CSS 2017 English Literature Paper

In what way has Wordsworth democratized the tradition of literature? Discuss it with special reference to his poem 'Resolution and Independence.'

'The Waste Land' evoked the waste and sterility of a Western world ravaged by the horrors of World War I; it is not a poem about war but the war's trauma. Discuss.

Bradley argues that Hamlet's inaction is due to his melancholia caused by his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage. What do you think, why does Hamlet procrastinate in killing the King?

D.H. Lawrence's 'Sons and Lovers' is somewhat autobiographical, in which is portrayed a young man's inner struggles caused by his affection for his mother. What self-realization does the protagonist experience after the death of his mother?

With what kind of evidence and reasoning does Freud support the psychoanalytic theory that children entertain death-wishes toward their parents? And how does it help us to interpret literary texts?

Female poetics seeks to understand why female authors tend to favor certain genres (lyric, poetry, novel, short story, tale, letters, diaries, memories) over others (epic, martial romance, drama, satire). Elaborate.

According to Emerson, what terrors frighten us from self-trust? Where in the essay 'Self-Reliance' do you find the clearest statements that tune the strings of transcendentalism?