Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Francis Bacon made a significant contribution to human knowledge by insisting that the production of knowledge should be aimed at addressing the affairs of mundane human existence. Prove or refute the idea by referring to the essays in your syllabus.
2. Swift satirizes human history by declaring it a pack of lies. Discuss with reference to "The Gulliver's Travels".
3. What ideas, according to Bertrand Russell, have harmed mankind?
4. What does Said mean by the phrase, "blocking the other's narratives"? Discuss by giving concrete examples from literary texts or human history.
5. Why have the theorists over centuries been defensive against Plato on the subject of poetry? What redressal power does Heaney find in poetry?
6. Critically evaluate the last section in "The Gulliver's Travel".
7. Discuss the prose style of Bertrand Russell.
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