1. Trace the development of modern English fiction with specific reference to the major shifts in literary perspective during the nineteenth century.
2. Would it be correct to say that in Tom Jones, Fielding considers marriage to be a mere socio- economic arrangement under which women feel continuously suppressed? Discuss.
3. Discuss the metaphor of the web in the context of events and people relating to Bulstrode in Middlemarch.
4. Suggest the political and artistic implications of placing the conclusion of A Passage to India within the Orientalist paradigm.
5. How does Realism find expression in British fiction of the 1960s? Base your answer on your understanding of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.