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
- Explain the definition of existentialism
- Freudian concept of ‘Id’
- Jean Paul Sartre and the absurd
PART B
- Explain briefly Marx’s theory of Alienation.
- 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)
- Explain the various phases of life presented by Kierkegaard.
- What is Freud’s contribution in the understanding of man?
- 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)
- Write briefly on Darwin’s theory of Evolution
- Write a short note on Kant’s Transcendental Esthetic
- Comment on the important principles of the Communist Manifesto.
SECTION III
Answer any ONE of the following in 250 words. (15 marks)
PART A
- Analyse Virginia Woolf’s “To The Light House” in Freudian terms.
- ‘Waiting For Godot’ is an existential play – Discuss.
- ‘The Hairy Ape’ exhibits the chief features of existentialism.
PART B
Answer any ONE of the following in about 250 words. (15 marks)
- Interpret the novel Silas Marner in the eight of Marxian Philosophy.
- Critically analyse how Wordsworth’s The Tintern Abbey mirrors idealism
SECTION IV
Answer the following in 250 words. (15 marks)
- Explain the relationships between philosophy and Literature with a few
literary texts as examples.