English Literature 2025

The Structuralist and Poststructuralist theories have invaded the core assumptions of Humanism regarding human subjectivity, language, nature and culture. Elaborate by building up an argument with reference to major debates in the field.

T. S. Eliot's poetry can be read like a mystery religion in its own right by reinforcing the cardinal principles of Christian morality blended with myths and allusions all over the world. Elaborate with reference to pertinent textual instances from Eliot's poems.

D. H. Lawrence represents the complex shades of human relationship, both intimate and familial, by showing his characters' vulnerability in maintaining a balance between desire and duty, sensuality and spirituality and impersonalization and engagement.

After reading O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey into Night', one gets the feeling that as a typical Irish family, religious blasphemy, albeit in its different manifestation, runs in all four Tyrones. Discuss with special reference to relevant textual sites.

Emerson's transcendentalism shares some chief features with the esoteric voices of East, including Muhammad Iqbal and Maulana Rumi, highlighting a cross-cultural resonance between Western and Eastern spiritual philosophies. Comment.

Reading Wordsworth's poetry one hears the “still sad music of humanity" that Romanticism celebrates as a core value of literature. Elaborate in the context of relevant poetic instances from the poet.

What is the significance of the title of Somerset Mugham's ‘The Lotus Eater' in relation to human sufferings and fragility as intrinsic to existence?