DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
LITERARY CRITICISM
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Elaborate the views of Sidney on Lyric poetry.
2. Explain Aristotle's theory of poetics.
3. What does Mathew Arnold state regarding nature,
function and significance of poetry?
4. What is Edgar Allan Poe's theory of poetic composition?
5. What do you comprehend after studying Trilling's Freud
and Literature?
6. Analyse Aurobindo's ideas on the connection between
word and spirit.
7. What is the role of Derrida in the field of modern
criticism?
8. Write a note on Roland Barthe's views on criticism.
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. What are the special claims for poetry made by Sir Philip
Sidney in his defence of poetry?
10. Attempt a detailed analysis of Eliot's 'Tradition and
Individual Talent'.
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11. Analyse Northrop frye's ideas on 'The Archetypes of
Literature'.
12. How does C.G.Jung explain the role of psychology in
interpreting literature?
13. What are the views of Elaine Showalter regarding
feminist criticism?
14. Write an essay on Aristotle's views on tragedy.
15. Examine Harold Bloom's essay 'The Breathing of