LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
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SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
EL 2805 – LITERARY THEORY
Date & Time : 24-04-2006/9.00-12.00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
- Write short notes on FIVE of the following Key Terms/Concepts choosing not less than two from each section: (5×8=40 marks)
Section – 1
- Defamiliarization in Art
- Paradox in Poetry
- Writing is without Origin
- The Metaphysics of Presence
Section – 2
- A day-dream or fantasy representing a wish-fulfillment.
- Reader-Oriented criticism.
- Different Types of Readers
- Tragic and Comic visions in Frye.
PART – B
- Answer the following questions in about 300 words each: (2 x 20 = 40 marks)
- a) Structuralism opens the study of Literature to new light according to
Genette. Substantiate this argument with a detailed examination of the
essay “ Structuralism and Literary Criticism”.
(Or)
- b) Discuss the merits and demerits of New Histroricist Literary Criticism.
- a) Compare and contrast New Criticism and Myth criticism.
(Or)
- b) Wolfgang Iser’s essay : The Reading process analyses the various types
of readers and the reading process – Discuss.
PART – C
- Attempt a practical criticism of the following poem employing the critical theories and tools at your disposal: (20 marks)
To a Visitor to Singapore
You come to my country loaded with your Riches
We offer you a convenient stop
Allow you to tempt us, lure our pretty girls
Corrupt our innocence
Because we need your money to survive.
Back home you describe our clean and efficient city
But our politics you despise
Say our way of life is stifling, oppressive
Yet again and again you return
Thriving on our survival’s need
I often wonder what comfort you derive
From this amazing compromise.
Kirpal Singh