LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIFTH SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012
EL 5503 – CRITICAL THEORIES
Date : 08/11/2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 9:00 – 12:00
PART – A
Answer any five of the following in about 150 words each. Choose at least two from each section: (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
SECTION – A
- How does Sidney refute the charges against poetry?
- What is text-based criticism?
- Briefly explain some of the defects of Shakespeare according to Johnson.
- What are the views expressed by Wordsworth regarding poetry?
SECTION – B
- Explain the “Touchstone Method” of Matthew Arnold.
- Write a short note on Historical Criticism.
- Define tradition as proposed by T S Eliot.
- Describe the major principles of the Sociological approach of criticism.
PART – B
Answer the following in about 400 words each: (2 × 20= 40 marks)
- (a) Do you agree that Sidney presents a good defense of poetry in his essay
“Apology For Poetry”? Substantiate.
(OR)
(b) Show how Johnson’s “Preface to Shakespeare” can be considered as an
illustration of literary criticism.
- (a) Bring out the interplay of tradition and talent according to T.S. Eliot.
(OR)
(b) Show how Critical Theory is helpful for an appreciation of literature with specific reference to the prescribed essays.
PART – C
- Attempt a critical analysis of the following poem: (20 marks)
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of the easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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