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The Guide by R. K. Narayan is a:

(a) Play. (b) Novel.

(c) Travelogue. (d) None of these.
Chinua Acheite was a writer from :

(a) Nigeria. (b) Kenya.

(c) South Africa. ` (च) of these.

(10 x 1 = 10 marks

Answer any ten questions in a sentence or two:

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22

Explain the meaning of the phrase “ecriture feminine”.

Who coined the term “subaltern” and what does it mean ?

State the concept signified by Queer studies ?

What isEco-criticism?

What does the concept of alienation mean in Marxist literary theory ?
Define parody. ۱

What is the major argument of Reader-Response theory ?

What is metafiction ?

Define onda and state its distinction from ‘sex’.

Mention two important features of the novel form.

How did formalists theorize the distinction of literary language ?

What is the significance of Aehebe’s novel Things Fall Apart ?
(10 x 2 = 20 ma

Answer any four questions in a paragraph of 100 words each :

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Canon-formation in English.
Archetypal Criticism.

Dalit Literature.
Eco-feminism,

Cultural Studies.

Rereading texts.
(4x5 =200