The Islamic University of Gaza Course: 20th century Lit.
Faculty of Arts Time : Two hours
English Department Final Exam Date :
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Question One
Discuss Two of the following quotations. The first is inclusive. (15 marks each)
I.
And indeed there will be time
For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,
Rubbing its back upon the window-panes;
There will be time, there will be time
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;
There will be time to murder and create,
And time for all the works and days of hands
That lift and drop a question on your plate;
Time for you and time for me,
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions,
Before the taking of a toast and tea.
a)Clarify the meaning of this quotation.
b)Discuss whatsoeversignificanceof this quotation.
II. "I suppose people of our generation are not able to die for good causes any longer. We had all that done for us, in the Thirties and Forties, when we were still kids, there are not any good brave causes left if the big bang does come, and we all get killed off, it won't be in aid of the old-fashioned, grand design. It'll just be for the Brave-nothing-very-much-thank-you."
III. “It was too good to last, he thought. I wish it had been a dream now and that I had never
hooked the fish. "But man is not made for defeat; a man can be destroyed but not defeated."
QuestionTwo
In a well-organized essay form, write on ONE of the following topics.Support your answers with textual details. (30 marks)
1. Compare and contrast between the three major characters of“The Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock,” Look Back in Anger and the Old Man and the See.
2. Explain the image of women as reflected in both “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and
Look Back in Anger.
ALL THE BEST
Instructor,
Dr. Ayman El-Hallaq