UGCNET/JRF/SET

UPKAR PRAKASHAN, AGRA–2

BySurya Pal Yadav

Lect. in EnglishGovt. College, NAHAR (Rewari)

(For Paper-II)

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PREFACE

Literature may be defined as the serious and systematic expression of the sincere

ideas about various spheres of life, renewed or invented in the mind of the author; and

to squeeze it into an objective form is not only a difficult task but also a challenging one.

However, here, it needs to be clarified that this book is not a research paper or an

expression of ideas about literature, rather, it is strictly meant for those who undertake

to appear in various competitive examinations in which objective questions on literature

are put to them to test their literary intelligence, efficiency and knowledge. It may be

regarded as a reproduction of the widespread ideas about various forms and periods of

literature in an objective form.

The book containing 10 units is strictly in accordance with the syllabus prescribed

for the National Educational Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants

Commission (UGC).Though the questions are objective, they are informative and

interesting. The number and nature of questions in every unit is fixed according to the

requirements of the NET. Quotations from various books and authors are meant to

determine a higher analysis of the idea in question.

I wish and hope that this book proves an honest, laborious and dedicated attempt to

satisfy the demands of those who have the necessary strong will, zeal and aptitude to

face the challenge of getting through an examination which has objective literature as

one of its parts.

Wishing all success in life.

(SURYA PAL YADAV)

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Acknowledgements

As it was a very challenging task to author a book on English Literature in objective

form, this enterprise was full of ups and downs. In such a situation, some persons came

to guide me, some to support me while some to serve me.

So first of all, I would like to express my sincere love for my parents who sacrificed

their every happiness to see me prospering.

I am also thankful to my guide, Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, for his constant and

constructive guidance.

My thanks are also for Mrs. Raj Dembla, who helped me in preparing the 10th

chapter of the book.

Mr. Rajesh Yadav also deserves my thanks for his friendly and timely support to me.

I would also like to bless Mr. Gaja Nand Sharma who served me as my sincere

student.

Last but not least, I am sincerely grateful to Sh. Mahendra Jain, (The editor,

Pratiyogita Darpan) for extending his valuable co-operation in publishing this book.

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CONTENTS

● Previous Year’s Solved Paper

● An Introduction……..………………………………………………………………… 3–12— Objective Questions …………………………………………………………… 8

Unit–1 : Chaucer to Shakespeare 13–49— Chaucer to Shakespeare………………………………………………………... 13— Some Important year to be remembered ……………………………………… 16— Some Important figures from Chaucer to Shakespeare………………………… 18— Part-I …………………………...……………………………………………… 19— Part-II ………………………….………………………………………………. 24— Part-III ………………………………………………………………………… 30— Part-IV ………………………………………………………………………… 35— Part-V ………………………….……………………………………………… 41— Part-VI ………………………………………………………………………… 47

Unit–2 : Jacobean to Restoration Periods 50–76— Literary Tendencies……………………………………………………………. 50— The Restoration Period (1660–1700)………………………………………….. 51— Literary Tendencies of the Restoration Age…………………………………… 51— Some Important year to be remembered ……………….……………………… 52— Some Important figures from Jacobean to restoration periods …….…………. 53— Part-I ………………………….……………………………………………….. 54— Part-II ………………………………………………………………………….. 60— Part-III ………………………………………………………………………… 65— Part-IV ………………………………………………………………………… 71

Unit–3 : Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature 77–102— Literary Tendencies……………………………………………………………. 77— Reflection of the 18th Century Society in Literature………………………….. 77— Some Important figures to be remembered ……………….…………………… 79— Some Important events to be remembered …….………….…………………… 79— Part-I ………………………….……………………………………………….. 80— Part-II ………………………………………………………………………….. 86— Part-III ………………………………………………………………………… 92— Part-IV ………………………………………………………………………… 97

Unit–4 : Romantic Period 103–124— Characteristics of the Romantic Poetry………………………………………… 103— Some Important figures to be remembered ……………….…………………… 104— Some Important events to be remembered …….………….…………………… 104— Part-I ………………………….……………………………………………….. 105— Part-II ………………………………………………………………………….. 111— Part-III ………………………………………………………………………… 117— Part-IV …………………..…………………………………………………….. 122

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Unit–5 : The Victorian Period 125–144— Some Important figures to be remembered ……………….…………………… 127— Some Important events to be remembered …….………….…………………… 127— Part-I ………………………...………………………………………………… 128— Part-II ………………………..………………………………………………… 134— Part-III ……………………….………………………………………………… 139

