Ph.D. Course Work Examination June July 2017
ENGLISH (Paper II)
Recent Trends in Critical Theories
Day Date: Wednesday, 28-06-2017 Max. Marks: 100
Time: 11.00 AM to 02.00 PM
Instructions: All questions are compulsory.
Q.1 "Feminist criticism today is the direct product of 'women's
movement' of the 1960s." Elaborate your answer.
10
Write short notes on any two of the following: 10
Gynocriticism
Feminist criticism and language
Feminism and psychoanalysis
Q.2 "Stylistics makes greater claims to scientific objectivity of literary
texts." Elaborate.
10
Write short notes on any two of the following: 10
Scope of stylistics
Stylistics and linguistic features of a text
Applications of stylistics
Q.3 "New historicism is a reciprocal concern with the historicity of texts
and textuality of history." Illustrate your answer.
10
Write short notes on any two of the following: 10
Cultural materialism
Cultural poetics
New historicism and Foucault
Q.4 Elucidate the perspective and procedure of ecocriticism. 10
Write short notes on any two of the following: 10
Green studies
Role of ecocritics
Feminine conceptions of environment
Q.5 Explicate prime issues and concerns of lesbian and gay criticism. 10
Write short notes on any two of the following: 10
New aestheticism in practice
Cognitive poetics in practice
Queer theory