Saurastra University 2006 M.A English : -VI (Criticism) [Old ] - Question Paper

SR-503
M.A. Part-2 exam
April/May-2006
English : Paper-VI (Criticism) [Old Course]

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SR-503    Seat No._

M. A. (Part-II) Examination April/May - 2006 English : Paper-VI

(Criticism)

[Old Course]

Time : 3 Hours]    [Total Marks : 100

Instructions : (i) Attempt all questions.

(ii) Indicate clearly the options you attempt.

1 (a) "Plot is the soul of tragedy". Critically examine the 20 statement.

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(b)    "For Longinus the criteria of excellence in    20 Poetry are sublime and transport".Illustrate.

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(c)    Examine Aristotle's concept of tragedy and explain 20 its constituent parts.

2 (a) In his 'Essay on Dramatic Poesy', Dryden emerges 20 as the father of English criticism. Discuss.

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(b)    What according to Dr. Johnson are the merits of 20 Shakespeare ?

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(c)    Coleridges views on imagination and fancy.    20

3 Write short note on any one :    10

(a)    Sydney's defence of poetry

(b)    Russian formalism

(c)    Chicago school.

"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an 20 escape from emothion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality."Comment.

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Discuss Allan Tate's concept of tension and its constituent parts with necessary illustrations.

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Consider Ransom's concept of texture and structure 20 in relation to poetry.

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5 (a) Bring out the significance of Stanley Fish's statement 20 that", there are as many meanings as there are readers and no one of them is literal".

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(b)    Examine Derrida's concept of structure in terms of 20 its relation to the centre.

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(c)    Show how Genetee trace the relationshp between 20 structuralism and literary criticism.

6 Write short note on any one :

(a)    Psychoanalysis and criticism

(b)    Marxism

(c)    Stylistics.

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