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fadavpur UniversitY
MPhil Programme
Admission Test 2O13
Deparmentof English
Full Marks: 100

Time: 2 hours

1'Explainwhatyouunderstandbyany/ouroftlrefo|lowingandaSsessthe

importance oi e dch ofyour chosenlour in carrying out research: (a)

(b) textual iriticism (c) palaeography (d) footnoting (e) critical
"r.hiu"t
theory (f) fieldwork (gJ search engines (h) primary texts (i) research
(40 marks)
supervision (j)

bibliographies

2.

Write an essay on any one of the following:

[30 marksJ

a) Translation as Interpretation
b) PostmodernistFictions

c) TheDeatho{TragedY
d) Readers as Authors
e)

Space and Time in the Novel

3'Suggestanynewdirectionsforresearchinliteraturethatmightbetaken
up5y engtistr departments, and discuss the possible outcomes of such
.L.lr*r]no you think th.t on. possible ourcome might be the demise of
[30 marks)
the English dlpartmentas such? Explain.

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Admission Test 20L2

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ENGLI$T

TinsTwoHours

Full Marks:100

Answer any tttto of the foltowing questions, all of which carry equal marks'

1,

2
e.

pu4rosef of lesearch, what constitutes a text? Using appropriate illustuations, exanine in what ways different ldnds of "texts" affect critical
For. the

conclusions.
degree in the
|ustify the study oI works in translaiion as a sulject for a research
discipline of English.
essel corrparai"ely the degree of difficulty you may encognts in lndia while
researchingia topic pertaining to (a) Anglo-A,merican, (!) postcolonid and (c)
Indian liteiatru6s inEnglish, You mustatteqrPt all three aspetrre of this question.