M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Fourth Semester
English
CRITICAL THEORY II
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. According to Culler, who is an Omnscient Narrator?
2. For what does Spivak cite as an example?
3. In what way is a novelist better than a scientist for
D.H. Lawsence?
4. Why does Jung Say that visionary literature is very
interesting for the psychologist?
5. Whom does Eliot call as the minor poets?
6. What does Homi K Bhabha mean by liminality?
7. What is the goal of literary criticism for Frye?
8. Name four countries whose literature can be placed in the
category of post colonial literature.
Sub. Code
4MEN4C1
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Sp 6
9. Why did the female writers write under a male
pseudonym?
10. Who is responsible for the according to Roland
Barthes?
Part B X 5 25)
Answer all questions.
11. According to culler what is classic ideal'. What
appears in many novels?
Or
According to Gayathri Spivak, what is subaltern
literature?
12. How does D.H. Lawrence compare the scientist and
the novelist?
Or
Name the most important archetypes in Jangian
psychoanalysis.
13. How does Eliot judge Dante, Corneille and Racine?
Or
Discuss Bhabha's views on mimicry and man.
14. How does Frye present Myth as archetypes?
Or
One of the main features of imperial oppression is
control over language Analyse.
15. Write a short note on gynociticism.
Or
The death of the Author, rejects the idea of
authorial intent and instead develops a reader
response critical theory Analyse.
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Sp 6
Part C X10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions.
16. How can non-literary works be considered appropriate
subjects for analysis by literary theorists?
17. The novel is a book of life for D.H. Lawrence Analyse.
18. Discuss T.S. Eliot's views on religion and literature.
19. Establish the relation between art and religion as
expounded by Frye.
20. Write an essay on the major aspects of feminist criticism.
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