Introduction to Literary Criticism (Up to Romantic Period) (MCUC Test Question)

English

Subject Code: 231113

(Introduction to Literary Criticism (Up to Romantic Period))

Time-4 Hours

Full Marks-80

Part A

(Answer any ten questions)

Marks-1x10=10

1.     (a)    What is Delphi?

        (b)    What was Cato?

        (c)    What is poetic diction?

        (d)    What is Philology?

        (e)    What is Organic Sensibility?

        (f)     What is Peddanteria?

        (g)    What is Panegyric?

        (h)    What was the first title of Biographia Litereria?

        (i)     What, according to Johnson, is Shakespeare's first fault?

        (j)     What are the four stages in poetic creation?

        (k)    What is 'fancy' and what is 'imagination'?

        (l)     What is the prologue?
        (m)   What is 'secondary imagination'?
        (n)    What is imitation?
        (o)    What is Heroic Couplet?
        (p)    What does the title, An Apology for Poetry mean?
        (q)    What is the 'Dark Lady'?
        (r)     What is 'anachronism'?
        (s)     What is the 'hobby-horse' of Coleridge?

Part B

(Answer any five questions)

Marks-4x5=20

2.    What is Sidney's assessment of English poetry of his time?

3.    What are the difference between epic and tragedy?

4.    Why is Shakespeare called 'The Poet of Nature' by Johnson?

5.    Write a short note on dramatic unity.

6.    What does Wordsworth say about poetic diction?

7.    Discuss the moving power of poetry.

8.    What is catharsis?

9.    Write a short note on plot.
10.   Explain with reference to the context:
The end of writing is to instruct, the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.

Part C

(Answer any five questions)

Marks-10x5=50

11.    Write a note on Aristotle's idea of a tragic hero.

12.    Critically examine Sidney's views on the antiquity and universality of poetry.

13.    What does Dr. Johnson mean when he says that Shakespeare is above all writers, the poet of nature?

14.    What does Wordsworth say about the language of poetry in Preface to Lyrical Ballads?

15.    What are the major objections of Coleridge to Wordsworth's poetry?

16.    What kind of plot does Aristotle recommend for tragedy? How far is it acceptable?

17.    What according to Wordsworth, the characteristics and functions of poetry?

18.    What fault does Dr. Johnson find in Shakespeare?