Alagappa University 2006 M.Phil English LITERARY CRITICISMS - Question Paper

M.Phil. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2007.
English
LITERARY CRITICISMS

(Upto 2006 Batch)

Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks

ans any 5 of the subsequent.

All ques. carry equal marks.
(5 x 20 = 100)

1. Write short notes on
(a) Archetype.
(b) Intentional Fallacy.
(c) Meta Language.
(d) Feminism.
(e) Structuralism.
2. What according to I.A. Richards are the 4 types of meaning?
3. Why does D.H. Lawrence say that novel is superior to religion, philosophy and science?
4. How does Freud prove that a piece of creative writing, is a continuation of, and a substitute for what was once the play of childhood?
5. How does Brooks prove that the language of poetry is the language of paradox?
6. What do you understand by the term center? Why does Derrida want to decanter the center? explain.
7. How does Stanley Fish illustrate the Reader-response theory in his essay ‘‘Is there a text in this class’’?
8. What does Elaine Showalter mean by Feminine, Feminist and Female Stages? explain.

Earning:   Approval pending.