Examen de inglés

EXAM QUESTIONS FOR H04 COURSE
Para los estudiantes que se hayan acogido al itinerario A de examen, el examen consistirá en:
- Responder a tres preguntas de la sección “THEORY”
- Responder a dos preguntas de la sección “PRACTICE”
- Responder a la pregunta de la sección “READINGS”
Para los estudiantes que se hayan acogido al itinerario B de examen, el examen consistirá en:
- Responder a diez de las preguntas de la lista que el profesor notificará el día del examen.
- Responder a la pregunta de la sección “READINGS”
THEORY
1. Main literary influences of Modernist literature.
2. Features of the Imagist Manifesto.
3. Which literary generation did the Bloomsbury Group belong to?
4. Which historical event was a source of inspiration for the political writers of the 1930s?
5. Who were the Oxford group?
6. Select which of the following features belong to the Old and New War Poets:
a) patriotism; b) realistic description of war; c) showing the horrors of war; d) romantic view of
war; e) idyllic depiction of nature; f) criticising the officers.
7. Provide four features of the theatre of the absurd.
8. Name one relevant author from the following literary movements:
- Modernist novel
- Modernist poetry
- New War Poets
- Political writers of the 1930s
- Bourgeois writers of the 1930s
- Theatre of the Absurd: main features
PRACTICE
9. In the short story 'The Nightingale and the Rose', what does the nightingale and the rose
stand for as symbols?
10. In the short film of Act Without Words, describe briefly the setting and the main character.
11. In the poem 'Benicasim' by Silvia Townsend- Warner there is an opposition of the terms
'mountains' and 'sea'. What do they respectively mean metaphorically?
12. In the short story 'Eveline', what is Eveline's dilemma, and how is it resolved?
13. Which film from Ciclo de Cine Británico did you enjoy most? Explain why briefly.
READINGS
What similarities and differences have you found between the novel and the film? Provide at least 4
examples taken from both novel and film.
Which one did you consider more interesting and why?