English
Subject Code: 231113
(Introduction to Literary Criticism (Up to Romantic Period))
Time-4 Hours
Part A
(Answer any ten questions)
Marks-1x10=10
1. (a) What is catharsis?
(b) What does Aristotle mean by imitation?
(c) What is Doctor Johnson's opinion about Shakespeare's dramas?
(d) What is hamartia?
(e) What are the constituents of a tragedy?
(f) What do you mean by the unity of action?
(g) What are the major elements of a tragedy?
(h) How does Sydney prove that poets are not liars?
(i) What is mimesis?
(j) How does Coleridge define a poem?
(k) What is poetic diction?
(l) What is Coleridge's idea of fancy?
Part B
(Answer any five questions)
Marks-4x5=20
2. Write a short note on Neo-clasicism?
3. Why does Johnson prefer Shakespeare's comedies to tragedies?
4. What does Johnson say about Shakespeare's violation of he unities?
5. How does Wordsworth justify metre in poetry?
6. What are the characteristics of a tragic hero?
7. Why did Sydney write An Apology for Poetry?
8. What is the role of verse on rhyme in poetry?
9. What is Coleridge's objection to Wordsworth's selection of character in his poems?
Part C
(Answer any five questions)
Marks-10x5=50
10. How does Sydney establish the superiority of the poet over Philosophers and Historians?
11. On what grounds does Sydney object to contemporary English drama?
12. How does Wordsworth appear as a poet of common man in his Preface to Lyrical Ballads?
13. Write a note on Aristotle's concept of unity of action with reference to his theory. Did Aristotle insist on three unities of drama?
14. Why is Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads considered the manifesto to the Romantic Movement?
15. Discuss critically Coleridge's concept of fancy and imagination.
16. Comment on Johnson's evaluation of Shakespeare's tragedies.
17. What are Aristotle's argument in favour of tragedy over epic poetry? Do you think they are convincing?
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