ASSIGNMENT (For July 2010 and January 2011 sessions)

Literary Criticism and Theory (MEG-05)

School of Humanities Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 1 10 068

Literary Criticism and Theory

(MEG - 05)
ASSIGNMENT
Programme: M EC; Course Code: M I.:<;-05
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YOLIIlavc ,ills1 one assignment for the Literary (Xiticism and Theory (EEG-05) course. I t carries 100 marks. I'hc: 1M.A is concerned mainly with assessing your application and understanding o f the course material. You arc not r q u i r c d to rcproducc chunks of information from the course material hut to usc the skills of critical apprccintiot, thal. yotr mu? xccluirc during the course of your study. l'his assignment aims to assess your perfornlance as well as to assess it. I'lcasc cnsurc that )'ou read the essays and the accompanying study guides that wc have prepared li)r ) ~ u .You may nred L read the essays more than once. 110 make points as you go along. If' there is anything you do not understand. o plcn:;? takc the help of )our friends and the Counsellor at the Study Centre. Once you arc ahlc to do the assigtimenis :.ati:i!itcLcwiIy. l o u will he ready to take the exam with contidence. Inbtr'uction: I3clbre attempting the assignment please read the following instructions carclirllq: I ! I<c:aii tlic dctailcd instructions on assignments given in the Programme (iuide fbr the Electivc (.'ourscs. ? i Wr-i(c your enrolmcnt number. name, full address and date on the top right-hand-corticr o f your nl-is\\cr ,hcct( s). Lv~.itctlic Clourse 'i'itle, Assignment Number and thc name o f the Study Centre you arc altachcd to in the center . (11 l i n t page OF your response sheet(s). thc I tic l i l t page ofthc assignments booklet should look like this:
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,1111 nia! he r u s r ~ Lhnt you to submit your assignments before you ran appear for the Term End Exams. Suhlnit your assignments alid please remember to keep a copy of your completed assignment. just in case the onc \;ou submitted is lost in transit. Wish you good luck with your work.

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Literary Criticism and Theory

(MEG - 05)

ASSIGNMENT

Programme: M EC Assignment Code:

M E(;-05/T'hlAI2010-11
Max. Marks: 100

Ans\ver all the tive questions below:

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What according to you does Aristotle mean by 'pleasure proper to tragedy"?

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2 . State the grounds on which P.B. Shelley defends poetry. tlow docs he d i f k r
fiom Plato in his defence?

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-3. Marx said that 'philosophers have so far interpreted the world. The point, however. is to change it'. What implications does his statement have fbr literati~re'? Give reasons in support o f your answer.
4. Bring out the main ideas in Roland Barthes' essay 'The Death of the Author'.

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5. Write short notes (in about 250 words) on the following: a) Rtrsa and Dhvani b) Gynocriticism c) 'The 'Other' d) Postmodernism e) .New Historicism