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1. What does the term archetype mean in literary criticism? Explain briefly.
2. Write a short critical note on Northrop Frye's view of literature as a displaced myth.
3. Bring out Raymond Williams' concept of social changes in the Romantic period.
4. What do you know about New Criticism?
5. What do you mean by Formalist Criticism?
6. Write a note on Bakhtin's concept of dialogue.
7. What is Shklovsky's view of poetic language?
8. What do you know about the Reader Response Theory?
9. What is Phenomenology?
10. What differences do you find between Colonialism and Postcolonialism?
11. Comment on Bhabha's notion of 'Liminality'.
12. Bring out Wolfgang Iser's distinction between the implied reader and the actual reader.
13. Write a critical essay on the contribution of Raymond Williams to Cultural Materialism.
14. Estimate Bakhtin's theory of the novel as described in his essay 'Discourse in the Novel'.
15. Write an essay on the contribution of Homi K. Bhabha to Postcolonial Theory.
16. What is Postcolonial Theory? Discuss the central and recurrent issues in Postcolonial Studies.
17. Comment on Wolfgang Iser's view that reading is an active and creative process.
18. Discuss the achievements of Victor Shklovsky as a Formalist Critic.
19. Write a note on Sharan Kumar Limbale's contribution to Dalit Literature.
20. Summarise the main views of C.S. Singh as described in his essay 'Reading Text Ideas in Motion and Kinesthetic Form'.