CSS English Literature Past Paper 2023

Instructions specific to this paper

• Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Part-II questions

1. Q. 220 marks

   Is happiness possible in modern world? Explain in the light of Russell’s The Conquest of Happiness.

2. Q. 320 marks

   Explain Jacque Derrida’s Deconstruction theory. Do you agree that Deconstruction is not destruction?

3. Q. 420 marks

   What is the title significance of “The Lotus Eater” by Somerset Maugham?

4. Q. 520 marks

   Is there a significant relation between language and political thought? Explain rules of writing a good prose in the light of Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”.

5. Q. 620 marks

   Discuss emotional conflicts in Paul Morel the protagonist having a stifle connection with a tough mother in D.H. Lawrence “Sons and Lovers”.

6. Q. 720 marks

   “It is we”, says Hazlitt, “who are Hamlet”. Illustrate with textual examples Hamlet as a universal character.

7. Q. 820 marks

   Marxists and Sociologists believe literature as an expression of society. Explain this statement. Also enlist limitations of Marxist criticism in detail.

Source & accuracy

Source:

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Standard FPSC instructions

Printed on this and every CSS paper.

• Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
• All the parts (if any) of each question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
• Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the question paper.
• No page/space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of the Answer Book must be crossed.
• Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.