MAEG-05
June Examination 2017
MA (Final) English Examination
Principles of Criticism
Paper MAEG-05
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 80
Note: The question paper is divided into three sections B and C. Write answers as per given instructions.
Section A 8 × 2 16
(Very Short Answer Questions)
Note: Answer all questions. As per the nature of the question delimit your answer in one word, one sentence or maximum upto 30 words. Each question carries 2 marks.
Who wrote 'Culture and Anarchy"?
Name the critical theory of F.R. Leavis?
What is the full name of M.R. Anand?
Who has praised 'Shakespeare' as an exemplary writer?
What theory is a legendary work of Bharata Muni?
Name the three phrases of feminist writings.
Name the important work on decolonization.
(viii) Which essay is also called 'General Map of
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Section B 4 × 8 32
(Short Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any four questions. Each answer should not
exceed 200 words.
Write note on Kavya prayojana (purpose of poetry)
Write a note on Leavis' views about Keats and Shelley.
How far does Eliot give importance to the personality of the
artist? Explain.
What is the role of organised religion in popular rebellion,
according to Frantz Fanon? Explain
What are Rushdie's views about nostalgia and memory?
What does Arnold say about Christianity in 'Culture and
Anarchy'?
What does Coleridge say about wordsworth's views about
diction?
Describe Mulk Raj Anand's "hunches about the novel".
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Section C 2 × 16 32
(Long Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any two questions. You have to delimit your each
answer maximum upto 500 words.
10) Elaborate Kuntaka's concept of 'Prakarana-Vakrats' (Episodic
obliquity)
11) Elucidate Eliot's impersonal theory of poetry.
12) Summaries 'The wretched of the Earth' in your own words.
13) Enumerate the traits of Victorian criticism through Arnold's
''Culture and Anarchy''.