Madurai Kamraj University (MKU) 2006 M.Phil Principiles of Literary Criticism - English - Question Paper
This ques. papaer is of MKU - DDU M.Phil in English And of october 2006,
7911/N12 OCTOBER 2006
Paper II PRINCIPLES OF LITERARY CRITICISM
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
Answer any FIVE of the following, choosing not more than Three from each section.
SECTION A
1. What, according to Wilson, are the means of attaining eloquence?
2. Examine Sidneys views on tragedy in his Apologie for Poetrie.
3. How does Dryden distinguish between French Drama and English Drama in An Essay of Dramatic Poesie?
4. Comment on Johnsons criticism of Miltons f*Lycidas.
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5. What, according to Coleridge, is the place of metre and the role of imagination?
SECTION B
6. Examine Eliots remarks on the metaphysical poets of the 17th century.
7. Assess Allen Tates contribution to English fliticism.
8. How, according to Trilling, does the sense of the past become a decideratum in critical approach?
9. Consider Wimsatt and Beardsleys The Intentional Fallacy as a landmark in the history of English criticism.
10. Discuss the two-fold duty of the literary critic as explained in The Sceptre and the Torch.
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