UGC NET Paper 2 — English
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"What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallowed Reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid?" These lines are...
"When nature prompted and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then Israel's monarch after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives an...
Which of the following poems is written by Oliver Goldsmith?
Who among the following praised Chaucer's translation of Roman de la rose?
Tribute to Papa is a book of poems written by
For The Unfallen is a book of poems written by
"The Princess: A Medley" by Tennyson is
Which of the following poems is not written by Sylvia Plath?
Robert Burns was born in
Which of the following works is NOT written by P. B) Shelley?
In whose poem the readers meet Aunt Jennifer's tigers?
Who among the following characters personifies necessity in P. B) Shelley's Prometheus Unbound?
Name the playwright who has written Larins Sahib.
Who among the following, after watching the performance of William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, observed that "it is the most insipid, ridiculous play that I ever...
Who among the following has composed the lyrical drama Hellas?
Name the playwright who wrote the play Epicene, or the Silent Woman?
Name the playwright who composed the play A Woman Killed with Kindness.
Choose from the following options the correct combination of playwrights who contributed to the movement called "Kitchen Sink Drama".
Name the celebrated actor who played the leading role in the first production of John Osborne's The Entertainer (1957).
Choose from the following options the correct combination of the plays which made significant use of expressionistic techniques:
Which of the following statements holds true in regard to "Sentimental Comedy"?
Apart from Bertolt Brecht others who have influenced Epic theatre are:
"I recognize that its heroine is a little prig and its hero a pompous ass, but I do not care." About which novel of Jane Austen is this statement made by Somerset Maugham?
The theological treatise Ecclesiastical Polity was written by
In which year was R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island published?
Who wrote the popular instruction manual for fishermen titled The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation?
Which of the following novels is NOT written by Amitav Ghosh?
What did Matthew Arnold imply by the term "Hebraism" in his Culture and Anarchy?
Which among the following is NOT an American Slave narrative?
Who among the following theorists has written on affective economies?
The journal Scrutiny was founded in 1932 by
Samuel Pepys' claim to fame rests on his
Who among the following is NOT a Yale critic?
Dr Primrose is a character in
"So the baby was carried in a small deal box, under an ancient woman's shawl, to the churchyard that night, and buried by lantern-light, at the cost of a shilling, and a pint of be...
Jonathan Bate's The Song of the Earth was published in
Which of the following novels is written by Patrick White?
Which among the following is NOT written by Kamala Markandaya?
Who among the following were revaluing 'the masses' as sources and subjects of literature?
Who among the following theorists has written on narrative empathy?
The science that systematically studies the function of signs is known as
Who among the following first framed a theory of general hermeneutics?
Roland Barthes' Image, Music, Text was published in
Who among the following distinguished the 'constatives' from the 'performatives'?
Todd Kachru in "Three Circles of English" observes that English speaking countries are separated into three groups. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which one of the following is false about V. S. Naipaul?
According to Stuart Hall, the concept of played a seminal role in Cultural Studies.
The book Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism was jointly edited by
Which of the following is true in the context of New Criticism?
The pamphlet The Power of Love (1643) proclaiming the importance of brotherhood as a means of achieving a radical change in social relationships was written by.