HOME ASSIGNMENT

2021
ENGLISH
Paper-ENGL 206
[Cultural Studies]
Full Marks: 20 Time: One Hour
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.
1. Answer the following questions in about 350 words each: 10x2=20

a) Discuss the key issues that confront the study of culture today.
Or,
b) Critically examine the influence of science and technology in the evolution of Cultural
Studies.
c) Critically examine how Cultural Studies engages with the question of ideology.
Or,
d) Explain Michel Foucault's views on power as a field of Cultural Studies.
e) Discuss how the poststructuralist perspective becomes useful in studying culture as a
critical domain.
Or,
f) Critically analyze how Marxism offers a distinct methodological approach for the study
of culture.
g) Critically comment on the role and relevance of sexuality in capitalist culture today.
Or,
h) Is it justified to say that the culture of a people is formed and shaped by ‘time’ that works
in terms of historical perspective(s)? Argue your answer with concrete examples.
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