only good politician but _____.
e)      I do not know whether _____.
10/
a)      If we fail to control environment pollution _____.
b)      Though it was quite dark _____.
c)       I will be watching the match until _____.
d)      Yesterday my uncle had an accidents while _____.
e)      The traffic jam is so unbearable that_____.
11/
a)      Computer is one of the greatest _____.
b)      It renders great _____.
c)       Computer is a blessing _____.
d)      Though it is a blessing _____.
e)      We cannot help _____.
12/
a)      There goes a proverb that _____.
b)      Though lost wealth can be regained by hard work but lost time _____.
c)       Time is so valuable that _____.
d)      Those who have become great in life _____.
e)      If we make best use of our time _____.