The higher degree in English is useful in the present scenario as the language is widely spoken and becoming the global language. The paper is about the 19th Century as the paper describes the importance of literature at that time and the poets and authors who were born at that time. The English language is widely spoken and holds a great importance in development of a country.

Paper Pattern:

The Nineteenth Century is the Paper III of M.A in English from Kuvempu University and questions are based on the pattern followed by the university guidance. The paper contains 7 questions and candidates have to attempt 5 from it. All questions are of long answer type and are needed to be solved with proper word limits. The paper is a good paper for the students who are interested in doing higher studies in this subject. The paper is a compulsory paper and each question in the paper is of equal marks.

Frequently asked questions:

The paper contains questions such as the description about the different poets and writers of that time, their writing style and the pattern of writing, the meaning of their poetry, the true way of Charles Dickens, William Wordsworth poetry, questions on Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”., Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, Dickens “Hard Times”, J.S. Mills’ “On Liberty”, etc.

Total time and time allotted:

The marks in the paper are 80 and time allotted for the paper is 3 hours only. Each question is of 16 marks and these are the long answer type questions and needed to be solved within the proper word limits to obtain the maximum marks.

Recommended Books:

• Hard times by Charles Dickens
• Poetry collections from any library