LRC621S - LITERARY CRITICISM - 2ND OPP - JAN 2025


LRC621S - LITERARY CRITICISM - 2ND OPP - JAN 2025



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nAmlBIA unlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BENL
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: LRC 621 S
COURSE NAME: LITERARYCRITICISM
SESSION: JANUARY 2025
PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Ms. F.A. Strauss-Nghihalua
MODERATOR: Prof. H.Z. Woldemariam
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF _2_ PAGES (Including this front page)

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QUESTION 1:
[30]
Briefly explain how the following theorists contributed to Literary Criticism:
a) Aristotle
6
b) John Dryden
6
c) T.S. Eliot
6
d) I. A. Richards
6
e) Cleanth Brooks
6
QUESTION 2:
[40]
Write short answers (150words) on the following:
a) Catharsis in Literary Criticism
20
b) The grounds on which Plato objected poetry
20
QUESTION 3: ESSAY
[30]
In detail, discuss New Criticism and the language of paradox in the Well-Wrought Urn
END OF QUESTION PAPER
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