COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Who proposed the map of the field of translation studies ?
(A) Eugene Nida and Gideon Toury
(B) Gideon Toury
(C) James S. Holmes and Gideon Toury
(D) Sherry Simon
2. Gargantua and Pantagruel are two _______ in a _______ novel by _______.
(A) Women, Feminist, Helene Cixous
(B) Friends, Realist, E.M. Forster
(C) Men, Naturalist, Emile Zola
(D) Giants, Carnivalesque, Rabelais
3. Who exposed the writing of a history of Indian literature that is not a “mere taxonomy of facts but a living account of the creative process of the whole nation” ?
(A) Sujit Mukherjee
(B) Sisir Kumar Das
(C) B.N. Devy
(D) V.K. Gokak
4. The essay, “The Name and Nature of Translation Studies’, considered to be a founding statement of a new discipline, was authored by
(A) Andri Lefbvre
(B) Eugene Nida
(C) Gideon Toury
(D) James S. Holmes
5. Two of these novels have a dancer as a major character. Which ones are they ?
I. The Stone Angel
II. The Journey to Ithaca
III. The Guide
IV. Storm in Chandigarh
The right combination according to the code is
(A) I and II
(B) I and IV
(C) II and III
(D) III and IV
6. The book which was used as a text by parents to teach right conduct and social values to children is
(A) Virasaivam
(B) Sahithi Sravanthi
(C) Sumathi Satakam
(D) Sriya Charitra
7. Which writers were involved in drafting a proposal entitled “On the Abolition of the English Department” ?
(A) Gayatri Spivak, Swati Joshi, Rajeswari Sundarrajan.
(B) Ngugi Wa Thiong’O, Wole Soyinka, Taban lo lilyong
(C) Gayatri Spivak, G.J.V. Prasad, Harish Trivedi
(D) Ngugi Wa Thiong’O, Taban lo liyong, Henry Ownor Anyumba
8. The classical texts of genre theory were authored by
(A) Longinus
(B) Aristotle
(C) Cicero
(D) Quintilian
9. The first English translation of the Gita was made by
(A) Sir William Jones
(B) Max Muller
(C) Charles Wilkins
(D) Matthew Arnold
10. The first autobiography in Telugu literature was written by
(A) P. Somanatha
(B) Viresalingam
(C) Riasat Ali
(D) Badra Bhupala
11. Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra was interpreted in music by
(A) Richard Strauss
(B) Johann Sebastian Bach
(C) Ludwig Van Beethoven
(D) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12. Who wrote Dhvanyaloka Locanam ?
(A) Abhinava Gupta
(B) Bhasa
(C) Anandavardhana
(D) Mahimabhatta
13. Bharatendu Harishchandra had translated Bankimchandra Chattopadhaya’s
(A) Sitaram
(B) Durgesnandini
(C) Radharani
(D) Rajsimha
14. Van Doorslaer’s map is divided, into ‘translation’ and ‘translation studies’. Which of the following is classified into ‘translation studies’ ?
(A) Mode
(B) Theories
(C) Media
(D) Genres
15. The sub-title of G.N. Devy’s ‘Of Many Heroes’ is
(A) An essay in Indian Literary Historiography
(B) An essay in Literary Historiography
(C) An Indian Essay in Literary Historiography
(D) An essay in India’s Literary Historiography
16. In which states is Konkani spoken ?
I. Maharashtra
II. Tamil Nadu
III. Telangana
IV. Goa
The correct combination according to the code is
(A) III and I
(B) II and III
(C) IV and III
(D) I and IV
17. Waiting for Lefty is written by ______ while Waiting for Godot is written by ______.
(A) Caryl Churchill, Samuel Beckett
(B) Edward Bond, James Joyce
(C) Clifford Odets, Samuel Beckett
(D) James Joyce, Samuel Beckett
18. Joy Kogawa’s Obasan provides a critique of atrocities committed during World War II in
(A) U.K.
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Canada
(D) Japan
19. Match the poets with sects.
20. Match each theorist with the theory propounded :
21. “The Crisis of Comparative Literature” is a paper delivered in 1958 by
(A) Harry Levin
(B) Erich Auerbach
(C) Renato Poggioli
(D) René Wellek
22. “Comparison n’est pas raison” was a slogan raised by
(A) Jean Bessière
(B) Rene Etemble
(C) Pascale Casanova
(D) Austin Warren
23. The theme of Mertin-Arthur (a wise old teacher teaching the hero) may be found in
(A) Assimov’s Foundation series
(B) Rowling’s Harry Potter series
(C) China Mieville Bas-Lag series
(D) Mary Renault’s Alexander Trilogy
24. The feminist theorist who designates three phases – ‘feminine’, feminist’ and ‘female’ in the history of women’s writing is
