1. "Comparative Literature is a branch of literary history." Identify the author of the above statement.

Marius-François Guyard

H.H. Remak

Jean M. Carré

S.S. Prawer

2. According to Weisstein, the patriarch of French Comparatism in the 20th Century is

Charles Baudelaire

Fernand Baldensperger

Van Tieghem

René Etiemble

3. In his discussion of World Literature, Goethe condemns sansculottisme which means

mutual exchange

cultural similarity

uncritical acceptance

universal conformity

4. The methodology of analogical study was initiated by

The French School of Comparatists

The Russian School of Comparatists

The American School of Comparatists

The German School of Comparatists

5. The Comparatist who claims that General Literature fails to prescribe a comparative method of approach is

Horst Frenz

Harry Levin

Ulrich Weisstein

H.H. Remak

6. The aspect which distinguishes an era from an epoch is

the beginning

the periodicity

the duration

the ending

7. "Periods and Movements" is the title of an essay by

René Wellek

Austin Warren

Ulrich Weisstein

R.M. Meyer

8. For the European scholars literary history begins with

The Aeneid

Ars Poetica

The Iliad and the Odyssey

Oedipus Rex

9. According to the literary historian Trawick, the year that marks the beginning of the Italian Renaissance
is

1400

1321

1453

1374

10. The exhibition de Réalisme which initiated the new movements in arts was by

Monet

Renoir

Dégas

Courbet

11. Tragedy is superior to epic according to

Plato

Aristotle

Cicero

Longinus

12. Which of the following wrote a tragicomedy

Marlowe

Shakespeare

Webster

Kyd



13. Pastoral Elegy had its beginning in

Theocritus

Milton

Gray

Virgil



14. Identify the primary epic out of the following

(A)The Aeneid

Paradise Lost

The Iliad

Jerusalem Delivered



15. The oldest and most respected way of classifying genres is to be found in

(A)Aristotle's Poetics

(B)Horace's Ars Poetica

(C)Longinus' On the Sublime

(D)Plato's Republic



16. The theme which Raymond Trusson analysed in his two-volume monograph is

(A)The Oedipus theme

(B)The Prometheus theme

(C)The Faust theme

(D)The Orestes theme



17. The greatest contribution to the study of thematology has been made by

(A)The Russian scholars

(B)The French scholars

(C)The American scholars

(D)The German scholars



18. Faust, Cain and Satan are identified as symboles condenses who are

(A)Rebels

Heroes

(C)Villains

Questers



19. The study of the Faust theme from the 16th century to the present is an instance of

(A)The Synchronic study

(B)The Diachronic study

(C)The Monochronic study

(D)The Anachronic study



20. The author of The Myth of Sisyphus is

(A)Jean Paul Sartre

(B)Samuel Beckett

(C)Albert Camus

(D)Franz Kafka



21. In Tamil Sangam poetry, in addition to the hero and the heroine, the 'go-between' or friend is another important character in the sub­category of

poetry

poetry

poetry

poetry



22. Identify the modern Indian playwright who has used Indian myths in his plays, from among the following

(A)Badal Sircar

(B)Vijay Tendulkar

(C)Girish Karnad

(D)Mohan Rakesh



23. Gaban is the title of a novel written by

(A)Agyeya

(B)Premchand

(C)Yashpal

(D)Janendra Kumar






24. "Pather" is the folk art form in drama written in

(A)Kashmiri

Sanskrit

(C)Urdu

Gujarathi



25. The Aaghwars and Nayanmars initiated in Tamil Literature

(A)Feminist Movement

(B)Reformist Movement

(C)Bhakthi Movement

(D)Romantic Movement



26. In Sanskrit aesthetics the term refers to the

(A)metaphorical sense

(B)primary sense

(C)evocational sense

(D)literary sense



27. The exponent of spho.tavada in Sanskrit poetics is

(A)Kuntaka

(B)Mammata .

(C)Bhartrhari.

(D)Bharata




28. The author of the Tamil grammatical text Nannool is

(A)Agathiar

(B)Perunchithanar

(C)Nakkiranar

(D)Tolkappiar



29. Identify the author of Anxiety of Influence

(A)Harold Bloom

(B)Gayatri Spivak

(C)I.A. Richards

(D)Elaine Showalter



30. 'Aphoria' is a concept propounded by

(A)Lacan

Paul de Man

(C)Derrida

Foucault



31. Identify the author of the following statement "One of the most complex problems in the study of literary influence is that of direct and indirect influence".

