ENG 207 Final, Spring 2000

FINAL EXAM ENGLISH 207: INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERTURE II SPRING 2000 DR. SYRINE C. HOUT TIME ALLOWED: 2 and a half hours PART I: 50% Choose one of the following two poems ~ “The Sorrow of Love” (1891) by William Butler Yeats and “My Sad Captains” (1961) by Thom Gunn ~ and analyze your selection in terms of technique and ideas while offering your interpretation. Te geet the fees ) B : PART II: 50% Fenzl, S frag 1995; Sgrevae Ite Write a short but informed essay in response to one of the following three comparative essay questions: 1. Compare and contrast the social gatherings in Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” (1921) and James Joyce’s The Dead (1914). Consider the following: menu, entertainment, setting, host-guest relationship, conversation, etc. 2 How are the men in Gunn’s poem “Black Jackets” (1954) similar in lifestyle and attitude to Ben and Gus in Harold Pinter’s play The Dumb Waiter (1960)? Compare and contrast the different views on British imperialism as manifested in Rupert Brooke's “The Soldier” (1914) and George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” (1936). nceeeearetl FericaS