Introduction to Pakistani Fiction Past Solved Paper

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (GS)  Final Examination June 2021       Name  Shaista Mahreen Total Marks System ID  Numl- Program MA  Email Address Teacher’s Name  Ma’am Asma Qazi Class/Section MA Campus  Islamabad Course Title Introduction to Pakistani Fiction Date Course Code Time Allowed     Q.1.                        1.       What are the contrastive images used in the poem “The Snow” by Alamgir Hashmi?       "The Snow" is a poem by Alamgir Hashmi, a Pakistani poet who writes in English. Hashmi was born in Lahore in 1951 and received his education in Pakistan and the United Sta...
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Pakistani Literature in English (IPL) Past Paper 2

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (GS) Mid-Semester Exams April, 2021 MA English 3rd Semester (Morning) Roll No   Total Marks 30 System ID   Program MA (Morning) Email Address   Teacher’s Name Class/Section   Campus Main, Islamabad Course Title Introduction to Pakistani Literature Date Course Code ELL- 604 Time Allowed 2 hrs   Instructions:   (1)    Attempt all questions. (2)    Be precise and relevant in your answers. (3)    Strictly observe all online examination protocols with your cameras on. (4)    If you upload hand-written answer scripts, write legibly so that teachers can conveniently read and grade your script...
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Pakistani Literature in English (IPL) Past Paper

  NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH End Semester Exams February 2021 MA English 3 rd Semester (Morning) Roll No   Total Marks 30 System ID   Program MA Morning Email Address   Teacher’s Name Class/Section   Campus Main, Islamabad Course Title Date Course Code ELL- Time Allowed 2.5 hrs   Instructions: (1) Be mindful of time. Try to finish your answers within prescribed time. Upload your answers within 15 minutes after the paper time. (2) Honestly observe all online examination protocols with your cameras on. (3) If you upload hand-written answer scripts, write legibly so that teachers can conveniently read and grade your papers. (4) Be precise and relevant in your answers.   Q1. U...
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Taufiq Rafat’s Use of Language in His Poetry

Taufiq Rafat’s Use of Language in His Poetry

Question: Taufiq Rafat's Use of Language in His Poetry Image: Sunrise over the countryside in Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan. Photograph by Hassan Nasir (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons). Taufiq Rafat's use of language in his poetry is remarkable for its simplicity, diversity, and originality. He skillfully encompasses a wide range of experiences, from local to universal, in his poems. He also translated Punjabi poetry into English, and his poems were collected in Arrival of the Monsoon (1985). Other poems by Rafat are analysed in Analysis of Time to Love by Taufiq Rafat , The Kingfisher Poem by Taufiq Rafat and The poem Village Girl by Taufiq Rafat . While Pakistani village life has been a recurring theme in numerous poems, Rafat's representation of these images stands out as one of his greatest achievements. Imran Aslam even goes so far as to call him "The Ezra Pound of Pakistan," emphasizing the remarkable impact of his work. For example, in his poem ...
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Analysis of Time to Love by Taufiq Rafat

Analysis of Time to Love by Taufiq Rafat

Question: Analysis of Time to Love by Taufiq Rafat Image: Sunset and the fields in Punjab, Pakistan. Photograph by Faisal Iqbal (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons). Critical Analysis of Figurative Language in the Poem "Time to Love" by Taufiq Rafat Taufiq Rafat (1927–1998) was a Pakistani poet born in Sialkot. He wrote poetry in English, using a multilevel approach to explore themes of love. He was influenced by T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, Ezra Pound, and Derek Walcott, whose innovative use of language inspired a new wave of poetic expression. He was not only a poet but a good critic as well. He spent his whole life in Pakistan. His poetry is about conflicts between rural and urban, past and present, tradition and modernity, etc. He was the first-ever Pakistani to write a play in verse form, named The Foothold, published in 1965. He translated Bulleh Shah and Punjabi poet Qadar Shah's poetry, using a multilevel approach to capture the essence of their messages. It...
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Grammar and Syntax

    Shamsa Rasool MA(3C) 220064 Assignment: Grammar and Syntax Submitted to: Ma'am Anila Gil Date;1st July 2021 Topic: A comparison of subordinate clauses in English and in another language e.g Urdu Punjabi Pashto etc   Subordinate Clauses A subordinate clause is a clause that cannot stand alone. It is not independent. Remember that an independent clause has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought-it can stand alone. A subordinate clause has a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone. It doesn't express a complete thought. A subordinate clause is different from a phrase. A phrase is a group of related words, but it doesn't have both a subject and a verb. A subordinate clause has a subject and a verb. But it doesn't express a complete thought. Another word for subordinate is dependent. Sometimes you will hear these clauses called dependent clauses. Examples of Subordinate Clauses: 1. Because I said so (I=subject; said=verb) ...
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