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UGC-NET PYQs
1. Which two of the following are works by I.A Richards?
(a) Concepts of Criticism
(b) Science and Poetry
(c) The philosophy of Rhetoric
(d) English Literature In our time and the university
(b) Science and Poetry
(c) The philosophy of Rhetoric
(d) English Literature In our time and the university
2. Which of the following is applicable to ‘new criticism’?
[A] It draws considerably from the works of I.A. Richards and the critical essays of T.S Eliot
[B] Some of its concepts are pre-empted by F.R. Leavis.
[C] It distinguishes between literary and scientific usage of language.
[D] It encourages an extensive exploration of the contextual and autobiographical background.
[E] It vouches for a historical analysis of a text.
[B] Some of its concepts are pre-empted by F.R. Leavis.
[C] It distinguishes between literary and scientific usage of language.
[D] It encourages an extensive exploration of the contextual and autobiographical background.
[E] It vouches for a historical analysis of a text.
3. Who among the following is associated with the term ‘Intentional fallacy’ in literary criticism?
4. Which of the following theorists identifies “metonymy” and “metaphor” as two fundamental structures of language?
5. Which of the following is true in the context of New Criticism?
6. 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:
7. Identify the correct pairs:
A) J.C. Ransom – Criticism, Inc.
B) William Empson – Seven Types of Ambiguity
C) C. Brooks and R.P. Warren – Understanding Poetry
D) R.P. Blackmur – In Search of the New Criticism
E) Allen Tate – The New Apologists for Poetry
B) William Empson – Seven Types of Ambiguity
C) C. Brooks and R.P. Warren – Understanding Poetry
D) R.P. Blackmur – In Search of the New Criticism
E) Allen Tate – The New Apologists for Poetry
8. Match List I with List II
LIST I LIST II
A) Bertrand Russell I. The Verbal IconB) Thomas Stearns Eliot II. The Well Wrought Urn
C) W.K. Wimsatt III. History of Western Philosophy
D) Cleanth Brooks IV. The Sacred Wood
9. Seven Types of Ambiguity was published in the year
10. Match List I with List II
List I List II
A) Practical Criticism I. John Crowe RansomB) The New Criticism II. F.R. Leavis
C) The Well-Wrought Urn III. I.A. Richards
D) The Great Tradition IV. Cleanth Brooks
11. Some of the following terms are integral to New Criticism:
A) Tension
B) Mirror Stage
C) Irony
D) Polyphony
E) Paradox
B) Mirror Stage
C) Irony
D) Polyphony
E) Paradox
12. Which among the following is true about corpus linguistics?
A) It is a collection of naturally occurring spoken and written texts.
B) It has ensured the supremacy of speech over writing.
C) It is about the teaching of linguistics at the school level.
D) It is a methodology that involves computer based empirical analysis of language use.
E) It is a branch of linguistics that is purely based on Chomskyan linguistics.
B) It has ensured the supremacy of speech over writing.
C) It is about the teaching of linguistics at the school level.
D) It is a methodology that involves computer based empirical analysis of language use.
E) It is a branch of linguistics that is purely based on Chomskyan linguistics.
13. 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 New Criticism are Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, R.P. Blackmur and Kenneth Burke.
(C) The critical approach is extensively used in the study of novels and plays.
(D) This critical approach tends to discredit historical, social and political contexts of a work of literature.
(E) J.C. Ransom published a book New Criticism wherein he appreciates I.A. Richards, William Empson and T.S. Eliot.
(B) The leading critics of New Criticism are Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, R.P. Blackmur and Kenneth Burke.
(C) The critical approach is extensively used in the study of novels and plays.
(D) This critical approach tends to discredit historical, social and political contexts of a work of literature.
(E) J.C. Ransom published a book New Criticism wherein he appreciates I.A. Richards, William Empson and T.S. Eliot.
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