LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 23

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                           EL 1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE

(Also equivalent to EL 1951)

 

 

Date & Time : 28-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M.   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

 

Answer any FIVE of the following in about 200-300 words each    (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

1. Distinguish ‘feminist linguistic fantasy’ and ‘masculinist linguistic fantasy’.
2. Discuss the efforts of some of the women writers towards ‘female linguistic empowerment’.
3. What aspects of women’s strength does the poem Five Poems for Grandmothers celebrate?
4. What, according to McClung, is the connection between women and war?
5. What is the real cause of Jessie’s death?
6. Comment on Michele Wallace’s arguments on the need for a black perspective in the feminist movement.
7. Discuss the fall out of the woman’s desire for personal affirmation in “Man, Feminine Gender (I anthropos)”
8. Do you think the feminine mystique could be an alternative to the thinking woman? Elaborate with reference to “Snapshots of Daughters”.

 

SECTION – B

 

Answer the following in about 400-500 words each                        (3 x 20 = 60 marks)

 

1. Do you think computers and cyber technology can further the feminist cause? How is exploitation of women still possible on the Net?

 

2. Examine aspects of horror in “Harvest”.

(Or)

Elaborate on masculine knowledge and feminine perception in “To the

Lighthouse”.

 

3. Do you agree with Germaine Greer’s contention that “there have always been good women writers, in every area and every era, and that they always disappear”? Justify your answer with textual evidences.

(Or)

How does Giovanni in her poem Ego Tripping rewrite women’s contribution to

world history? Discuss.

 

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 23

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EL 1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE

 

 

Date & Time : 31-10-2006/1.00-4.00     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

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

 

1. Consider Femininity as Marginality as perceived by Toril Moi.
2. What distinguishes the male linguistic fantasies from the female linguistic fantasies?

Explain.

3. To what extent is the Marxist feminist claim for equal wages practical and desirable?
4. How does Margaret Atwood rewrite female heroism in her poem Five Poems for

   Grandmothers?.

5. Show how intuitive/feminine truth triumphs over factual/masculine truth in To the Lighthouse?
6. How does Nellie McClung question the silence, apathy and indifference of Women

towards suffragists and their struggle in her work What Do Women Think of    War?

7. What are your responses to ageing in The Woman Destroyed?
8. Are women trapped within conventional symbolism? Answer with reference to Man,

   Feminine Gender.

SECTION B

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

 

9) “Yet not only has this achievement of women been edited out of literary history but a   false

version has been substituted in its place”. How does Dale Spender justify         this statement in

her essay?

or

What is black feminism? Examine Michelle Wallace’s comments on the myth of  the

black super woman.

• Identify the several issues raised in the poem Ego Tripping and discuss how Nikki Giovanni relates them to the woman’s contribution to the world.

or

What is the fall out of marriage according to Adrienne Rich? To what extent are women

responsible for themselves?

• Consider the play ’Night Mother as the tragedy of a ‘ every woman’.

or

Discuss the salient features of liberal feminism.

 

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EL 1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00      Dept. No.                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

SECTION – A

 

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

 

• How does Dale Spender substantiate that there has been an intense misogyny among the male writers against women writers in literary history?
• Analyse critically the views of Sandra M.Gilbert and Susan Guber over the transformation of the materna lingua into a new patrius sermo.
• Consider Nikki Giovanni’s Ego Tripping as a plea for women’s liberation.
• How does the story Witch highlight the various social evils committed against women? Discuss.

5 Sister of my Heart is characterized by a remarkable absence of men. How does this impact the women?

6) Examine the implications of reproduction controlling technologies.

7) Show how the myth of black macho cheats black women of their human rights.

8) What feminist themes does the short story Summer Vacation explore?

 

SECTION B

 

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

 

• Discuss the efforts of some of the women writers towards ‘female linguistic empowerment’.

or

Elaborate on the theme of harmony in To the Lighthouse.

 

10) To what extent can cyberspace be a site for both empowerment and enslavement of women?

or

What according to Adrienne Rich are the sacrifices women must make if they are to redeem themselves?

 

11) Consider Margaret Atwood’s Five Poems for Grandmothers as a tribute to female heroism.

or

Which one of the two main characters, in ’Night Mother, do you sympathise with? Give reasons.

 

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XA 17

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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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE

 

 

 

Date & Time: 28/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

 

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

 

1. Highlight the agenda of first wave feminism.
2. How according to Adrienne Rich must the married woman prepare herself for the coming of the New Woman?
3. Show how the myth of black macho cheats black women of their human rights.
4. What feminist themes does the short story Summer Vacation explore?
5. Comment on Adam and Eve’s contrasting responses to the fall from grace.
6. Define feminist linguistic fantasy and describe its development in the literary history.
7. How is the writer critical of women’s concerns about marriage in All for a Husband?

Discuss.

8. Attempt a character study of Mrs.Ramsay from a feminist perspective.

 

SECTION B

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

 

9. (a) Discuss the positive impact cyber technology can have on the feminist cause.

Or

(b)What, according to Adrienne Rich are the challenges women must overcome to achieve

personhood.

 

10. (a) Discuss the theme of sisterhood in Sister of My Heart.

Discuss the social relevance of the story Witch.

(OR)

(b) Attempt a critical study of the theme of sexuality and marriage in the novel

Small Remedies.

 

11. (a) “The lack of sentimentality and the focus on the loneliness and emptiness of the two

women’s lives are often cited as reasons for the success of ‘Night Mother.”          Do you

agree with this statement? Justify your answer.

OR

(b) From your reading of Ego Tripping elaborate those aspects of women’s strength that you

think are realistically portrayed in the poem.

 

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