Maharashi Dayanand University (MDU) 2010 M.A English Critical Theory of (Final) supplementary held in ember, - Question Paper

Time allowed: three hours

Maximum marks: 80

Note: Attempt 5 ques. in all, selecting 1 ques. from every part. All ques. carry equal marks.

part A

1. How does Aristotle differ from Plato in his conception of limitation?

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Why is Plato central to Aristotle for understanding the function of Poetry?

2. Why does Bharatmuni say that "There could be nothing without the relish of sentiments?

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Recount after Bharatmuni Bhavas and underline the significance in brief.

part B

3. Account for Wordsworth "Choice of the subject matter of his poetry".

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provide reasons for the significance of the Preface for inagnarating a movement in British Poetry.

4. Why does Coleridge say that Secondary imagination is creative and in what regard?

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Do you agree with the view that Coleridge is a theorist of the reconciliation of opposites?

part C

5. What according to T.S. Eliot is the function of criticism as underlined in the essay of the identical title?

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Why does Eliot lay so much emphasis on tradition, of course, not at the neglect of individual talent?

6. Why does Brooks call irony as a principle of structure of Poetry?

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Why has poetry to be paradoxical, according to Brooks?

part D

7. What does Barthes mean when he says that in the death of the writer the learner is born?

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Examine the status of the linguistic sign in Saussure.

8. What does it mean when Derrida says that "difference" has no name?

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Why does Foncault condemns Western knowledge in his essay "The order of discourse"?

part E

9. What is the central argument of "Feminist Criticism in the wilderness"?

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"Spivate regards women as subaltern", what are particularly with reference to her essay "Feminism and critical theory".

10. Critically evaluate the argument of The Empire authors Back in relation to Chapter one of the book.

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Comment on Bhabha's emphasis of ambivalence in the colonial discourse.

Earning:   Approval pending.