LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

    EL 1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE

 

 

 

Date : 08-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

SECTION – A

Answer any FIVE of the following in about 200 words each.   (5×8=40 marks)

 

1. How will a move from victim feminism to power feminism impact the way women are received in a post feminist age?
2. Why does Michelle Wallace feel that if black women do not speak up they will be blanked

out of the pages of history?

3. What feminist themes does the short story Summer Vacation explore?
4. Of all the women in Sister of my Heart, Gauri Ma is the most heroic. Discuss.
5. How does Toril Moi distinguish feminist, feminine and female?
6. What aspects of women’s strength does the poem Five Poems for Grandmothers celebrate?
7. What is feminist linguistic fantasy? How can it be developed?
8. Consider Chandi as a victim of social oppression.

 

SECTION B

Answer the following in about 500 words each. (3×20=60 marks)

 

9. Discuss the salient feature of liberal feminism

Or

Comment on the Marxist feminist argument on wages for domestic labour.

10. What, according to Adrienne Rich are the challenges women must overcome to achieve

personhood.

Or

Do you consider Mrs. Ramsay a feminist? Give reasons.

11. Attempt a study of the theme of sexuality and marriage in Small Remedies.

Or

Do you sympathize with the protagonist in the play ‘Night Mother? Justify your answer.

 

 

 

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