LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

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FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                         EL 4808 – LITERARY CRITICISM

 

 

Date & Time : 22-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

1. Write short notes on FIVE of the following Key Terms/Concepts choosing not less than two from each section: (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

SECTION – 1

1. The merits of Classicism
2. Eliot’s Impersonal Theory of Art
3. Paradox as a critical tool
4. Types of Realism according to Raymond Williams

SECTION – 2

5. Expressive Theories
6. People’s fantasies and the play of children.
7. The Quest-myth in Literature
8. ‘Objectivity’ in Fiction.

 

PART – B

1. Answer the following questions in about 300 words each: (2 x 20 = 40 marks)
2. a) Structuralism and Literary Criticism according to Barthes.

(Or)

1. b) The Poststructuralist Critique of Structuralism.
2. a) Compare and contrast New Criticism and Myth criticism.

(Or)

1. b) How far do you agree that absolute ‘objectivity’ is possible in
   Poetry/Fiction?

PART – C

• Attempt a practical criticism of the following poem employing the critical theories and tools at your disposal. (20 marks)

 

CHANGE

My world has changed,

Keeps changing,

Where is that temple

I went to with my granny?

Where is the school

Where I broke records?

Time, you’ve undone me

You came so fast

I could not believe

My experience was so short-lived.

– Kirpal Singh

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