M.A. (Semester IV) (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
English (Paper VI)
CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL THEORY
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Select the appropriate word:
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is the popular essay by Elaine Showalter.
A Room of One's Own
Second Sex
Towards a Feminist Poetics
Sexual Politics
Eagleton's essay, 'Capitalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism' was originally published in in The New Left Review.
1983
1985
1987
1989
Terry Eagleton is a contributor to
Marxist Criticism
Deconstruction
Feminism
Reader response Theory
Showalter presents a comprehensive survey of contemporary in her 'Feminist Criticism in Wilderness'.
inferior status of women
male domination
feminist criticism
criticism overpowered by male
The first stage in the sign-order presented by Jean Baudrillard in his 'Simulcra and Simulation' is
perversion of reality
the absence of profound reality
a faithful image/copy
pre simulation
'Simulcra and Simulation' is a philosophical treatise seeking to interrogate the relationships among
reality, symbols and society
sign, signifier and signified
art, literature and criticism
history, culture and society
is the secondary title of 'The Reading Process' by Wolfgang Iser.
A critical study
A philosophical study
A psychological study
A phenomenological study
'Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Science' is the paper read by Derrida at Hopkins University in
1965
1966
1967
1968
'Resonance and Wonder' contributes to
Post-Colonial criticism
New Historicism
Marxist Criticism
Russian Formalism
10) Jacques Derrida is a/an philosopher and critic.
American
Russian
French
German
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11) 'Feminist Criticism in Wilderness' was published
1981
1983
1985
1987
12) Eagleton's essay, 'Capitalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism' is a reaction to Fredric Jameson's
Socialism and Capitalism
Cultural Anarchy
History and Culture
Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
13) Showalter begins her essay, 'Feminist Criticism in Wilderness' by pointing out a dialogue by Carolyn Heilbrun and
Catherine Stimpson
Catherine Mansfield
Mary Shelly
Cate Millet
14) Alain Showalter is a/an literary critic.
French
Roman
American
British
Q.2
Write a short answer. (Any seven)
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Define the term, Logocentrism.
Interpret the term Hyperreality.
What is Base and Superstructure?
Explain the concept Hegemony.
What is Grand Narrative?
What is Erasure?
Write a brief note on Mytheme.
What is Phonocentrism?
Interpret the term, Thick Description.
Q.3

Write short notes. (Any Two)
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Eco-Feminism
Psychoanalysis
Deconstruction

Write short notes. (Any Two)
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Nature of Post-structuralism
Marxist Theorists
New Historicism
Q.4
Comment on Stephen Greenblatt's views on Resonance and Wonder.
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OR
What are Terry Eagleton's views on Capitalism, Modernism and Postmodernism?
Q.5
Why does Elaine Showalter think that Feminist Criticism is in the Wilderness?
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