(A)Germaine Brée

Hassan

(C)J.T. Shaw

(D)A.O. Aldridge



32. A work in which formal traits of different works are loosely but not ludicrously mixed is called

(A)pastiche

parody

(C)caricature

burlesque



33. From the following works name that which combines allegory and satire

(A)The Rape of the Lock

(B)Absalom and Achitophel

(C)The Battle of Books

(D)The Fairie Queene



34. Of the following who is an 'intermediary' between the 'emitter' and the 'receiver'

(A)The Translator

(B)The Comparatist

(C)The Biographer

(D)The literary historian



35. The study of literary reception, according to Weisstein, points in the direction of

(A)literary history

(B)literary criticism

(C)literary sociology

(D)anthropology



36. King James' Authorized version of the Bible was published in

(A)1526

1539

(C)1611

1656






37. Which scholar claims that translation is a Roman invention

(A)Eric Jacobsen

(B)Cicero

(C)Horace

(D)Pope Damasus



38. The statement that "Translation usurps authority, but translation also bestows authority" has been ascribed to

(A)Octavio Paz

(B)ene Nida

(C)André Lifevere

(D)J.C. Catford



39. The popularity of the Russian works in the 20th century is due to the phenomenon called

(A)Literal Translation

(B)Double Translation

(C)Free Translation

(D)Cultural Translation



40. 'Agraharam' is said to be an example of

(A)Phonemic untranslatability

(B)Cultural untranslatability

(C)Metrical untranslatability

(D)Linguistic untranslatability



41. The Kannada novel 'Samskara' has been rendered into English by

(A)U.R. Ananthamurthy

(B)A.K. Ramanujan

(C)Girish Karnad

(D)Raja Rao



42. D.G. Rossetti's "The Blessed Damozel" is a well-known instance of the symbiotic relationship between

(A)Poetry and Dance

(B)Poetry and Painting

(C)Poetry and Sculpture

(D)Poetry and Architecture



43. Of which other art form T.S. Eliot's "The Four Quartets" reminds you

(A)Sculpture

(B)Painting

(C)Music

(D)Dance



44. Fair the famous Hollywood musical, is the movie version of the

(A)Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

(B)Yeats's Countess Cathleen

Pygmalion

(D)Ibsen's A Doll's House



45. Two art forms-dance and drama have been combined in

Candida

The Hairy Ape

(C)Brecht's Mother Courage

(D)Tagore's Shyama



46. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow, based on your understanding of the passage
What becomes apparent when we look at the origins of comparative literature is that the term predated the subject. People used the phrase 'comparative literature' without having clear ideas about what it was. With the advantages of retrospection, we can see that 'comparative' was set against 'national', and that whilst the study of 'national' literatures risked accusations of partisanship, the study of 'comparative' literature carried with it a sense of transcendence of the narrowly nationalistic. In other words, the term was used loosely but was associated with the desire for peace in Europe and for harmony between nations. Central to this idealism was also the belief that comparison could be undertaken on a mutual basis. So Chasles in 1835 and Abel François Villemain in 1829 hailed the value of studying patterns of influence, listing the names of great writers from a variety of different countries. Comparative literary study, according to Chasles, was to be before anything else, a 'pleasure involving a look at great figures from the sixteenth century onwards. Communication, commingling, sharing were key words in this view of comparative literature, which depoliticized writing and aspired towards universal concord. Comparative literature seems to have emerged as an antidote to nationalism, even though its roots went deep into national cultures.

What problem did the comparatist initially face in his subject

(A)There were too many definitions of the phrase.

(B)There was no clear definition of the term.

(C)The subject involved too many national literatures.

(D)The subject was too broad and vague.



2) What, according to the comparatist, was the disadvantage of studying national literatures

(A)Such a study indicated a narrow-minded approach to the study of literature.

(B)Such a study was basically influenced by the political climate in Europe.

(C)Such a study was undertaken on a mutual basis.

(D)Such a study transcended the narrow notions of literature.



3) Villemain and Chasles emphasized

(A)Reception

(B)Diachronic study

(C)Influence

(D)Synchronic study



4) Chasles as an exponent of comparative literature

(A)Opposed national cultures.

(B)Denounced political writing.

(C)Believed in international harmony.

(D)Aimed at studying the literature of the 16th century.



5) What is the paradox found in Comparative Studies

(A)'Comparative' was set against 'national'.

(B)Comparative literature encouraged universal culture, yet was rooted in national cultures.

(C)Comparative literary study should be theoretical, yet be first a 'pleasure trip'.

(D)Comparative literature freed literature from politics.