UGC NET English Q53

Question

Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct ones:
A. Patrick White, Christina Stead and Robertson Davies are the famous Australian novelists.
B. The notion of "civilized barbarity" was anticipated in H. Rider Haggard's 1887 novel Allan Quatermain, in which "Civilization" is said to be "only savagery silver-gilt".
C. Novels like French Lieutenant's Woman, Midnight's Children and Waterland deconstruct traditional notions of history and subjectivity.
D. O'Brian's Country Girls trilogy and McGahern's The Dark which were banned in Ireland were published during 1950s.
E. The trauma of the mid-century years accounts for the prevalence of dystopian elements in novels like A Clockwork Orange, Lanark and The Handmaid's Tale.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Accepted Answer

A, C and D Only