Exam Details
| Subject | literary criticism – i | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | alagappa university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | April, 2017 | |
| City, State | tamil nadu, karaikudi |
Question Paper
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2017
Second Semester
English
LITERARY CRITICISM I
(CBCS 2013 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions in about a sentence or 2 each.
1. Why does Aristotle prefer a complex plot?
2. What is the occasion for Sidney's "Apology for Poetry"?
3. How does Dryden justify tragic-comedy?
4. What does Dr. Johnson say poetic justice in connection
with Shakespeare's plays?
5. Why did Wordsworth write "Preface to the Lyrical
Ballads"?
6. How does Coleridge controvert Wordsworth's views
regarding rhyme and metre?
7. What does Arnold say about Burns' real merit?
8. What does I.A. Richards mean by
9. Why does Tate believe that tension is absolutely an
essential part of good poetry?
10. What does Coomarasamy mean by absolute Beauty?
Sub. Code
701203
RW-082
2
Sp 6
Part B x 5 25)
Answer the following questions in about 200 words each:
11. Discuss the major components of tragedy, according
to Aristotle.
Or
Examine Sidney's views on the universal veneration
of poets and poetry.
12. Examine Dryden's views on the unities.
Or
Write a note on Johnson as an editor of
Shakespeare.
13. Appraise Wordsworth's concept of poetic creation.
Or
Write a note on Coleridge's definition of poetry.
14. What does Arnold mean by the 'Touchstone'
method?
Or
What does I.A. Richards talk about the functions of
language?
15. Why does Tate say that Miss Millay's "Justice
Denied in Massachusetts" is a bad poem?
Or
Evaluate Ananda Coomarasamy's views on the
fusion of religious ecstasy and artistic experience.
RW-082
3
Sp 6
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions in about 500 words each.
16. Discuss Aristotle's definition of plot and its wholeness.
17. Critically estimate Johnson's critical position as revealed
in his Preface to Shakespeare.
18. Wordsworth's "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads" marks a
crucial turning point in the way critics look at poetry.
Summarize the salient features of Wordsworth's
criticism.
19. Write a note on Arnold's contribution to English literary
criticism.
20. What does Tate mean by tension? How does he prove that
the meaning of a poem is its tension?
——————
Second Semester
English
LITERARY CRITICISM I
(CBCS 2013 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions in about a sentence or 2 each.
1. Why does Aristotle prefer a complex plot?
2. What is the occasion for Sidney's "Apology for Poetry"?
3. How does Dryden justify tragic-comedy?
4. What does Dr. Johnson say poetic justice in connection
with Shakespeare's plays?
5. Why did Wordsworth write "Preface to the Lyrical
Ballads"?
6. How does Coleridge controvert Wordsworth's views
regarding rhyme and metre?
7. What does Arnold say about Burns' real merit?
8. What does I.A. Richards mean by
9. Why does Tate believe that tension is absolutely an
essential part of good poetry?
10. What does Coomarasamy mean by absolute Beauty?
Sub. Code
701203
RW-082
2
Sp 6
Part B x 5 25)
Answer the following questions in about 200 words each:
11. Discuss the major components of tragedy, according
to Aristotle.
Or
Examine Sidney's views on the universal veneration
of poets and poetry.
12. Examine Dryden's views on the unities.
Or
Write a note on Johnson as an editor of
Shakespeare.
13. Appraise Wordsworth's concept of poetic creation.
Or
Write a note on Coleridge's definition of poetry.
14. What does Arnold mean by the 'Touchstone'
method?
Or
What does I.A. Richards talk about the functions of
language?
15. Why does Tate say that Miss Millay's "Justice
Denied in Massachusetts" is a bad poem?
Or
Evaluate Ananda Coomarasamy's views on the
fusion of religious ecstasy and artistic experience.
RW-082
3
Sp 6
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions in about 500 words each.
16. Discuss Aristotle's definition of plot and its wholeness.
17. Critically estimate Johnson's critical position as revealed
in his Preface to Shakespeare.
18. Wordsworth's "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads" marks a
crucial turning point in the way critics look at poetry.
Summarize the salient features of Wordsworth's
criticism.
19. Write a note on Arnold's contribution to English literary
criticism.
20. What does Tate mean by tension? How does he prove that
the meaning of a poem is its tension?
——————
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