LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008
EL 1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE
Date : 03/05/2008 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)
- Why does Eve think that her advice to her daughters will fall on deaf years?
- Highlight aspects of female life in Summer Vacation
- Discuss the implications of power feminism in a post feminist age
- Comment on the speaker’s observation on female life in Man, Feminine Gender
- Show how the portrayal of the grandmother, in the poem Five Poems for Grandmothers, contradicts the usual (male) perceptions of womanhood and femininity.
- How does Toril Moi distinguish Feminist from female and feminine?
- Discuss the significance of the role played by Mrs.Ramsay in To the Lighthouse.
- How do Sandra M.Gilbert and Susan Gubar substantiate the presence of the tradition of feminist linguistic fantasy in literature? Discuss.
SECTION B
Answer the following in about 500 words each. (3×20=60 marks)
- Discuss the salient features of Marxist feminism.
Or
What, according to Adrienne Rich, are the challenges women must overcome to achieve personhood.
- Discuss the theme of female bonding in Sister of My Heart.
Or
Consider the poem Ego Tripping as a plea for women’s liberation.
- Discuss the factors responsible for the tragedy of the woman in ’Night Mother.
Or
How does Dale Spender substantiate the role of women in literary history? Discuss.