(A) Adrienne Rich
(B) Kate Millet
(C) Toril Moi
(D) Elaine Showalter
25. Match the following authors with their works :
26. The ‘Western Kingdom’ referred to in the Chinese Novel Journey to the West is
(A) United States of America
(B) Iraq
(C) India
(D) Russia
27. Andal, the Alwar poet, assumes the role of the bride of
(A) Krishna
(B) Rama
(C) Siva
(D) Vishnu
28. Which of the following poets wrote “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” ?
(A) W.B. Yeats
(B) T.S. Eliot
(C) Ezra Pound
(D) Ted Hughes
29. The two immediately proceeding theories criticized by Jauss in developing the theory of ‘aesthetics of reception” were
I. Marxism
II. Feminism
III. Nationalism
IV. Formalism
The correct combination according to the code is
Codes :
(A) II and III
(B) II and IV
(C) I and IV
(D) I and III
30. The concept ‘esemplastic’ was used by
(A) Aristotle
(B) Arnold
(C) William Morris
(D) Coleridge
31. Match the following :
32. The scholar who proposed a study of texts in three contexts – National Literature, Comparative Literature and General Literature was
(A) Paul Van Tieghem
(B) V.M. Jhirmunsky
(C) Matthew Arnold
(D) Ferdinand Brunetière
33. Who among the following has not translated Premchand’s work ?
(A) Gordon C. Roadermel
(B) David Rubin
(C) Alok Rai
(D) William Radice
34. Manipravalam a style that combined Sanskrit and South Indian languages was developed by
(A) Jain and Vaisnava Scholars
(B) Buddhist and Vaisnava Scholars
(C) Jain and Saivite Scholars
(D) Jain and Buddhist Scholars
35. Which pair among the following consists of Dalit Women’s autobiographies ?
(A) Joothan and Dohra Abhishap
(B) Dohra Abhishap and Vasti
(C) Dohra Abhishap and Karukku
(D) Karukku and Outcaste
36. The secondary epic is
(A) always oral
(B) written on the basis of a primary epic
(C) always written
(D) follows the primary epic in time
37. Match the following terms with their meanings :
38. Which of the following films are based on books ?
I. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
II. Roman Holiday
III. Gone with the Wind
IV. Roshomon
Codes :
(A) I and III
(B) II and IV
(C) III and IV
(D) II and III
39. In regard to a poem, Kavyatma and Kavya–sariram refer to
(A) the form and content of a poem.
(B) the structure and texture of a poem.
(C) the imagination and materiality of a poem.
(D) the emotive meaning and the literal meaning embedded in a poem.
40. Arrange the following literary events in chronological order from the earliest to the latest.
I. Badal Sircar’s play Evam Indrajit
II. The founding Congress of the Progressive Writers’ Association.
III. Varavara Rao setting up thirugabadu Kavulu.
IV. The publication of Suryakant Tripathi Nirala’s poem collection Parimal.
The correct combination according to the code is
(A) II, IV, I, III
(B) II, III, IV, I
(C) I, II, III, IV
(D) IV, II, I, III
41. Which of these writers has written a trilogy dealing with the impact of colonial intervention on traditional society ?
(A) Nadine Gordimer
(B) Orhan Pamuk
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Chinua Achebe
42. An example of Inter-semiotic translation is
(A) Translating a document from one language to another.
(B) Rewording a phrase in the same language.
(C) A film version of the book.
(D) Carrying a phrase across to another language.
43. The travel narrative that served as a major text of Orientalist reconstruction is
(A) Martha Gellham : Travels With Myself and Another : A Memoir
(B) Seven Lindqvist : Exterminate All the Brutes
(C) The Travels of Marco Polo
(D) Ilija Trojanov : Along the Ganges
Read the following passage carefully and answer questions 44-47 that follow :
The language of poetry is recognisably the one used in everyday affairs, but it is turned, as it were, inside out. The poet makes words and their combinations serve more than their ordinary function. His choice of words and assigning their function are characteristically different, chiefly because of their dexterous combinations and striking relations. Levin describes two types of deviation – internal and external. The internal deviation takes place against the background of the poem itself in which the deviant form occurs, whereas the external deviation is to be located against some norm which lies outside the poem.
44. The author means that the language of poetry
(A) is identical with everyday language.
(B) is meant to function differently from everyday language.
(C) effectively uses the device of deviation.
(D) surprises the reader by exotic words.
