Loyola College M.A. English April 2006 Literary Theory Question Paper PDF Download

             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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. Defamiliarization in Art
  2. Paradox in Poetry
  3. Writing is without Origin
  4. The Metaphysics of Presence

 

Section – 2

 

  1. A day-dream or fantasy representing a wish-fulfillment.
  2. Reader-Oriented criticism.
  3. Different Types of Readers
  4. Tragic and Comic visions in Frye.

 

PART – B

 

  1. Answer the following questions in about 300 words each: (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

 

  1. 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)

 

  1. b) Discuss the merits and demerits of New Histroricist Literary Criticism.

 

  1. a) Compare and contrast New Criticism and Myth criticism.

 

(Or)

 

  1. 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

 

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