M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION,
NOVEMBER 2017
Second Semester
English
CRITICAL THEORY I
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 X 2 20)
Answer the following questions in a sentence or two.
1. From what has poetry sprung from for Aristotle?
2. Why does Sidney say that the English language is fit for
literary expression?
3. What does Coleridge say about in poetry?
4. What is the immediate objective of poetry for Coleridge?
5. Why does Arnold say that the historic and personal
estimates are fallacious?
6. Why should a poet be a "medium" for T.S. Eliot?
7. Name the four kinds of meanings of I.A. Richards.
8. Who are the fore runners of New criticism?
9. What does Sir Aurobindo mean by the "soul-idea"?
10. To which school of criticism does Ananda Coomaraswamy
belong?
Sub. Code
4MEN2C4
AFF-4741
2
Wk 3
Part B X 5 25)
Answer all questions choosing either or
11. Bring out Aristotle's views on Epic poetry.
Or
What are the various kinds of poetry that Sidney
discusses in his Apology for poetry?
12. What is Alexander Pope's definition of wit in An
Essay on Criticism?
Or
How does Coleridge prove that Wordsworth has not
used the language of commoness in his poetry?
13. Why does I.A. Richards give special attention to
"intention" in writing?
Or
Discuss I.A. Richards as a New Critic.
14. Analyse what is the nature of poetry of Aurobindo.
Or
Explain Ananda Coomaraswamy's Theory of
Beauty.
15. What qualities does T.S. Eliot insist for a poet?
Or
Why does Arnold regard gray as the "Poetic classic"
of the 18th century?
AFF-4741
3
Wk 3
Part C X 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions.
16. Consider Sidney's Apology as an epitome of Renaissance
criticism.
17. Analyse Pope's views about "human nature" as revealed
in his Essay on criticism.
18. Discuss Wilbur Scott's five approaches to criticism.
19. What does Eliot say about Impersonal poetry in his essay,
Tradition and Individual talent.
20. How does Aurobindo bring out the essence of poetry?
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