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Autumn Examinations 2007/2008: Specialist Studies in Twentieth Century Literature, Exams of Literature

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open UniversityLiterature

A past exam paper from the national university of ireland, galway, for the specialist studies: twentieth century literature module. It includes two sections, a and b, each with six questions. Section a focuses on drama and section b on fiction and poetry. Students were required to answer two questions, one from each section, in a three-hour exam. The questions cover various topics such as the power of theatre, the importance of social and political climate, and the significance of popular genres.

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OLLSCOIL NA hÉIREANN, GAILLIMH
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY
AUTUMN EXAMINATIONS, 2007/2008
THIRD & FOURTH ARTS EXAMINATION
EN387 Specialist Studies: Twentieth Century Literature
Professor A. Minnis
Professor G. Watson
Professor H. McDermott
Dr. R. Dixon
Dr. S. Mooney
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. The power of theatre lies in its capacity not only to entertain but also to question.
Discuss the importance 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 the idea of
playing theatrical games contributes to the meaning of their dramas.
3. Blurring the distinctions between fantasy and reality allows writers to confound
their audiences’ expectations and/or alter their perceptions. In an essay on any two
playwrights on the course assess how and why they do this.
4. In an 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 an essay on any two plays on the course suggest how and why the playwrights
use 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, 2007/

THIRD & FOURTH ARTS EXAMINATION

EN387 Specialist Studies: Twentieth Century Literature

Professor A. Minnis Professor G. Watson Professor H. McDermott Dr. R. Dixon Dr. S. Mooney

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. The power of theatre lies in its capacity not only to entertain but also to question. Discuss the importance 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 the idea of playing theatrical games contributes to the meaning of their dramas.
  3. Blurring the distinctions between fantasy and reality allows writers to confound their audiences’ expectations and/or alter their perceptions. In an essay on any two playwrights on the course assess how and why they do this.
  4. In an 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 an essay on any two plays on the course suggest how and why the playwrights use theatre as means of exploring notions of identity and/or self-hood.

Contd./…

…/Contd.

SECTION B: FICTION AND POETRY

  1. The course takes account of the years between the first and second world wars, the dying years of the British Empire, the social and political unrest of the 1930s, and the second world war itself. To what extent is a knowledge of aspects of the social, cultural or political climate of Britain and/or Europe at this time necessary to an understanding of the work of any two authors on the course?
  2. In an early poem, ‘Address for a Prize Day’, Auden asks ‘What do you think about England/ This country of ours where nobody is well?’ Analyse the representation of England and/or Englishness in any two course texts.
  3. Write an essay on the importance of social class and/or gender in two course texts.
  4. Forster, Greene, Bowen and du Maurier have at various stages been viewed primarily as writing ‘light’ or popular works, while Auden often uses popular modes such as the ballad, nursery rhyme, cabaret lyric or blues. Analyse the significance of ‘popular’ vs ‘literary’ genres in two course texts.
  5. The four novels on the course are nominally ‘realist’ works, yet, at times, realism appears to break down or be rendered inadequate, and is replaced by very different forms of representation, such as the ghost story, the Gothic, forms of symbolism or mysticism, or simply the leaving of narrative gaps. Write an essay on the limits of realism in two works on the course.
  6. ‘Only connect’ runs the well-known epigraph to EM Forster’s novel Howards End (1910). Identify and write about the significance of moments of ‘connection’ in any two texts on the course.

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