M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Second Semester
English
CRITICAL THEORY I
(CBCS 2011 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions.
1. What does 'From Poetics' sum up?
2. Who gave divine names to poetry?
3. How does Coleridge define imitation?
4. What is pope's view on criticism?
5. How many kinds of estimates are there in the history of
literature according to Arnold?
6. Name the chief tools of the critic, according to T.S.Eliot.
7. What are the different approaches to literature listed by
Wilbur Scott?
8. How does I.A. Richards define
9. Write Aurobindo's view on 'essence of poetry'.
10. Draft coomaraswamy's views on Art.
Sub. Code
1MEN2C4
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Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions by choosing either or
11. Bring out Aristotle's views on tragedy.
Or
How does Sidney claim the superiority of poetry to
history and philosophy?
12. Write Coleridge's views on dramatic illusion.
Or
What does pope say of the subject matter of poetry?
13. Write a note on Arnold's survey of English poetry.
Or
Explain Eliot's theory of the impersonality of poetry.
14. Discuss Richards' views on criticism.
Or
How does Scott delineate psychological approach to
literary work?
15. How does Aurobindo regard poetry?
Or
Evaluate Coomaraswamy's concept of beauty.
Part C 10 30)
Answer any three of the following.
16. Write an essay on the classic and romantic elements in
Sidney's "An apologie for poetry".
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17. How does Coleridge's theories differ from Wordsworth?
18. Discuss Eliot's ideas on the relationship between
tradition and individual talent.
19. Elaborate I.A. Richard's contribution to New criticism.
20. Elucidate Aurobindo's critical principles of poetic
creation.
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