Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2004 Philosophy & Literature Question Paper PDF Download

LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

III SEMESTER – NOV. 2004

EL 3951-PHILOSOPHY & LITERATURE

Date        : 02.11.04                                                                                  Max     : 100 marks

Duration : 1 – 4 pm                                                                                  Hours   : 3 hrs

 

SECTION I

Answer the following in 50 words each.                                                                         (5 x 3 = 15 marks)

PART A

  1. Explain the definition of existentialism
  2. Freudian concept of ‘Id’
  3. Jean Paul Sartre and the absurd

PART B

  1. Explain briefly Marx’s theory of Alienation.
  2. How does Immanuel Kant define ‘the mind of Man’.

SECTION II

PART A

 

Answer any TWO of the following in 150 words each.                                                (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Explain the various phases of life presented by Kierkegaard.
  2. What is Freud’s contribution in the understanding of man?
  3. Explain what is dread and destiny according to Martin Heidegger.

PART B

 

Answer any TWO of the following in 150 words each.                                                 (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

  1. Write briefly on Darwin’s theory of Evolution
  2. Write a short note on Kant’s Transcendental Esthetic
  3. Comment on the important principles of the Communist Manifesto.

SECTION III

Answer any ONE of the following in 250 words.                                                           (15 marks)

PART  A

  1. Analyse Virginia Woolf’s “To The Light House” in Freudian terms.
  2. ‘Waiting For Godot’ is an existential play – Discuss.
  3. ‘The Hairy Ape’ exhibits the chief features of existentialism.

PART B

Answer any ONE of the following in about 250 words.                                                            (15 marks)

 

  1. Interpret the novel Silas Marner in the eight of Marxian Philosophy.
  2. Critically analyse how Wordsworth’s The Tintern Abbey mirrors idealism

SECTION IV

Answer the following in 250 words.                                                                              (15 marks)

 

  1. Explain the relationships between philosophy and Literature with a few

literary texts as examples.

 

 

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