ERRATA: LIST OF CORRECTIONS IN MATERIAL

 ERRATA: LIST OF CORRECTIONS

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Chapter	Error	To be corrected as
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”)
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.
History of English Literature in a Table	Act of Supremacy (1529)	Act of Supremacy (1534)
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"
Age of Revival	“Act of Supremacy (1529)”by Henry-VIII,	“Act of Supremacy (1534)”by Henry-VIII,
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
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.
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)
Puritan Age (Age of Milton)	Works of Milton: On His Blindness 1623	Works of Milton: On His Blindness 1673
Victorian Age	R. L. (Robert Louis Balfour)  Stevenson  1850-1894: Scottish novelist, essayist and poet. Well-known for his short story “How to live to be 200”, a satire on health mania with Higgins as main character.	Remove this entry in red colour, “How to live to be 200’ is a story by Stephen Leacock
(In American Literature)	Ambrose (Gwinnett) Bierce 1842-1914: Known with his pen name God Grile	Read it as “Dod Grile”
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
(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
(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
(MCQs in Post-Modern Age)	Answer: 15. A	Answer: 15 B Atwood won Booker in 2000 for Blind Assassin
(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	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
(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 ………….