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 December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Discuss the work of any two of the following in the context of structuralism and the theorization of gender:

Luce Irigaray

Gayle Rubin

Susan Lanser

2. Discuss feminist responses to Althusser in the context of the main aspects of his theory.

3. Write an essay on 'Derrida, Deconstruction and 20 the Question of Gender.'

4. What role does memory play in the work of 20 feminist writers? Discuss with the help of specific examples from postmodern fiction poetry.

5. Discuss the relationship between postmodernism
and feminism with reference to specific authors.

6. What is 'magical realism' How has it been used in postmodern literary works to engage with gender issues? Discuss with the help of suitable examples.

7. Analyse the relationship between sexuality, power and the subject from a postmodern perspective. Use specific examples to support your answer.

8. Write short notes on any four:

Bakhtin's Carnivalesque

Foucault and Power

Splintered Masculinity in Midnight's Children

Ms. en abyme

Bilingue or 'dual language'


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)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • 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