Loyola College Feminist Theory & Practice Question Papers
Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2010 Feminist Theory & Practice Question Paper PDF Download
LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010
EL 1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE
Date : 03-11-10 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)
- Show how the myth of black macho cheats black women of their human rights
- Examine Snapshots of a Daughter-in Law as a comment on mid-life crisis
- To what extent can cyberspace be a site for both empowerment and enslavement of women?
- Examine Summer Vacation as a feminist text.
- How does Atwood explore the theme of continuity of women’s experience in Five Poems for Grandmothers.
- How does Mahasweta Devi portray the problems of Indian women in The Witch? Discuss.
- What are Toril Moi’s views on marginalization of women in the symbolic social order?
- How does Dale Spender establish the role of women in literary history? Elaborate.
SECTION B
Answer the following in about 500 words each. (3×20=60 marks)
- Discuss the impact of Marxist feminism in modern family relationships.
Or
Show how Judith Wright reinterprets the myth of the fall from grace to make a point about feminism
- Discuss the theme of female bonding in Sister of My Heart.
Or
Do you think ‘Night Mother is a tragedy of women who are social failures? Justify your answer.
- Do you consider Mrs.Ramsay, in comparison with Lilly Briscoe, as a true feminist? Discuss.
Or
How does Sashi Deshpande deal with women’s issues in her novel Small Remedies? What remedies does she offer the readers? Elaborate.
Loyola College M.A. English April 2012 Feminist Theory & Practice Question Paper PDF Download
LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012
EL 1805 – FFEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE
Date : 30-04-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 9:00 – 12:00
SECTION – A
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 200 words each: (5×8=40 marks)
- Explain the role of computers in enhancing a feminist liberation.
- Show how stereotyping traps men and women. Answer with reference to Man, Feminine Gender.
- Comment on The Woman Destroyed as a comment on family relationships.
- Show how Judith Wright reinterprets the myth of the fall from grace to make a point about female strength.
- Show how the myth of black macho cheats black women of their human rights.
- What feminist themes does the short story All for a Husband explore?
- Discuss Ego Tripping as a feminist poem.
- Comment on the theme of marriage in To The Lighthouse
SECTION B SECTION B
Answer any three of the following in about 500 words each: (3×20=60 marks)
- Discuss the salient features of Marxist feminism
- What, according to Adrienne Rich, are the challenges married women must overcome to be free.
- Discuss the theme of female bonding in Sister of My Heart.
- Write an essay on the feminist concerns in “Night Mother.
Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2012 Feminist Theory & Practice Question Paper PDF Download
LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012
EL 1810/1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE
Date : 07/11/2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
I Attempt any three of the following in about 400-500 words each: (3×15=45 marks)
- Discuss chick lit as a celebration of the postfeminist woman. What are the pitfalls?
- To what extent can reproduction controlling technologies further the feminist cause?
- Explain the various goals of liberal feminism.
- What are the five types of woman-nature relationships according to Noel Sturgeon?
II Attempt any three of the following in about 400-500 words each, choosing at least one from each group: (3×15=45 marks)
Group I
- Comment on how Maggie puts to use her feminine strengths of desperation and love to win back her husband and security in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
- Show how sisterhood between the whites and the blacks can raise the dignity of women in The Help.
- Bring out the troubled legacy of love and hate in the father-daughter relationship in All My Pretty Ones. What role does love play in redeeming the individual?
Group II
- How does Wangari Maathai record her feminist-environmentalist approach to life in Unbowed?
- Discuss the novel Wide Sargasso Sea as a subversion of Jane Eyre.
- Comment on the use of imagery and symbolism in Maya Angelou’s The Caged Bird.
III Attempt a feminist analysis of any ONE the following poem in about 250-300 words
(1×10=10 marks)
Exiles
Exiled from home. The far sea rolls
Between them and the country of their birth;
The childhood turning impulse of their souls
Pulls half across the earth.
Exiled from home. No mother to take care
That they work not too hard, grieve not too sore;
No older brother nor small sister fair;
No father any more.
Exiled from home; from all familiar things;
The low-browed roof, the glass surrounded door;
Accustomed to labors that gave daylight wings;
Loved steps on the worn floor.
Exiled from home. Young girls sent forth alone
When most their hearts need close companioning;
No love and hardly friendship may they own,
No voice of welcoming.
Blinded with homesick tears the exile stands;
To toil for alien household gods she comes;
A servant and a stranger in our lands,
Homeless within our homes
(OR)
You show me the knife
And deprive me of life
I too wanna live
There is nothing that I cannot do
There is nothing that I cannot achieve
I am your mother
A friend a lover
I give you the strength to fight
And set things right
You hold my hands
I am the one who understands
I have a dream
A dream to belong
Sing my beautiful song
Please do not make this mistake
See me and let me awake
