Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC)
Competitive Examination for Recruitment to BPS-17 Posts under the Federal Government
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100 Marks
Paper: English Literature
PART-I (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q. No. 2 Is happiness possible in the modern world? Explain in the light of Russell’s The Conquest of Happiness.
Q. No. 3 Explain Jacques Derrida’s Deconstruction theory. Do you agree that Deconstruction is not destruction?
Q. No. 4 What is the title significance of The Lotus Eater by Somerset Maugham?
Q. No. 5 Is there a significant relation between language and political thought? Explain rules of writing good prose in the light of Orwell’s Politics and the English Language.
Q. No. 6 Discuss emotional conflicts in Paul Morel, the protagonist with a stifling connection to a tough mother in D.H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers.
Q. No. 7 “It is we,” says Hazlitt, “who are Hamlet.” Illustrate with textual examples how Hamlet is a universal character.
Q. No. 8 Marxists and sociologists believe literature is an expression of society. Explain this statement and enlist the limitations of Marxist criticism in detail.
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