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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010

    EL 3810  – LITERARY HISTORY – II

 

 

 

Date : 11-11-10                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

Write short notes on the following in  about 30 words each  (10 x2=20)

 

1. Echoism
2. Objective Correlative
3. Roman a Clef
4. Commedia dell’ Arte
5. Stream of Consciousness
6. Expressionism
7. Oxford Movement
8. Marxism
9. Periodical Essay
10. Closet Drama

 

 

Write a paragraph on any five of the following in about 150 words each  (5×8=40)

 

1. What are the characteristics of the protagonist in a Classical tragedy? Elucidate with example.
2. Write a paragraph on Magic Realism.
3. What is Wordsworth’s theory of poetry?
4.  Give an account of Shakespeare’s Dramatic Romances.
5.  Explain Arnold’s Touchstone Method.
6.  Write a paragraph on Feminist Criticism.
7.  Distinguish Soliloquy and Aside with relevant examples.
8. Charles Dickens as a social reformer.

 

Write an essay on any two of the following in about 500 words each:    (2×20=40)

 

1.  Write an essay on the women novelists in British literature.
2.   Write an essay on the origin of drama in England (from the tropes to regular drama in the 16^th century).
3. What are the features of Post colonial criticism?
4.  Consider English as a universal language.

 

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