DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2018.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer Any FIVE questions.
1. Distinguish between World Literature and Comparative
Literature.
2. Write briefly on the difference between the French and
American schools of Comparative Literature.
3. Write a note on the classification of genres by Plato and
Aristotle.
4. Write briefly on prescriptive and descriptive study of
genres.
5. Explain the concept of 'negative influence'.
6. What are Prawer's views on influence studies?
7. How does Weisstein make a distinction between
'influence' and 'survival'?
8. Write briefly on literal vs. literary rendering in
'translation'.
Sub. Code
23
DE-3694
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Sp 2
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Write an essay on the scope and relevance of
Comparative Literature.
10. Discuss the methodology of the study of Comparative
Literature.
11. Write in detail on the problems faced during genre
studies.
12. Elaborate on the different ways in which genre
classification has been done by theorists.
13. Elaborate on the various aspects of periodisation.
14. Discuss the important features of 'reception study'.
15. Discuss the relation of literature to other disciplines like
psychology, biography, philosophy and sociology.