Introduction to Literary Criticism Final Suggestion 2021 | Hons 3rd Year, NU English Department

Hons 3rd Year final exam for English department, National University will be held soon. It will be best if you are up and doing right now to score well on the exam. For this, you should not waste your time and pay attention to the completion of your syllabus. Anyway, to help you, we have come up with important content for the Introduction to Literary Criticism Final Suggestion for the 2021 Hons 3rd Year final examination. For part A, read the suggestion book. We have prepared the following two parts- part C and part B.

Part C Final Suggestion for Literary Criticism

1. 1. Why does Aristotle prefer a complex plot?
   2. Aristotle mentions PLOT as the soul of a tragedy-discuss.
   3. Write a note on Aristotle’s concept of the unity of action with reference to his theory. Did he insist on three unities of action with reference to his theory?
   4. Discuss Aristotle’s definition of tragedy.
   5. Discuss Coleridge’s theory of poetry.
   6. Discuss Sydney’s view on the antiquity and universality of poetry.
   7. Show Sydney’s view on the function of poetry.
   8. How does Sydney defend poetry against the allegations brought by Gosson? Or What charges are brought against poetry, and how does Sydney defend those charges?
   9. Comment on Johnson’s evaluation of Shakespeare’s tragedies.
   10. How does Johnson defend Shakespeare’s mixing of comic and tragic elements?
   11. Comment on Johnson as a critic of Shakespeare.
   12. Merits of Shakespeare for which Johnson admires him so much-discuss.
   13. Johnson’s opinion about the faults of Shakespeare.
   14. How does Wordsworth appear as a poet of the common man in his Preface to Lyrical Ballads?
   15. Why is Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads considered the manifestation of the Romantic Movement?
   16. Wordsworth’s view on the choice of language and the subject of poetry-discuss.

The important questions for Hons 3rd Year Final Examination: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15

Part B Final Suggestion for Literary Criticism

1. 1. Discuss the characteristics of a tragic hero.
   2. Requirements of tragedy in the view of Aristotle.
   3. What are the functions of a poet, according to Wordsworth?
   4. Sidney’s assessment of English poetry of his time.
   5. What does Johnson say about Shakespeare’s violation of historical chronology?
   6. How is Wordworth’s conception of a poet different from that of the neo-classicists?
   7. How is a poet superior to a philosopher, according to Sidney?
   8. What is Wordsworth’s view on poetic diction?
   9. How does Coleridge oppose Wordworth’s idea of using meter and rhyme in poetry?
   10. Discuss Neo-Classicism.
   11. What does Johnson say about Shakespeare’s violation of the unities?
   12. According to Wordsworth, what is the connection between good poetry and feeling?
   13. How does Wordsworth justify meter in poetry?
   14. What are the characteristics of tragic poetry?
   15. Why did Sydney write An Apology of Poetry?
   16. What is the role of verse or rhyme in poetry?
   17. Discuss the element of tragedies.
   18. What are the four objections raised against poetry in “An Apology for Poetry?
   19. How does Dr. Johnson differentiate between Shakespeare’s tragedies and comedies?
   20. Describe Coleridge’s views on Fancy and imagination.

The important questions for Hons 3rd Year Final Examination: 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20

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