CSS past papers · 2019
CSS 2019 English Literature Past Paper
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Paper details
- Examination
- CSS
- Year
- 2019
- Subject
- English Literature
- Paper
- Single Paper
- Subject type
- Optional
- Mode
- Subjective
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Questions recorded from this paper
These 7 question wordings are transcribed from CSS Vista’s structured English Literature past-paper record for CSS 2019.
- Q2 · Bertrand Russell (The Conquest of Happiness)Russell in The Conquest of Happiness identifies a number of causes of unhappiness. If we work on these causes, do you think happiness is still possible?
- Q3 · O’Henry (The Gift of the Magi)Both Jim and Della behave impulsively in “The Gift of the Magi” by sacrificing their greatest treasures without thinking of the consequences and focusing instead on making each other happy. Is the author really successful in creating wise characters in literature? Respond to the question by presenting your arguments with supporting evidence.
- Q4 · Poetry: (20 marks)In what ways is the poem “Ode to a Nightingale” about the co-existence and interdependence of pleasure and pain? Discuss.
- Q5 · Lines Composed Few Miles Above, Tintern Abbey)Wordsworth does not “mourn” or “murmur” for the loss of “aching joys” of his past. Elaborate by providing suitable textual evidence from “Tintern Abbey”.
- Q6 · Harold Pinter (The Caretaker)Harold Pinter specializes in the tragicomedy of the breakdown of communication, broadly in the tradition of the Theatre of the Absurd. Discuss it with the reference to The Caretaker.
- Q7 · James Joyce (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)By the end of the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Joyee renders a portrait of a mind that has achieved emotional, intellectual, and artistic adulthood. Elaborate.
- Q8 · StructuralismHow does the essence of Structuralism, i.e., “Things cannot be understood in isolation, they have to be seen in the context of larger structures they are part of ” relate to literature? Discuss in detail by providing relevant examples to support your arguments.