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Chapter |
Error |
To be corrected as |
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Poetry- Definitions (In Literary Genres Chapter) |
“Art of uniting pleasure
with truth" (Dr. Samuel Johnson: The Study
of Poetry) |
"Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth" (Dr.
Samuel Johnson, in “Life of Milton”) |
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Comedy- Types (In Literary Genres Chapter) |
Comedy of Menace: (Menace=danger/fear). Coined by David Compton. Fear of the characters
become the source of the comedy. |
Comedy of Menace: (Menace = danger/ fear). Term
coined by Irving Wardle, who borrowed it from Compton’s play “The Lunatic
View: Comedy of Menace (1958)”. Major playwrights are: David Compton, Nigel
Dennis, N.F. Simpson and Harold Pintor. Fear of the characters become the
source of the comedy. |
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History of English Literature in a Table |
Act of
Supremacy (1529) |
Act of Supremacy (1534) |
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Age of Chaucer (MCQs) |
15.What is the title of the poem by Chaucer
that tells the story of the fall of Lucifer and the creation of the universe
and mankind? a) "The Divine Comedy"
b) "The Pearl" c) "The Parliament of Fowls" d) "The Book of the Duchess" |
15. Which work by Chaucer that tells the
story of the fall of Lucifer and the creation of the universe and mankind? a) "The Divine Comedy"
b) “Monk’s Story in
Canterbury Tales” c) "The Parliament of Fowls" d) "The Book of the Duchess"
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Age of Revival |
“Act of
Supremacy (1529)”by Henry-VIII, |
“Act of Supremacy (1534)”by Henry-VIII, |
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Age of Revival (English Chaucerians) |
John Lydgate (1370-1451): 1. The Story of Thebes- written to behest of the prince of Wales, later
king Henry V. 2. The Troy Book – Lydgate himself joins as pilgrim
in Canterbury Tales and narrates a story. |
John Lydgate (1370-1451): 1. The Troy Book (1412-1420) – 30,117 lines poem in 5 books, in
decasyllable couplets, history of Troy from its foundation through to the end
of the Trojan War. commissioned by the Prince of Wales (later Henry V) to
show English is better than other languages.
2. The Story of Thebes (1420-1422)- 4716-line poem- Lydgate himself joins as pilgrim in
Canterbury Tales and narrates a story |
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Renaissance |
Walter Raleigh The
Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd (1600)- a parody poem
in response to Marlowe’s The
Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd. Note:
"Raleigh Was Right" is a poem by William Carlos Williams in
response these two poems. |
Walter Raleigh The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd (1600)- a
parody poem in response (parody) to Marlowe’s The
Passionate Shepherd to His Love (1599).
Note:
"Raleigh Was Right (1940)" is a poem by William Carlos Williams in
response these two poems. |
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Shakespeare (Love’s Labour’s Lost) |
Don Adriono Character is used to satirize
Peele’s Euphemism |
Don Adriono
Character is used to satirize Peele’s Euphuism (not Euphemism) |
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Puritan Age (Age of Milton) |
Works of Milton: On His Blindness 1623 |
Works of Milton: On His
Blindness 1673 |
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(In American Literature) |
Ambrose (Gwinnett) Bierce 1842-1914: Known
with his pen name God Grile |
Read it as “Dod
Grile” |
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NEO Classicism MCQs- SET-1 |
32. Who was deaf
and has asked "Has miss Piper had twins" in The School for Scandals A. Mrs. Clackit B. Mrs. Candour C. Lady Dundizzy D. Lady Sneerwell |
Answer is:
Lady Dundizzy |
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(MCQs in Post-Modern Age) |
4. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020 for her "narrative imagination that
with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of
life"? A. Margaret Atwood B. Olga
Tokarczuk C. Kazuo Ishiguro D.Salman
Rushdie |
Read it as: 2018 |
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(MCQs in Post-Modern Age) |
13.Who is the
author of the novel "Things Fall Apart," a seminal work in
postcolonial literature that explores the impact of British colonialism in
Nigeria? A. Chinua Achebe B. Wole
Soyinka C. Ngũgĩ wa
Thiong'o D. Salman Rushdie |
Repeated question, so removed the question and
added new one:
13.Who is known for the work ‘The Postmodern
Condition (1979)? A. Jean-François Lyotard B. Jacques Derrida C. Michel Foucault D.
Fredric Jameson |
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(MCQs in Post-Modern Age) |
Answer: 15. A |
Answer: 15 B Atwood won Booker in 2000 for Blind Assassin |
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(MCQs in Post-Modern Age) |
17. Who is the only author to have been awarded both the Nobel Prize in
Literature (in 1982) and the Booker Prize
(in 1974 for "The Conservationist")? A. Salman Rushdie B. V S Naipaul C. Kazuo Ishiguro D.
Arundhati Roy
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17. Who is the only author to have been awarded both the Nobel Prize in
Literature (in 1991) and the Booker Prize
(in 1974 for "The Conservationist")? A. Salman Rushdie B.Nadine Gordimer C. Kazuo Ishiguro D.
Arundhati Roy
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(MCQs in
Post-Modern Age) |
20. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
in 1962 for his "powerful epic writing, most recently exemplified in 'A
Man and His Dog' and 'The Blue Bird'"? |
13.Chilean
poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature is
…………. |
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