M.A-M.A Education COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION (Alagappa University - Directorate of Distance Education-2012)

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M.A. (English)DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2012.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Write the different definitions available for comparative literature.
2. Write a note on French school of comparative literature.
3. What is the future of comparative literature in India.
4. Write a note on genres.
5. Compare and contrast influence and imitation.
6. What is called a theory of reception in comparative literature?
7. Analyse the concept thematology in comparative literature.
8. Differentiate literal and literary rendering.
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. How for is traslation useful in the fields of psychology, philosophy and sociology?
10. What are epoch, period, generation and movement in the study of comparative literature?
11. Write a note on different genres in World literature.
12. How is comparative literature divided according to the different periods?
13. How are the literary works of other nations received in India?
14. State the different theories of literary translation.
15. How does Translation helps in studying comparative literature?

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