UNIVERSITETET
I OSLO
Institutt f or litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk
HJEMMEEKSAMEN
2010/VÅR
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ENG4365 The Short Story in English
3 dager
31.05.-03.06.2010
Besvarelsen leveres i Fronter i emnets fellesrom i mappen "Eksamensinnlevering" som
stenges kl. 12.00 på innleveringsdagen.
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emnekode, emnenavn, semester, år og oppgavens tittel. IKKE kandidatens navn! Alle sider
skal nummereres.
Mal (Word-dokument) for oppsett av oppgaven og utfyllende informasjon om innlevering i
Fronter finnes i en instruks som er lenket opp på alle instituttets emnebeskrivelser under
"Vurdering og eksamen".
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Write an essay on ONE of the following topics:
EITHER
1
In her essay ‘The Short Story: The Long and the Short of It’, Mary Louise Pratt claims
that ‘One of the most consistently found narrative structures in the short story is the one
called the “moment-of-truth.”’ Compare and contrast AT LEAST TWO short stories on
the syllabus which culminate in such ‘moments of truth.’ You may not choose a story
you have written on in your obligatory qualifying essay.
OR
2 In ‘The Sisters,’ the opening story of Dubliners, James Joyce introduces the words
PARALYSIS, SIMONY and GNOMON, which often have been regarded as key
concepts in the entire collection. Compare and contrast AT LEAST TWO of the short
stories in Dubliners in relation to these concepts.
OR
3 Give an interpretation of EITHER Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street’ OR
Muriel Spark’s ‘The House of the Famous Poet,’ making sure to discuss the story’s form
in your analysis.
OR
4 Compare and contrast the representation of Islamic fundamentalism in Hanif Kureishi’s
‘My Son the Fanatic’ and Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Prophet’s Hair.’
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