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UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – IX: Literary Theory Post World War II

Hareshwar Roy,
UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – IX: Literary Theory Post World War II Unit – IX: Literary Theory Post World War II 1. What post-war French philosophical movement, championed by Jean-Paul Sartre, emphasized individual freedom, choice, and responsibility? Existentialism. 2. Who wrote the foundational existentialist lecture and essay Existentialism is a Humanism (1946)? Jean-Paul Sartre. 3. Which French existentialist philosopher and writer authored The Second Sex (1949)? Simone de Beauvoir. 4. What Frankfurt School critical theory work by Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno analyzed the capitalist mass production of culture? Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947). 5. Who wrote the post-structuralist critique The Order of Things (1966) and explored the archaeology of human sciences? Michel Foucault. 6. What concept did Foucault introduce to describe institutional systems of thought and power that govern an era? Episteme. 7. Who wrote the 1967 deconstructive texts Of...
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UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – VIII: Literary Criticism

Hareshwar Roy,
UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – VIII: Literary Criticism Unit – VIII: Literary Criticism 1. Who wrote the classical Greek critical treatise Poetics ? Aristotle. 2. What foundational literary concept did Aristotle use to describe the emotional cleansing achieved through tragedy? Catharsis (Katharsis). 3. Which Roman poet wrote Ars Poetica ( The Art of Poetry )? Horace. 4. Who wrote the Renaissance critical work An Apology for Poetry (also known as T he Defence of Poesy )? Sir Philip Sidney. 5. Which neoclassical critic wrote An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668)? John Dryden. 6. Who authored the neoclassical critical essay An Essay on Criticism (1711)? Alexander Pope. 7. What  critical standard advocated for the representation of universal human nature, decorum, and adherence to classical rules? Neoclassicism. 8. Which Romantic poet-critic co-authored Lyrical Ballads and wrote Biographia Literaria ? Samuel Taylor Coleridg...
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UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – VII: Cultural Studies

Hareshwar Roy,
UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – VII: Cultural Studies Unit – VII: Cultural Studies 1. What academic movement emerged at the University of Birmingham, focusing on popular culture and power dynamics?  British Cultural Studies (Birmingham School of Cultural Studies). 2. Who is considered one of the founding figures of British Cultural Studies and author of The Uses of Literacy (1957)? Richard Hoggart. 3. Which British cultural theorist wrote Culture and Society (1958) and The Long Revolution (1961)? Raymond Williams. 4. Who wrote the foundational essay 'Cultural Studies: Two Paradigms' and served as a highly influential director of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies? Stuart Hall. 5. What Marxist concept, popularized by Antonio Gramsci, refers to the cultural and ideological dominance of a ruling class over society?  Cultural Hegemony. 6. According to Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model, what are the thr...
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UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – VI: English in India: History, Evolution and Futures

Hareshwar Roy,
UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – VI: English in India: History, Evolution and Futures Unit – VI: English in India: History, Evolution and Futures 1. What historical resolution passed in 1835 officially introduced English education in British India? The English Education Act of 1835 ( Based on  Thomas Babington  Macaulay’s 'Minute on Education'.) 2. Who authored the controversial 1835 'Minute on Education' advocating for Western curriculum in English? Thomas Babington Macaulay. 3. Which British governor-general endorsed Macaulay's 'Minute on Education', making English the administrative language of India? Lord William Bentinck. 4. What landmark 1854 document, known as the 'Magna Carta of English Education in India,' laid the foundation for the modern University system? Wood’s Despatch. 5. Which three Universities were established in India in 1857 following Wood's Despatch? Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras Un...
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UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – V: Language: Basic Concepts, Theories and Pedagogy, English in Use

Hareshwar Roy,
UGC NET (English): 100 Questions & Answers of Unit – V: Language: Basic Concepts, Theories and Pedagogy, English in Use Unit – V: Language: Basic Concepts, Theories and Pedagogy, English in Use 1. What branch of linguistics studies the production, transmission, and perception of speech sounds? Phonetics. 2. What branch of linguistics studies the organization and function of sounds within a particular language system? Phonology. 3. What is the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish meaning in a language? Phoneme. 4. What is the smallest meaningful unit of grammatical structure in a language? Morpheme. 5. What is the term for a phonetic variant of a phoneme that does not change word meaning? Allophone. 6. What is the term for a variant form of a morpheme that varies depending on phonetic context? Allomorph. 7. What branch of linguistics studies sentence structure and phrase formation? Syntax. 8. What branch of linguistics studies word meaning and ...
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