46A is requested to attempt this section. (Joining Code: FENG33346A)
Daffodil International University
Faculty
of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
of English
Final
Examination, Summer 2021
Course
Code: ENG333
Course
Title: Literary Theory
Course Teacher:
Subrata Chandra Mozumder (SCM)
Time: 3 Hours 30 Minutes Marks: 40
1.
Attempt the following questions: 15
× 2 =30
A)
Read
the following excerpt of a poem. Locate at least three thematic aspects in the
excerpt and explain them lensing postcolonial literary criticism.
OR.
It is often said that colonial nations dehumanize, oppress
and exploit colonized subjects by their hegemonic power. Do you think that the
tribal people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts are also dehumanized, oppressed and
exploited by the Bengalese following the same colonial mechanisms? Explain the
binary between the Tribal and the Bengalese in the context of postcolonialism.
B) Read the following poem closely about
a street child. Evaluate the poem from a Marxist literary lens, and entitle the
poem as per your understanding.
OR. During
the ongoing pandemic - COVID-19, working-class people of our country are
suffering more than anybody else. Do you think that the binary between the bourgeoisie
and the proletariat is on the rise due to the pandemic? Give reasons for your
answer contextualizing Marxism.
2. Attempt any two of the
following: 5
× 2 =10
a)
A good number of meritorious students from Bangladesh move to American or European
countries every year for higher education, and most of them are unwilling to
return to their homeland. ___ Analyze this issue of ‘Brain drain’ in the
context of postcolonialism.
b) Nowadays,
celebrating special days like Eid, Puja and/or Pohela Boishakh is unimaginable
without shopping. How can you interpret
this practising culture in the context of Marxism?
c) The
Asians are brute, savage, uncultured and lustful. __ Evaluate the statement in
the context of ‘Orientalism’.
d) "You can't eat the orange, and
throw the peel away—a man is not a piece of fruit" ___ an employee who has
served for a company more than 30 years uttered the quoted words when he was
fired by his employer. ___ Evaluate this corporate culture lensing Marxism.