M.A-M.A English LITERARY CRITICISM (Alagappa University - Directorate of Distance Education-2012)

DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2012.
LITERARY CRITICISM
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about 300 words each.
1. Discuss Aristotle’s concept of tragedy.
2. Explain Wordsworth’s views on the language of poetry.
3. Elucidate the Touchstone method of criticism advocated by Arndd.
4. Illustrate the archetype in literature.
5. Elaborate on the Derridian concept of language as a structure.
6. Examine Trilling’s assessment of Freud’s greatness and his contribution to literature.
7. Describe the three phases in the history of women’s writing identified by Elaine Showalter.
8. Define post modernism and post modernity.
PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following questions in about 500 words each.
9. Sum up Aristotle’s observations on the nature, function and appeal of poetry.
10. Describe how sydney defends poetry in Apology for Poetry.
11. Consider Matthew Arnold a classicist with special reference to his “The Study of Poetry”.
12. Elucidate Poe’s views on the art of composition.
13. Highlight Jung’s contribution to the interpretation of literature.
14. Examine Bloom’s importance to the form of literature.
15. Discuss the post colonial view of literature.

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