UGC NET Paper 2 — English

Which among the following is not a type of meaning in a poem as defined by I.A. Richards in Practical Criticism?

Choose the correct key points related to approach to Feminism and Gender Studies: A. Feminism is concerned with the marginalization of women in a patriarchal culture. B. Feminist c...

Roland Barthes in his "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narratives" (1966) proposed three levels of narrative structure. Which among the following are the narrative struc...

Which of the following works is not written by Chinna Achebe?

Arrange the following in the chronological order of the dates of publication: (A) Michel Foucault's The Order of Things (B) M.K. Gandhi's Hind Swaraj or The Indian Homerule (C) Ste...

The term "Trace", which refers to the trace of the other, has been borrowed by Jacques Lacan from:

Arrange the following in chronological order of their year of publication: A. Nation and Narration B. The Dialogic Imagination C. Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter D. Discour...

Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Term) (A) Heteroglossia (B) Structures of Feeling (C) Ambiguity (D) Discourse List - II (Coined by) (I) William Empson (II) Raymond William...

Who among the following African writers observed that “O my body, make of me always a man who questions" ?

Match List-I with List-II: List-I List-II A. Surprised by Sin: the Reader in "Paradise : Lost" I. Louise Rosenblatt B. Five Readers Reading II. Stanley Fish C. The Reader, the Text...

Which of the following statements are valid for postcolonial theory and literature? (A) Abrogation, resistance and assertion form the basis of postcolonial thought. (B) Postcolonia...

Match List-I with List-II: List-I A. Thick description B. Transcendental signified C. Vehicle, Tenor D. Alienation Effect List-II I. Jacques Derrida II. I A Richards III. Bertolt B...

Identify the ones which are matched correctly. A. Barbara Christian: "The Race for Theory" B. Alfred W. Crosby: "Unhiding the Hidden" C. Paul Carter: "Naming Place" D. Graham Hugga...

Which of the following texts deals with the theme of creolisation ?

The term 'simulacra' in postmodern discourse is about: (A) Absence of vivid representation of reality (B) Artificially produced reality dubbed as authentic (C) A rejection of moder...

In the 1985 essay, "Three Women's Texts and a critique of Imperialism”, Gayatri Spivak shows the development of the white liberal feminist subject. Which are the texts referred in...

Barbara Smith, in her essay, "Toward a Black Feminist Criticism", raises concerns for:

In Long Revolution, Raymond Williams conducted a long-range study of 350 canonical writers drawn from the Oxford Introduction to English Literature for the period...

Which of the Schools of Criticism has strongly opposed Formalism, in both its European and American Varieties, rejecting the view that there is a sharp and definable division betwe...

Who among the following was not associated with Cambridge School of Critics ?

Which of the following statements have been given by Barbara Johnson: A. "Deconstruction is not synonymous with destruction..." B. "The deconstruction of a text does not proceed by...

Match List-I with List-II: List-I List-II A. Thinking About Women I. Betty Friedan B. The Female Eunuch II. Mary Ellman C. The Dialectic of Sex III. Shulamith Firestone D. The Femi...

Match List - I with List - II. List - I Work A. Language as Paradox B. Against Interpretation C. Realism and the Contemporary Novel D. Politics and the English Language List - II W...

"Territorialization" is a term given by-

Who among the following was not associated with the Yale School?

Which is the latest edition of Chicago Manual of Style ?

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words i...

Who among the following is not associated with Cultural Imperialism?

Match List I with List - II. List - I (Term) (A) Ambivalence (B) Magic Realism (C) Abrogation (D) Miscegenation List - II (Definition) (I) Rejection of a normative concept of 'corr...

Match the List-I with List-II LIST I A. Heteroglossia B. Homosociality C. Mathnavi D. Morology LIST II I. deliberate foolishness/nonsense for effect II. Diversity of languages used...

Choose the correct statements with regard to the binary pair Langue and Parole introduced by Ferdinand de Saussure. A. Langue is translated as speech and parole as language. B. Lan...

Arrange the following works in order of their year of publication. A. Orientalism B. Nation and Narration C. Black Skin White Masks D. Decolonising the Mind E. The Location of Cult...

Which of the following is true of Edward Said's Orientalism? (A) It was published in 1979. (B) Utilises the concept of discursive formulation as argued by Foucault. (C) He has take...

Arrange the following works of Feminism in chronological order: A. The Female Imagination B. The Madwoman in the Attic C. A Literature of their Own D. Women's Oppression Today: Pro...

Chronologically arrange the following texts in order of publication. A. Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique B. Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex C. Virginia Woolf's A Room of O...

Which of the following is not true about Raymond Williams' views on culture?

Match List - I with List - II. List - I Term A. Aporia B. Econce C. Encomium D. Hagiography List - II Definition I. Technical term in structuralist theory that implies 'utterance'...

Match List - I with List - II. List - I Term / Concept A. Objectivism B. Pathetic Fallacy C. Sprung Rhythm D. Structures of Feeling List - II Invented / Coined by I. John Ruskin II...

Match the List-I with List-II LIST I A. Langue B. Parole C. Signifier D. signified LIST II I. Meaning conveyed II. Socially shared language III. speech IV. word Choose the correct...

In his work, The Dialogic Imagination, Mikhail Bakhtin- A. develops theory of Polyphony. B. postulates that language is imaginary. C. postulates that language evolves dynamically....

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Toni Morrison and Adrienne Rich have contributed to a disti...

Arrange the chronological sequence in which the following works were published: (A) Culture and Society (B) Culture and Anarchy (C) To Hell with Culture (D) Studies in Dying Cultur...

Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Term / Concept) A. Third Space B. Weltliteratur C. Post-Impressionism D. Simulacra List - II (Invented/Coined by) I. Jean Baudrillard II. G...

Which of the following assumptions are true in the context of New Criticism? (A) The new movement in literature popularised closed reading of the text. (B) The leading critics of N...

Who among the following is not associated with lesbian and gay studies? A. Jane Rule B. Jonathan Dollimore C. John Wain D. Elizabeth Jennings E. Richard Dyer Choose the correct ans...

Who among the following was not a leading figure of New Criticism?

Which of the following works were edited by gay activists, writers or artists: A. Are We not Men? by Philip Brian Harper B. Charisma by Erica Edward C. Extravagant Abjection by Dar...

Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Author) A. Richard Hoggart B. Ashis Nandy C. Raymond Williams D. E.P. Thompson List - II (Text) I. The Secret Politics of Our Desires II. T...

The term 'negritude', coined by Aime Cesaire, was appreciated as well as criticised by critics and thinkers. Select the correct responses that this term received. A. Senegal Sengho...

Which of the following books was edited by gay activists and artists Joseph Beam and Essex Hemphill?