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PSSOU Literary Theory (M-246) Solved Assignment 2025-26

PSSOU MA English Solved Assignment 2025-26

Pandit Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University
Assignment Work
Session – July – June 2025-26
M.A (English Literature) Final
Subject – Literary Theory

(Assignment—1)
Section—A
1. According to Aristotle, what is the soul of a Tragedy ?
2. Longinus’ work ‘On the Sublime’ explores the concept of …………. .
3. In which era did Philip Sidney write ?
4. Who wrote Biography Literaria ?
5. Who gave the concept of art of life sake ?
6. In which year T. S. Eliot awarded the Nobel prize in Literature ?
7. What is the full name of T. S. Eliot ?
8. Who is considered the key proponent of Indian aesthetics in Literature ?
Section—B
9. Write a short note on the life of Aristotle ?
10. Introduce Longinus as a writer.
11. Write a short note on Sir Philips Sidney as a critic.
12. Write a brief note about Samuel Johnson.
13. Introduce S. T. Coleridge as a poet.
14. Write a short note on date and authorship of Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra.
(Assignment—2)
Section—C
15. Write a note on ‘Santa Rasa.’
16. Write a critical appreciation of ‘The Sacred Wood.’
17. Comment on Arnold’s language in essay.
18. Write the summary of chapter 14 of Biographia Literaria.
(Assignment—3)
Section—D
19. What, according to Wordsworth, is the relationship in his poems between feeling and action?
20. Analyze Samuel Johnson’s ‘Preface to Shakespeare’ and isolate the major critical stand
points in them that are relevant to the analysis of a text.
21. Critically examine what Sidney says about the function of poetry.
22. Explain the five sources of sublime by Longinus.
(Assignment—4)
Section—E
23. Define six elements requisite for a successful tragedy by Aristotle.
24. Explain Matthew Arnold’s Touchstone method of criticism.