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VIII

Semester

B.A.Ed.

Examination,

(Scheme:

May/june

2016:

CBCS)

ENGLISH Language ,

Studies:

Critical

,

Theory Max. Marks : 50

Time: 2 Hours Instruction

Ql)

a)

:

Answer all the questions.

Elaborate on the features ofhuman language. OR

b)

Q2) a)

Distinguish between the following : i)

Competence and performance.

ii)

The signified and the signifier.

[2x5=10] .

:.

Discuss the concept of foregrounding as propounded by the prague schoollinguistJanMukarovsky,

[10]

OR b)

'Foregrounding is the aesthetically intentional distortion of the linguistic components'. Elucidate.

Q3) a) b)

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Critically examine laughter and grotesquein Bakhtin's carnival.

[10]

[5]

The concept of dialogism has evolved and mutated out of its formalist and literary -critical origins. Discuss. [5] OR

a)

Discuss the relationship between dialogism and heteroglossia.

b)

Critically examinethe power-inscribedway the words exists in novels.[5]

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Q4) a) b)

Write a note on Branigan's concept of narrative.

[5]

Critically examineneo-Aristotelian approachto narrative. OR

'The existence of narrative depends On the simultaneous and co-ordinated presence of action and character'. Elaborate. [10}

Q5) Write short notes on any five of the following a)

Langue

b)

Sign

c)

Mukarovsky's

d)

Aesthetic canon

e)

Dialogue ahd difference in Bakhtia

f)

The' speech types' identified by Bakhtia

g)

Homodiegetic narrative

h)

Modulation

:

[sx2=10]

use ,of the concept of structure

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