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Fiction And Poetry - Specialist Studies Twentieth Century Literature - Exams, Exams of Literature

Fiction and Poetry, Theatrical Games, Fantasy and Reality, Settled Views, Specific Attributes, Exploring Notions, Individual Voice, Literary Representation, Narrative Form, Institutional Memory are points from this exam of Specialist Studies Twentieth Century Literature course.

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OLLSCOIL NA hÉIREANN, GAILLIMH
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY
AUTUMN EXAMINATIONS, 2008/2009
THIRD & FOURTH ARTS EXAMINATION
EN387 Specialist Studies: Twentieth Century Literature
Professor A. Minnis
Professor H. McDermott
Dr. R. Dixon
Prof. N. Allen
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS: ONE FROM EACH SECTION
AVOID DUPLICATION OF MATERIAL
USE A SEPARATE ANSWER BOOK FOR EACH SECTION
SECTION A: DRAMA
1. Theatre is at its most effective when it not only entertains but also questions.
Discuss the significance of this idea in the work of any two playwrights on the course.
2. In an essay on any two playwrights on the course discuss how and why playing
theatrical games contributes to meaning in their dramas.
3. Blurring the distinctions between fantasy and reality allows writers to challenge
audiences’ expectations. In an essay on any two playwrights on the course assess
how and why they do this.
4. In any essay on any two plays on the course suggest how and why the playwrights
challenge the settled views of the audience.
5. Assess the importance of theatrical self-consciousness in the creation of meaning
in any two plays on the course.
6. In any essay on any two plays on the course suggest how and why the playwrights
use some of the specific attributes of theatre as means of exploring notions of identity
and/or self-hood.
Contd./…
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OLLSCOIL NA hÉIREANN, GAILLIMH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY

AUTUMN EXAMINATIONS, 2008/

THIRD & FOURTH ARTS EXAMINATION

EN387 Specialist Studies: Twentieth Century Literature

Professor A. Minnis Professor H. McDermott Dr. R. Dixon Prof. N. Allen

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS

ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS: ONE FROM EACH SECTION

AVOID DUPLICATION OF MATERIAL

USE A SEPARATE ANSWER BOOK FOR EACH SECTION

SECTION A: DRAMA

  1. Theatre is at its most effective when it not only entertains but also questions. Discuss the significance of this idea in the work of any two playwrights on the course.
  2. In an essay on any two playwrights on the course discuss how and why playing theatrical games contributes to meaning in their dramas.
  3. Blurring the distinctions between fantasy and reality allows writers to challenge audiences’ expectations. In an essay on any two playwrights on the course assess how and why they do this.
  4. In any essay on any two plays on the course suggest how and why the playwrights challenge the settled views of the audience.
  5. Assess the importance of theatrical self-consciousness in the creation of meaning in any two plays on the course.
  6. In any essay on any two plays on the course suggest how and why the playwrights use some of the specific attributes of theatre as means of exploring notions of identity and/or self-hood.

Contd./…

…/Contd.

SECTION B: FICTION AND POETRY

  1. Discuss the relationship between individual voice and the representation of authority in any two course texts.
  2. Examine how any two course texts engage with problems of literary representation in the modern world.
  3. Explore how any two course texts represent alienation.
  4. Write an essay on one course novel, considering context, narrative form, language and characters.
  5. Discuss the connection between individual and institutional memory in any two course texts.
  6. Discuss the representation of one of the following in two or more course texts: paintings; writing; landscape; travel.

END