Introduction to Literary Criticism ২০২০ প্রশ্নপত্র

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Introduction to Literary Criticism, 2019
Subject Code: 231113
Time 4 hours,
Full marks- 80

[N.B. Answer different questions of each part chronologically.]
Part A
(Answer any ten questions) Marks 1×10=10

a) What does Aristotle mean by epic?
Ans. Aristotle defines epic as a kind of poetic imitation which is narrative in form, and which employs a single metre.
b) Who, according to Wordsworth, is a poet?
Ans. A poet is a man speaking to men, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm, and tenderness and possessing a more comprehensive soul.
c) What is Sidney’s notion about tragi-comedy?
Ans. Sidney calls a tragi-comedy a ‘mongrel’ play.
(d) What is the first fault of Shakespeare that Dr. Johnson mentioned in his ‘The Preface to Shakespeare’?
Ans. Shakespeare, according to Dr. Johnson, sacrifices virtue to convenience and is much more careful to please than to instruct.
(e) What is the most important element of a tragedy?
Ans. Plot is the life-blood/soul of a tragedy or most important in a tragedy.
(f) What is ‘Willing Suspension of Disbelief’?
Ans. In regard to the presentation of the supernatural, Coleridge believes that the readers, disbelief in the supernatural would remain suspended if the matter could be presented in an absorbing way to make it appear real.
(g) What do you mean by Heroic couplet?
Ans. It is a pair of poetical lines each of which has five iambic feet and ends with the same sound.
(h) What is organic unity?
Ans. A coherent relation between the parts and the whole of a writing in prose or in poetry is the organic unity.
(i) Who was Seneca?
Ans. Seneca (04 B.C-65 A.D) was a voluminous writer and a famous dramatist of Rome who wrote tragedies taking themes from the Greek literature.
(j) What, according to Aristotle, is the common feature of all art?
Ans. Imitation is the common principle of all the fine arts.
(k) What is Dr. Johnson’s allegation about the plots of Shakespeare’s dramas?
Ans. Dr. Johnson alleges that Shakespeare’s plots are loosely connected. It is partly true but he is careful about the main parts of the story.
(L) How does Sydney differentiate between ‘laughter’ and ‘delight’?
Ans. According to Sidney, there can be delight without laughter and it is not the cause of laughter although laughter may sometimes accompany delight.

Part B
(Answer any five questions) Marks 4×5=20

  1. What are the requirements of tragedy in the view of Aristotle?
  2. What is Sidney’s assessment of English poetry of his time?
  3. What does Dr. Johnson say about Shakespeare’s violation of historical chronology?
  4. Why does Aristotle prefer complex plot?
  5. How is Wordsworth’s conception of a poet different from that of the neo-classicists?
  6. How, according to Sydney, is a poet superior to a philosopher?
  7. What is Wordsworth’s view on Poetic Diction?
  8. How does Coleridge oppose Wordsworth’s idea of using metre and rhyme in poetry?

Part C
(Answer any five questions) Marks 10×5=50

  1. Give your comment on Johnson as a critic of Shakespeare?
  2. Give your comment on Sydney’s view on the functions of poetry?
  3. Discuss in detail about Wordsworth’s views on the choice of the language and the subject of poetry.
  4. What are the merits of Shakespeare for which Johnson admires him so much?
  5. Critically discuss Aristotle’s definition of tragedy?
  6. Why does Aristotle mention plot as ‘The soul of a tragedy’? Discuss in the light of Poetics.
  7. What charges are brought against poetry and how does Sydney defend those?
  8. Are you convinced with Dr. Johnson’s opinion about the faults of Shakespeare? Elaborate your answer with reference from ‘The Preface to Shakespeare’.

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