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BEGC-109 ASSIGNMENT: British Romantic Literature
Programme: BAEGH/2026-2027
Course Code: BEGC-109
Answer any five questions. All questions carry equal marks. (20 × 5 = 100)
1. What do you understand by the term ‘Romanticism’? Discuss the historical and intellectual background of the British Romantic movement.
2. Would you consider Thomas Gray and William Collins precursors of the Romantic movement? Give reasons for your answer.
3. Compare and contrast the two ‘contrary states of the human soul’ as presented in Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.
4. Discuss Wordsworth’s views on the language of poetry and poetic diction as set out in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads.
5. Discuss the role of the supernatural in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.
6. Critically analyse the theme of sin, suffering and redemption in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.
7. Write a critical appreciation of Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”.
8. Attempt a critical appreciation of any one ode of John Keats prescribed in your course.
9. Discuss Frankenstein as a Gothic novel.
10. Comment on the theme of scientific ambition and its consequences in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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