New Criticism Previous Year UGC-NET English

Which two of the following are words 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

[1] (a) and (b) only

[2] (a) and (d) only

[3] (b) and (c) only

[4] (b) and (d) only

Answer: 3

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.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B and C only

[2] B, E and D only

[3] A, C and D only

[4] B and D only

Answer: [1] A, B and C only

Who among the following is associated with the term ‘Intentional fallacy’ in literary criticism?

[1] W.K. Wimsatt

[2] Rolland Barthes

[3] J. Hillis miller

[4] John Keats

Answer: [1] W.K. Wimsatt

Which of the following theorists identifies “metonymy” and “metaphor” as two fundamental structures of language?

[1] Ferdinand de Sassure

[2] Roland Barthes

[3] J.L. Austin

[4] Roman Jacobson

Answer: [4] Roman Jacobson

Which of the following is true in the context of New Criticism?

1) It follows the tradition of Historical Criticism.

2) The main law of New Criticism is that it should be subjective analysis.

3) The distinctive procedure for a New Critic is explication.

4) The distinction between literary genres does play an essential role in New Criticism.

Answer: 3) The distinctive procedure for a New Critic is explication.

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.

1) George Saintsbury

2) William Walwyn

3) F R. Leavis

4) Gerrard Winstanley

Answer: 2) William Walwyn

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

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B and C

2) A, B and D

3) B, C and E

4) B, D and E

Answer: 1) A, B and C

Match List I with List II

LIST I LIST II

A) Bertrand Russell I. The Verbal Icon

B) Thomas Stearns Eliot II. The Well Wrought Urn

C) W.K. Wimsatt III. History of Western Philosophy

D) Cleanth Brooks IV. The Sacred Wood

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

2) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

3) A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

4) A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

Answer: 1) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

Seven Types of Ambiguity was published in the year

1) 1920

2) 1924

3) 1927

4) 1930

Answer: 4) 1930

Match List I with List II

List I List II

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 Brooks

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A-II, B.-I, C-III, DIV

2) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

3) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

4) A-IV. B III, C-II, D-I

Answer: 2) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

Some of the following terms are integral to New Criticism:

A) Tension

B) Mirror Stage

C) Irony

D) Polyphony

E) Paradox

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) B, C, and D

2) A, B, and C

3) A, C, and E

4) B, D, and E

Answer: 3) A, C, and E

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.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A and B

2) B and C

3) A and D

4) C and E

Answer: 3) A and D

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.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B) and (C) Only

(2) (B), (C) and (D) Only

(3) (C), (D) and (E) Only

(4) (A), (B) and (D) Only

Answer: (4) (A), (B) and (D) Only