8/2/2019 Cirticism II Midterm

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ExamineesName:_____________________ RollNumber:___________________

DepartmentofEnglish CourseTitle:CriticismII

BahauddinZakariyaUniversity CourseCode:401

Multan CourseInstructor:JunaidHafeez

BSEnglish,SemesterVIII,20082012 Examstartsat11:30AMMidtermExam Timeallowed:90minutes

26March,2012 MaximumMarks:30

Attemptall thequestions.Letthe spacebetweenadjacentwords/linesbenominal,i.e.,donotgivemorethannecessaryspacebetweenthewordsorlinesyouproduce.

Q.1:Deathistheultimateabandonment.Howdoesthereligiousmachineryofferreliefsbyexploitingthisfearofabandonment? (5)

Q.2: The unconscious expresses itself in our dreams. Starting from manifest content, identifydisplacement,condensation,andlatentcontentinoneofyourrecentdreams. (5)

Q.3:WhatisyourfeministinterpretationofthetraditionalpatriarchalgenderrolesaftergoingthroughthefollowingextractbyChristineDelphy: (5)

[a]ll contemporary developed societies . . . depend on the unpaid labour of women for domestic

services and child-rearing. These services are furnished within the framework of a particular

relationship to an individual (the husband). They are excluded from the realm of exchange [i.e.,

these services are not treated like the jobs people do for money outside their own home] and

consequently have no value. They are unpaid. Whatever women receive in return is independent

of the work which they perform because it is not handed out in exchange for that work (i.e., as a

wage to which their work entitles them), but rather as a gift. The husband s only obligation, which

is obviously in his own interest, is to provide for his wife s basic needs, in other words hemaintains her labour power.

Close to Home: A Materialist Analysis of Womens Oppression

Q.4:Iswomanahalfman?ExplainthesocialconstructionofthisstatementbyreferringtoSimonedeBeauvoirswords:Oneisnotbornawoman;onebecomesone. (5)

Q.5: An ideology is a system of shared beliefs, and all beliefs are products of cultural conditioning.Highlighttherolesoffollowingideologiesinourlives: (10)

Classismorthequalityisintheblood Religionortheopiateofthemasses Cosumerismorshoptillyoudropism