Literary Criticism and Theory – Previous Year Questions
452 questions from past UGC NET English papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
Topic-wise mock tests
- Match List I with List II: List I: Text List II: Critic A. Practical Criticism I. John Crowe Ransom B. The New Criticism II. F. R. Leavis C. The Well Wrought Urn III. I. A. Richards D. The Great Tradition IV. Cleanth Br…
- Statement I: Eric Bentley wrote The Life of the Drama. Statement II: The book focuses on the lives of seminal twentieth-century dramatists.
- Which of the following is Peter Brook's study of theatre?
- Which of the following terms are integral to New Criticism? A. Tension B. Mirror stage C. Irony D. Polyphony E. Paradox
- In which year was Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity published?
- Who made the term 'the Name of the Father' famous?
- Arrange the following works of Raymond Williams in chronological order: A. The Long Revolution B. Culture and Society C. Marxism and Literature D. Writing in Society E. The Politics of Modernism
- Which of the following were written by Stuart Hall? A. 'Encoding/Decoding' B. 'The Rediscovery of "Ideology": Return of the Repressed in Media Studies' C. The Raw and the Cooked D. 'What Is Digital Humanities?' E. 'The…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Work by Barthes List II: Year A. Writing Degree Zero I. 1957 B. Mythologies II. 1953 C. Empire of Signs III. 1973 D. The Pleasure of the Text IV. 1970
- Which of the following concepts are associated with Jean Baudrillard? A. Hyperreality B. Bricolage C. Rhizome D. Simulacra E. Dispositif
- The concept of the public sphere is central to the work of:
- Where did Saussure deliver the lectures later published as the Course in General Linguistics?
- Assertion (A): The experience of homosexuality in a homophobic culture differs for whites and blacks. Reason (R): Sexuality and sexual identity are experienced differently by whites and blacks.
- Which of the following books was NOT written by Edward Said?
- What does Bourdieu mean by 'habitus'?
- Assertion (A): Cultural studies holds that culture is political rather than aesthetic or humanist in emphasis. Reason (R): The object of cultural studies is high art and the exalted literary canon.
- Match List I with List II: List I: Theorist List II: Concept A. Antonio Gramsci I. Popular culture B. Pierre Bourdieu II. Hegemony C. Dick Hebdige III. Cultural capital D. Raymond Williams IV. Subculture
- Arrange the following events, significant for literary criticism, in chronological order: A. The first manned Moon landing B. The end of the Second World War C. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech D. The Ru…
- Donna Haraway's 'A Cyborg Manifesto' underscores that:
- In which year was Political Shakespeare, edited by Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield, published?
- Which of the following pairs are correct? A. Aristotle – Rhetoric B. Quintilian – Institutio Oratoria C. Brooks and Warren – Understanding Fiction D. Allen Tate – The Verbal Icon E. Harold Bloom – The Great Tradition
- Which of the following statements about Sidney and Gosson are correct? A. Sidney wrote An Apology for Poetry. B. It was a counterblast to Gosson's The Schoole of Abuse. C. Gosson wrote in the euphuistic style. D. Sidney…
- Which two kinds of 'truth' does Bacon distinguish in The Advancement of Learning?
- When was Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published?
- Who wrote An Essay on the Principles of Human Action?
- Which of the following is NOT a work of P. B. Shelley?
- Arrange the following in chronological order of publication: A. Culler, Structuralist Poetics B. Saussure, Course in General Linguistics C. Culler, The Pursuit of Signs D. Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text E. Iser, The…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Term List II: Theory A. Aporia I. Marxism B. Scapes II. Psychoanalysis C. Interpellation III. Deconstruction D. Mirror stage IV. Globalisation
- Match List I with List II: List I: Book List II: Author A. The Political Unconscious I. Joseph Carroll B. The Pleasure of the Text II. Monique Wittig C. The Straight Mind III. Roland Barthes D. Literary Darwinism IV. Fr…
- Which of the following were NOT written by J. S. Mill? A. The Subjection of Women B. Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform C. Past and Present D. Explorations E. On Liberty