LIT BINDERS

1. Answer the following as directed : (1×10 = 10)  a)Who, according to Wordsworth, has a greater knowledge of human nature?  a) Wordsworth believes that poets, particularly those from humble and rustic backgrounds, have a greater knowledge of human nature. b) What, according to Coleridge, is the body of poetic genius?  b) According to Coleridge, the body of poetic genius is the "esemplastic power," the ability to shape and unify various elements into a harmonious whole. c) Who does Virginia Woolf consider to be the worst culprit among the novelists she attacks? c) Virginia Woolf considers George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) to be the worst culprit among the novelists she criticizes in "Middlebrow.” d) In which year did I.A. Richards publish his Principles of Literary Criticism d) I.A. Richards published his "Principles of Literary Criticism" in the year 1924. e) Which is the language appropriate and inevitable to poetry?  e) The language appropriate and inevitable to...

2022 ENGLISH (Honours Elective ) Paper: ENG-HE-5056 ( Literary Criticism and Literary Theory ) Full Marks: 80 Time: 3 hours The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions Answer any ten of the following questions 1 mark each a) What, according to Wordsworth, is the "great spring of the activity of our minds"? Answer (a) According to Wordsworth, the "great spring of the activity of our minds" is the power of imagination. (b) What is the subject matter of poetry according to Wordsworth? Answer (b) According to Wordsworth, the subject matter of poetry is drawn from "incidents and situations from common life.” (c) In which essay does Eliot formulate his impersonal theory of poetry? Answer (c) T.S. Eliot formulates his impersonal theory of poetry in the essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent.” (d) What is the main objective of the book "Principles of Literary Criticism"? Answer (d) The main objective of the book "...