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IGNOU MPYE-11 (December 2025 – June 2026) Assignment Questions
1. Explain and evaluate Samkhya’s Idea of Art Experience.
Or
Compare Intuitionist Theory of Art and Content Theory of Art.
2. Explain the concept of dhvani as an explanation of the mode of communication of the emotional content of the poem.
Or
Explain and evaluate three elements of Descartes’ Philosophy of Art.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words.
a) Compare Utpattivada and Bhuktivada about Rasa.
b) Discuss M Hiriyanna’s view on Art Experience.
c) Explain Aristotle’s doctrine of Catharsis.
d) Write a note on the contribution of Bharatmuni in Aesthetics.
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words.
a). Explain the concept of ‘aesthetic recipient’.
b) Analyze Susanne K. Langer’s view on Art.
c) Write a note on Kant’s idea of Sublimity.
d) Analyze Plotinus’ idea of Intellectual Beauty.
e) Discuss Rasaanumeyavada.
f) What do you understand by Rasa as sui generis? Discuss.
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.
a) Mimetic Theory of Art
b) Idea of Sympathy in Edmund Burke’s Philosophy
c) Sringara Rasa
d) Ancillary Feeling
e) Citraturaganyaya
f) Idea of Sublimity
g) Imagination
h) Sahrdaya
IGNOU MPYE-11 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Explain the concept of dhvani as an explanation of the mode of communication of the emotional content of the poem.
Or
Compare Intuitionist Theory of Art and Content Theory of Art
2. Explain and evaluate three elements of Descartes’ Philosophy of Art.
Or
Explain and evaluate Samkhya’s Idea of Art Experience.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words.
a) Compare Utpattivada and Bhuktivada about Rasa.
b) Discuss M Hiriyanna’s view on Art Experience.
c) Write a note on Bhava.
d) Write a note on the Plato’s theory of Imitation.
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words.
a) Analyze Plotinus’ idea of Intellectual Beauty.
b) Analyze Susanne K. Langer’s view on Art.
c) Explain the concept of ‘aesthetic recipient’.
d) Write a note on Kant’s idea of Sublimity.
e) Examine the concept of Rasotpattivada.
f) Write a note on the doctrine of Sadharanikarana.
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.
a) Sahrdaya
b) Idea of Sympathy in Edmund Burke’s Philosophy
c) Mimetic Theory of Art
d) Ancillary Feeling
e) Citraturaganyaya
f) Sringara Rasa
g) Imagination
h) Denis




