• The exam is, like all other exams in Literatures in English, 2 hours in length. You are required to do 2 questions in all, each from a different section.
• The paper is divided into 2 sections, section A corresponding to module III (the Author / the ‘Expressive’ approach) and section B corresponding to Module IV (Literary Form / the ‘Objective’ approach) in the course, respectively.
• Module 1 (Representation / the ‘Mimetic’ approach) and Module 2 (The Reader / the ‘Pragmatic’ approach) will not be tested again since they were examined by the term paper.
• There are 6 questions in all to choose from, 3 in  section A and 3 in section B. Questions will be of two kinds:

C Analytical: in this kind of question, you are asked to discuss (often comparatively) a particular theoretical concept or model of literature (e.g. "Discuss Coleridge’s concept of the ‘symbol’" or "Compare the models of realism advanced by two of the following theorists: Aristotle / Wordsworth / Watt.")

C Practical: in this kind of question, you are asked to discuss a reading methodology with reference to a supplied text (e.g. "Illustrating your answer with reference to the story attached, discuss the main objectives of and characteristic steps taken by a realist critic.")

• Nothing will appear on the exam which we have not discussed in some detail both in the lectures and in the tutorials. When you see the paper, you will not be surprised and you will acknowledge that in many of the tutorials we actually focused on these topics.
• You will not be tested on the views of particular philosophers like Descartes or Locke or Kant or Hegel. This is not a course in philosophy per se. However, a knowledge of their views is important to an understanding of critical theory. This is because every model of literature and of criticism is informed by a particular philosophical world view, model of identity, etc. (For example, to speak of West Indian literature involves a specific conception of what it means to be West Indian.) Hence, a general awareness of the philosophical context of a particular critical approach would not go amiss.
• In order to prepare for the exam:

C consult the appropriate lecture handouts for definitions of specific concepts and summaries of the arguments advanced by particular theorists;

C consult the relevant essays by the theorists in question to be found in Hazard Adams, ed. Critical Theory Since Plato;

C in order to be sure that you have assimilated the material in question, answer the relevant tutorial questions for theorist;

C practice applying the theoretical approaches in question.