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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIFTH SEMESTER NOVEMBER 2017
EL 5503 CRITICISM TO THEORY
Date: 03-11-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
PART A
Answer any FIVE in about 150 words each, choosing at least TWO from each
section: x 8 40)
SECTION A
1. What is 'Idea Based' literary criticism?
2. "Many of the best critics of poetry have been poets." Critically evaluate.
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Biographical Criticism?
4. What are the important goals of Historical Criticism?
SECTION B
5. Critically evaluate the relevance of Aristotle's literary criticism today.
6. What according to the Romantic critics was the role of the poet?
7. What is Legislative Criticism and what are its aims?
8. Critically comment on the limitations of New Criticism.
PART B
Answer the following in about 400 words each: x 30 60)
9. With reference to "Romanticism and Classicism," substantiate T.S.Eliot's claim
that T.E.Hulme is "classical, reactionary, and revolutionary."
OR
How does Wordsworth interpret Aristotle's theory of mimesis in his "Preface?"
10. What features of Neoclassical criticism does Johnson's "Preface" illustrate?
OR
"I.A. Richards provides the theoretical foundations on which the technique of
verbal analyses was built." Critically discuss.