45. The author uses the phrase ‘characteristically different’ to refer to the
(A) use of unfamiliar words in a poem
(B) essential nature of the poem
(C) texture of the poem
(D) structure of the poem
46. The author’s use of the phrase ‘dexterous contributions and striking relations’ refers to
(A) the unfamiliar use of rhetorical devices
(B) the use of unfamiliar images
(C) effective poetic language
(D) the unusual arrangement of words
47. The phrase ‘internal deviation’ used in the passage refers to
(A) the departure from normal use of words
(B) neologism
(C) the liberty taken with the metrical pattern
(D) dislocating the language with in the form of the poem
48. The theory of cultural hybridity or the creation of new cultural forms is attributed to
(A) Jack Goody
(B) Edward Said
(C) Homi Bhabha
(D) Benedict Anderson
49. The pressure to become the same as the dominant culture is called
(A) Misogyny
(B) Multiculturalism
(C) Assimilation
(D) Racialised deviance
50. The Komagata Maru Incident is a play by
(A) Sharon Pollock
(B) Mary-Colin Chisholm
(C) Indira Parthasarathy
(D) Anosh Irani
51. Which political theorist prescribed that a successful ruler should try to emulate the lion and the fox ?
(A) Rousseau
(B) Marx
(C) Machiavelli
(D) Laski
52. The Tamil Dalit writer Imayam uses ______ theme in his novel, Arumugam.
(A) Electra
(B) Oedipus
(C) Faust
(D) Hitler
53. Which of the following are works on thematological methods ?
I. Vladimir Propp : Morphology of Folklore.
II. Ernst Curtius : European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages.
III. Harold Bloom : The Anxiety of Influence.
IV. Edward W. Said : The World, The Text and the Critic
The right combination according to the code is :
(A) I and IV are correct
(B) II and IV are correct
(C) II and III are correct
(D) I and II are correct
54. Which country has passed an Act in Parliament on Multiculturalism ?
(A) Canada
(B) India
(C) United States of America
(D) Australia
55. Who is the author of The Mechanical Bride and Understanding Media ?
(A) Neitzsche
(B) Edward Albee
(C) Marshall McLuhan
(D) Jacob Brackman
56. Name the author of the book Structuralism and Semiotics.
(A) Terence Hawkes
(B) Jonathan Culler
(C) Michael Riffaterre
(D) Wolfgang Iser
57. The Raagmala paintings depict
(A) Different Rasas
(B) Different landscapes of India
(C) Various moods of musical compositions
(D) Mudras used by classical dancers
58. Which of the following writers/critics is not associated with the rewriting / reassessment of Shakespeare ?
(A) Ania Loomba
(B) Aimi Cesaire
(C) Wole Soyinka
(D) Peter Hulme
59. This play, published in 1860, exposed the villainy of British planters and was translated into English, after which it ran into difficulties with government censors. Identify the title
(A) Gulamgiri
(B) Nildarpan
(C) Samya
(D) Birbahu
60. Rasa alamkara is a
(A) Rajasthani love story in prose and verse by Uttamchand Bhandari.
(B) Gujarati poem on mythological theme by Giridhara.
(C) Rajasthani poem on rasa and figures of speech by Bankidas Asiya.
(D) Fortnightly magazine in Bengali on rasa and figures of speech published from Serampore.
61. There is a riti school of poetry in
I. Hindi
II. Marathi
III. Odia
IV. Malayalam
The right combination according to the code is
Codes :
(A) I and III
(B) I and II
(C) II and III
(D) II and IV
62. The history of the spread of Bhakti movement is narrated in a verse in the
(A) Vedas
(B) Upanishads
(C) Padmapurana
(D) Mangal Kavyas
63. The 11th Century Tamil adaptation of the Ramayana is in the _______ metre.
(A) Dvipada
(B) Viruttam
(C) Satpadi
(D) Chaupai
64. Who among the following coined the term ‘The anxiety of Indianness’ in relation to the writing of Indian novels in English ?
(A) Sujit Mukherjee
(B) U.R. Ananthamurthy
(C) Raja Rao
(D) Meenakshi Mukherjee
65. The first history of Indian Literature was written in
(A) English
(B) French
(C) German
(D) Sanskrit
66. The First All-India Writers’ Conference was organized by the Indian PEN at Jaipur in October 1945. The Presidential address was delivered by
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) S. Radhakrishnan
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
67. In the study of subcultures, bricolage is
(A) a collection of materials.
(B) a selection of materials.
(C) construction made of whatever materials are at hand.
(D) construction made of materials from other cultures.
68. Assertion (A) : Works of art should not be thought of an individual creations but emanations of a cultural system.
Reason (R) : Individual artists are located in specific cultural systems which tend to impact their artistic productions.
In the context of these two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
69. English Geethagalu is a translation of which book into Kannada ?
(A) The Golden Treasury
(B) Lyrical Ballads
(C) Biographia Literaria
(D) Faber Book of Modern Verse
70. Liminality is a concept proposed by ______ and means ______.
(A) Victor Turner, in-between-ness.
(B) Victor Shklovsky, Linearity.
(C) Richard Schechner, in-between-ness.
(D) Richard Schechner, Linearity.
71. Ratnavali is an example of
(A) Prahasana
(B) Natika
(C) Bhana
(D) Ihamrga
72. Match the following works with the language in which they were written :
73. Kalidasa’s famous Abhijnanasakuntalam uses
I. Sanskrit
II. Magadhi
III. Maithili
IV. Kubri
The right combination according to the code is
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) I and III are correct.
(C) I and IV are correct.
(D) II and III are correct.
74. Albrecht Weber’s History of Indian Literature gives an account of
(A) Sanskrit and Hindi literatures
(B) Sanskrit and Tamil literatures
(C) Sanskrit literature alone
(D) Sanskrit and modern Indian literatures
75. “Portrait of an artist as a Young Dog” was written by
(A) James Joyce
(B) T.S. Eliot
(C) Dylan Thomas
(D) Charles Dickens
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