Exam Details
| Subject | Postmodernism And Gender | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | P.G. Diploma in Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Department | School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
No. of Printed Pages: 2 IMWG-0071
M.A IN WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES l"-(MAWGS)
o Term-End Examination o
o June, 2016
MWG-007 POST MODERNISM AND GENDER Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Attemptanyfivequestiol1s. Allquestiol1scarry equal marks.
1. What is 'Structuralism' Explain with specific references to the contributions of Ferdinand de Saussure and Claude Levi Strauss.
2. How does Luce Irigaray's notion of "Labial economy" engage with psychoanalytic theory? Discuss.
3. Discuss the distinguishing features of multicultural feminism, womanism and third world feminism, showing how these differ from western mainstream feminism.
4. What do you understand by social constructionism versus essentialist feminism' Which position do you agree with and why Explain with the help of examples.
5. "Gender is a useful category for historical analysis." Explain this statement with the help of examples from literary works.
6. Analyse the short story "Erendira" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez from a postmodern feminist perspective.
7. Discuss the relationship between sexuality, power and the subject with the help of examples from literary texts or by writing and discussing a poem of your own from this perspective.
8. Write short notes on any four
Ms. en abyme
Writing Difference
Roland Barthes and Myth
Derrida's notion of 'bricolage'
Splintered Masculinity
M.A IN WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES l"-(MAWGS)
o Term-End Examination o
o June, 2016
MWG-007 POST MODERNISM AND GENDER Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Attemptanyfivequestiol1s. Allquestiol1scarry equal marks.
1. What is 'Structuralism' Explain with specific references to the contributions of Ferdinand de Saussure and Claude Levi Strauss.
2. How does Luce Irigaray's notion of "Labial economy" engage with psychoanalytic theory? Discuss.
3. Discuss the distinguishing features of multicultural feminism, womanism and third world feminism, showing how these differ from western mainstream feminism.
4. What do you understand by social constructionism versus essentialist feminism' Which position do you agree with and why Explain with the help of examples.
5. "Gender is a useful category for historical analysis." Explain this statement with the help of examples from literary works.
6. Analyse the short story "Erendira" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez from a postmodern feminist perspective.
7. Discuss the relationship between sexuality, power and the subject with the help of examples from literary texts or by writing and discussing a poem of your own from this perspective.
8. Write short notes on any four
Ms. en abyme
Writing Difference
Roland Barthes and Myth
Derrida's notion of 'bricolage'
Splintered Masculinity
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Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
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- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
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- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Constructing Gender Through Arts and Media
- Gender And Life Narratives
- Gender And Power
- Gendered Bodies And Sexualities
- Gendered Nation
- Postmodernism And Gender
- Research Methods
- Theories And Concepts In Women's And Gender Studies
- Women And Political Process
- Women And Social Structure
- Women In The Economy