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Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU)

UPRTOU MAEN-109(N) Solved Assignment 2025-26

Session: 2025-26 Max. Marks: 30
Program Name: MA English
Course Code: MAEN-109 (N)
Course Title: Literary Criticism And Theories

NOTE: All Questions are Compulsory

SECTION-A
Q.No. NOTE: Short answer type question (approx. 150 to 200 words)
1 What is literary theory? How does it difference from literary
2 What do you understand by Indian Aesthetics?
3 What is Aristotle’s concept of an ideal tragic hero?
4 What is Longinus’s concept of the Sublime??
5 What does T.S. Eliot mean by the the ‘Tradition’ in his essay Tradition and Individual Talent?
6 Write a short note on Eco-Criticism.

SECTION-B
NOTE: Long Answer Type Question (approx. 350 to500 to words)
7 What are the key features of Aristotle’s Poetics?
8 Evaluate Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads as a manifesto of Romantic Criticism.
9 Critically examine the concept of multiculturalism and its major theoretical perspectives.