CSS past papers · 2022
CSS 2022 English Literature Past Paper
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Paper details
- Examination
- CSS
- Year
- 2022
- 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 2022.
- Q2 · Bertrand Russell (The Conquest of Happiness)Explain how both Bertrand Russell’s The Conquest of Happiness and Ralph Waldo (20) Emerson’s Self-Reliance focus on how the individual must develop and rely on his or her own moral judgement in order to be a respected member of society.
- Q5 · King LearDescribe and analyze the way in which William Shakespeare’s King Lear depicts (20) familial betrayal and disappointment.
- Q4 · Thomas Hardy (Far from the Madding Crowd)What major tragic aspects of humanity are incorporated into Thomas Hardy’s Far (20) From the Madding Crowd and D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers?
- Q7 · Iris Murdoch (Under the Net)Contrast the concept of self-love in Somerset Maugham’s ‘The Lotus Eaters’ with the (20) concept of love for others as reflected in Iris Murdoch’s Under the Net.
- Q6 · Literacy Theory & Criticism (20 Marks)Explain how the theories of Karl Marx are still relevant to literature today. (20)
- Q8 · Literacy Theory & Criticism (20 Marks)How much of a literary debt does Tennyson’s Ulysses owe to classical Greek and (20) Roman tradition? Comment in detail.
- Q3 · Integrated / Cross-Syllabus QuestionsAn ode is a poem of praise. How do John Keats’s ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ and ‘Ode to (20) Autumn’ reflect this classical concept?