Unit–6 : Modern Period 145–171— The Historical Background (1890–1918)……………………………………… 145— The Chief Authors of the Period……………………………………………….. 146— Some Important figures to be remembered ……………….…………………… 146— Some Important events to be remembered …….………….…………………… 147— Part-I ………………………...………………………………………………… 148— Part-II ………………………..………………………………………………… 154— Part-III ……………………….………………………………………………… 160— Part-IV ……………………….………………………………………………… 166

Unit–7 : Contemporary Literature 172–198— Contemporary Period…………………………………………………………… 172— Part-I ………………………...………………………………………………… 173— Part-II ………………………..………………………………………………… 180— Part-III ……………………….………………………………………………… 186— Part-IV ……………………..………………………………………………….. 193

Unit–8 : American and Other Non-British Literature 199–228— Introduction……..……………………………………………………………… 199— The New Poetry……..…………………………………………………………. 200— Non-British Literature……..…………………………………………………… 200— Part-I : American Literature……..…………………………………………….. 201— Part-II : Indian Writing in English……..………………………………………. 208— Part-III : Indian Writing in English……..……………………………………... 215— Part-IV : Commonwealth Literature ……….………………………………….. 222

Unit–9 : Literary Theory and Criticism 229–249— Part-I ………………………...………………………………………………… 231— Part-II ………………………..………………………………………………… 237— Part-III ……………………….………………………………………………… 243

Unit–10 : Rhetoric and Prosody 250–270— Figures of Rhetoric……..……………………………………………………… 250— Prasody………………………………………………………………………… 250— Part-I ………………………...………………………………………………… 252— Part-II ………………………..………………………………………………… 260— Part-III ……………………….………………………………………………… 267

● Model Paper……..…………………………………………………………………….… 271–274● Some Important Quotations……..…………………………………………………… 275–277● The Works which Enriched the English Literature……..……………………….. 277–279

Appendix-1 : Periods of English Literature……..……………………………………...… 280–280Appendix-2 : The Sovereigns since the Norman conquest……..………………………… 280–280Appendix-3 : Poets Laureate……..…………………………………………………….… 281–281Appendix-4 : Booker-Mcconnell Prize for fiction……..………………………………… 281–281Appendix-5 : Nobel Prize for Literature……..………………………………………...… 282–283

Syllabus

1. Chaucer to Shakespeare

2. Jacobean to Restoration Periods

3. Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature

4. Romantic Period

5. Victorian Period

6. Modern Period

7. Contemporary Period

8. American and Other Non-British Literatures

9. Literary Theory and Criticism

10. Rhetoric and Prosody

UGC-NET/JRF-Exam., June 2014 Solved PaperEnglish(Paper II)

Note—This paper contains fifty (50) objectivetype questions of two (2) marks each. Allquestions are compulsory.

1. “The just man justices. What kind of fore-grounding do you find in the above lines ?(A) Syntactic (B) Semantic(C) Collocation (D) None of the above

2. Match the items in List-I with items in List-IIaccording to the code given—List-I(a) Lambic (b) Anapaestic(c) Dactylic (d) TrochaicList-II1. An unstressed syllable followed by a

stressed syllable.2. A stressed is followed by two unstressed

syllables.3. An unstressed syllable is followed by a

stressed syllable.4. A stressed syllable is followed by an

unstressed syllable.Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)(A) 2 1 3 4(B) 3 2 1 4(C) 4 1 2 3(D) 3 1 2 4

3. The separation of styles in accordance withclass appears more consistently in .......... thanin medieval works of literature and art.(A) Ben Jonson (B) Shakespeare(C) Philip Sidney (D) Edmund Spenser

4. “Had we but world enough, and time, Thiscoyness, lady, were no crime.” This statementis an example of—(A) Irony (B) Paradox(C) Hyperbole (D) Euphemism

5. A Spenserian stanza has—(A) four iambic pentameters(B) six iambic pentameters(C) eight iambic pentameters(D) ten iambic pentameters

6. Match the items in List-I with items in List-IIaccording to the code given below—List-I (Critic)(a) Cleanth Brooks (b) William Empson(c) Mark Schorer (d) Maud BodkinList-II (Theory)1. Ambiguity2. Paradox3. Archetypal patterns in poetry4. Techniques as discoveryCodes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 1 4 3

(B) 3 2 1 4

(C) 1 2 3 4

(D) 2 3 4 1

7. “The artist may be present in his work likeGod in creation, invisible and almighty,everywhere felt but nowhere seen.” HenryJames is talking here about the artist’s—

(A) impersonality (B) absence

(C) presence (D) creativity

8. Match the items in List-I with items in List-IIaccording to the code given below—

List-I (Theorist)(a) Michel Foucault

(b) Judith Butler

(c) Alan Sinfield

(d) Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

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