ExamineesName:_____________________ DepartmentofEnglish BahauddinZakariyaUniversity Multan BSEnglish,SemesterVIII,20082012 MidtermExam 26March,2012

RollNumber:___________________ CourseTitle:CriticismII CourseCode:401 CourseInstructor:JunaidHafeez Examstartsat11:30AM Timeallowed:90minutes MaximumMarks:30

Attempt all the questions. Let the space between adjacent words/lines be nominal, i.e., do not give morethannecessaryspacebetweenthewordsorlinesyouproduce. Q.1:Deathistheultimateabandonment.Howdoesthereligiousmachineryofferreliefsbyexploiting thisfearofabandonment? (5) Q.2: The unconscious expresses itself in our dreams. Starting from manifest content, identify displacement,condensation,andlatentcontentinoneofyourrecentdreams. (5) Q.3:Whatisyourfeministinterpretationofthetraditionalpatriarchalgenderrolesaftergoingthrough thefollowingextractbyChristineDelphy: (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 husbands only obligation, which is obviously in his own interest, is to provide for his wifes basic needs, in other words he maintains her labour power. Close to Home: A Materialist Analysis of Womens Oppression

Q.4:Iswomanahalfman?ExplainthesocialconstructionofthisstatementbyreferringtoSimonede Beauvoirswords: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