OLLSCOIL Na hÉIREANN, GAILLIMH
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY
SEMESTER II EXAMINATIONS, 2007/08
SECOND ARTS EXAMINATION
EN 267: Studies in Genres and their Histories
Professor A.Minnis
Professor G. Watson
Professor H. McDermott
Dr. M.-L. Coolahan
Dr. P. Lonergan
AVOID DUPLICATION OF MATERIAL
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
Answer TWO questions: one from each section
USE A SEPARATE ANSWERBOOK FOR EACH SECTION
Section A: Fiction and Poetry
Write an essay analysing one of the following. Reference should be made to at least
two course authors.
1. ‘The travel narrative is an elastic genre, allowing for the fantastical and exotic as well
as the educational.’ Do you agree?
2. ‘I do not pretend … to entertain my Reader with the Adventures of a feign’d Hero’
(Behn, Oroonoko). How does the eighteenth-century novel negotiate questions of
truthfulness?
3. ‘Eighteenth-century literature battles over competing interpretations of female
behaviour.’ Discuss.
4. ‘The satirical impulse to ridicule stems from moral outrage.’ Discuss.
5. ‘Eighteenth-century literature pays a new attention to the complexities of social
relationships.’ Do you agree?
Contd./…
