N A L A N D A O P E N U N I V E R S I T Y
M.A. English, Part-II
PAPER-XIV
(Practical Criticism and Contemporary Critical Theory)
Annual Examination, 2017
Time 3 Hours. Full Marks 80
Answer any Five Questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Modern literary theory is highly indebted to Saussure. Discuss with reference to major
schools of literary criticism of our time.
2. Summarize Jacques Lacan's concept that the human unconscious is structured like a
language.
3. Briefly summarize Shklovsky's Art as Technique.
4. What are the two different poles of language signified by metaphor and metonymy
5. Critically summarize Barthes's "The Death of the Author" and discuss its difference with
the approach of New Criticism.
6. Give a biographical account of Jean Baudrillard. Discuss in brief his contribution in
literary theory.
7. What are the four phases of an image. Explicitly discuss each phase.
8. What is orientalism Examine Said's views on orientalism.
9. What is the crisis the modern orientalists are facing. Explain critically.
10. How does Spivak problematise Marx's notion of alienation with reference to feminism