Mock 15 – Cultural Studies & New Directions (Part 1)

The term 'Remainder' was first used by:

The term 'Chronotope' was coined by:

Which of the statements given below are true?

1. A. The CCCS was founded at Berkeley in 1960.
2. B. Habermas links the rise of the public sphere to print culture.
3. C. Paul Gilroy introduced the term 'Black Atlantic'.
4. D. Adorno praised the alienating avant-garde, such as Schoenberg's atonal music.
5. E. 'Chutnification' was coined by Edward Soja.

The Greek word polis refers to:

1. A. a social structure
2. B. a political structure
3. C. a legal structure
4. D. a city-state
5. E. barbarians

Match List I with List II:

Which of the following are true of Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music (1872)?

1. A. It examines the origins and development of Greek tragedy.
2. B. It argues that Socratic rationalism and optimism killed Greek tragedy.
3. C. It examines the origin of music and dance in ancient Greece.
4. D. It argues that tragedy arose from the fusion of Apollonian and Dionysian elements.
5. E. It argues that music is the spirit of tragedy.

Which statement about 'cultural intermediaries' is NOT true?

Which assumptions about cultures of space are NOT true?

1. A. Space is about the power to control access, representation and use.
2. B. Space is simply land or built-up area.
3. C. Space shapes social relations and communities.
4. D. Space is socially constructed.
5. E. Space has nothing to do with people's everyday activities.

Which assumptions about standpoint theory are NOT true?

1. A. Social position can give a privileged perspective on certain knowledge.
2. B. Marginalised groups may have insights the dominant group lacks.
3. C. The oppressed class is bound to lose class consciousness.
4. D. Marginal perspectives cannot help us understand social dynamics.
5. E. Social contradictions and political struggle can produce counter-hegemonic norms.

Rudolf Pannwitz used 'postmodern' in 1917 to describe:

Which of the following are true of M. H. Abrams's The Mirror and the Lamp (1953)?

1. A. It describes eighteenth-century literature as a mirror.
2. B. It describes nineteenth-century (Romantic) literature as a lamp.
3. C. It describes nineteenth-century literature as a mirror.
4. D. The mirror stands for literature as a reflection of outward reality.
5. E. The lamp stands for literature as illumination projected by the artist.

Arrange the following works of Raymond Williams in chronological order:

1. A. Keywords
2. B. Culture and Society
3. C. The Long Revolution
4. D. The Country and the City
5. E. Modern Tragedy

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. A. 'Nation language' was coined by Derek Walcott.
2. B. 'Poetic justice' was coined by Thomas Rymer.
3. C. 'Neo-colonialism' was coined by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
4. D. 'Nihilism' was introduced by Turgenev in Fathers and Sons.
5. E. In his preface to Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Caxton listed the Nine Worthies.

Which of the following are LGBTQ+ writers?

1. A. David Gauntlett (Making Is Connecting)
2. B. Torrey Peters (Detransition, Baby)
3. C. Casey McQuiston (Red, White & Royal Blue)
4. D. Alyssa Huynh (Safe Space)

Who coined the term 'speculative fiction'?

How did Paul J. Crutzen describe the 'Anthropocene'?

Which of the following statements are true about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's Decolonising the Mind?

1. A. Its full title is Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature.
2. B. It was first published in 1886 during a short visit to London for a conference.
3. C. Language choice is central to how a people define themselves.
4. D. The Nigerian author defends English as a tool of progress.
5. E. In the colonial school, the language of his education was no longer the language of his culture.

Which of the following is/are NOT true about Négritude?

1. A. It was started by French-speaking African and Caribbean writers in Paris.
2. B. It critically examined Western values and reassessed African culture.
3. C. It was directed against British colonial rule.
4. D. Léopold Sédar Senghor was a leading figure.
5. E. It was influenced by 'art for art's sake'.

According to Lev Manovich, 'cultural analytics' refers to:

Which of the following assertions are NOT true about cultural studies?

1. A. Popular culture is the set of practices, beliefs and objects that embody the most widely shared meanings of a social system.
2. B. Dominant culture refers to the invisible aspects of our practices and attitudes.
3. C. Residual culture is older practice that survives in traces within present culture.
4. D. The discipline is comparatively new and opposed to rigid traditional Marxist methods.
5. E. It discourages the audibility of women in public spaces.

Sharankumar Limbale argues that Dalit literature is unique because:

1. A. it brings out Dalit reality that is liminal in time and space
2. B. it has unique historical and ideological concerns
3. C. it offers literary and cultural representations of the marginalised and dispossessed
4. D. it brings out narratives and discourses of pity
5. E. it uses offensive language towards revered figures

Name the writer who is NOT associated with British Cultural Studies.