MEG - 5 Literary Criticism and Theory Model Questions

  

Enumerate the six elements of tragedy according to Aristotle and explain any two of them with suitable examples.

 

Briefly outline Wordsworth's theory of poetic diction with special reference to the 'Preface' to the Lyrical Ballads. 

 

Bring out the features of New Criticism.  

 

What are the major concerns of postcolonial theorists ?   

 

Attempt a critique of Midnight's Children as a postmodernist text.  

 

What according to Barthes is the difference between 'work' and 'text' ? Explain.  

 

Briefly introduce two major post-colonial critics and their contribution to our understanding of literature.  

 

Critically interpret Edward Said's concept of Orientalism 

 

Evaluate Wordsworth's 'Preface' to the Lyrical Ballads (1800) as, an attack on the "inane phraseology" of many 18th century writers.  

 

Write a critical note on Aristotle's concept of tragedy.  

 

Comment on the implications of The Death of the Author' by Roland Barthes.  

 

 What are the central features of postmodernism?

explain signifier and signified , langue and parole