This book has been spcially written for the candidates preparing for the UGC-NET/JRF/SET and other competitive examinations of the same level. It covers the latest revised and updated syllabus and pattern of papers prescribed by the UGC for Paper_II and Paper-III for the above noted examinations. The book consists of two Part-I deals with Paper-II and Part-Ii with Paper-III. Though there is not much change in the syllabus, the structures of the Papers, specially of paper-III, have been completely changes. The new structures will come into force with effect from the ensuring examination. As such the candidates preparing for this examination on the old patterns of the papers may come to disappointment. This book has been prepared strictly according to the new structures of the papers. Table of Contents Previous Years' Solved Paper The Period upto Chaucer The Age of Shakespeare Jacobean to Restoration Period The Augustan Age The Romantic Period The Victorian Period The Modern Age American, Indo-Anglian and Other Non-British Literatures Literary Theory and Criticism Rhetoric and Prosody Now Test Yourself Test Paper 1 Test Paper 2 Test Paper 3 Test Paper 4 Test Paper 5 Prose Passages Poetry Passages Prose and Poetry Passages for Practice Short Questions and Answers Elective V : Literary theory and Criticism Greek and Roman Critics : Plato, Aristotle, Longinus and Horace The Elizabethan Critics : Stephen Gosson, Sir Philip Sidney, Ben Johnson The New-Classical Critics : John Dryden, Joseph A