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270+ Literary Criticism Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in English (MA English) , English (CBCS) .

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251.

Who pointed out the major drawbacks in Bhattalolatta’s theory in relation to vibhava and rasa?

A. mammata
B. shankuka
C. kalidasa
D. bharata
Answer» A. mammata
252.

Identify the theory by Bhattanayaka that projects the experiential aspect related to emotions, which is also known as the enjoyment theory?

A. rasa
B. bhuthivada
C. anumitivada
D. pracya nyaya
Answer» B. bhuthivada
253.

Which term in Indian aesthetics refers to the process of Generalisation?

A. bhavakatva
B. tamas
C. sattva
D. sadharanikarana
Answer» D. sadharanikarana
254.

Which aspect helps the sahrdaya or the aesthetically sensible person to see the characters presented in a literary work in a generalised manner?

A. denotation
B. imagination
C. inference
D. connotation
Answer» B. imagination
255.

Who among the following validates how the poetic language triggers the aesthetic process through its suggestiveness?

A. mammata
B. bhattanayaka
C. anandavardhana
D. abhinavagupta
Answer» D. abhinavagupta
256.

Which term is used by Abhinavagupta to denote “relating”, “narrating” or “describing” emotive conditions.

A. bhavanukirtanam
B. anumana
C. bhavaktwa
D. bhojakatwa
Answer» A. bhavanukirtanam
257.

Which word is used to denote not only the special aesthetic pleasure and the outward manifestation of artistic experience but also the mental faculty which makes aesthetic experience possible.

A. rasavaga
B. alaukika
C. chamatkara
D. charvana
Answer» C. chamatkara
258.

Which term used by Bharata means a spectator?

A. rupaka
B. prekshaka
C. sahrudaya
D. bhavana
Answer» B. prekshaka
259.

Which term refers to any hindrance to aesthetic relish, the impediment that could be effected by poetry, the actor, or the reader.

A. rasa
B. bhayanaka
C. rasavighna
D. hasya
Answer» C. rasavighna
260.

What is the literal meaning of the word dhwani?

A. sound
B. explosion
C. phonetics
D. phonology
Answer» A. sound
261.

What is the source of dhwani theory?

A. sphota theory
B. theory of rasa
C. rasadhwani
D. lochana
Answer» A. sphota theory
262.

Which Indian grammarian discussed the concept of dhwani in a systematic manner?

A. mammata
B. shankuka
C. patanjali
D. none of these
Answer» C. patanjali
263.

Who opposed the theory of dhwani on the ground there was no meaning in inventing a new power for words since dhwani was subordinate to anumana?

A. bhattanayaka
B. mahimabhatta
C. jagannatha
D. abhinavagupta
Answer» B. mahimabhatta
264.

What is the term used to refer to pictorial poetry?

A. chitrakavya
B. chitra
C. shloka
D. kavya
Answer» A. chitrakavya
265.

Which word refers to the primary power of signification existing in words that is capable of providing the literal or lexical meaning?

A. lochana
B. anugraha
C. abida
D. pada
Answer» C. abida
266.

Which term by Kuntaka is used to include dhwani as a mode of varkroti ?

A. upacharavakrata
B. vakrata
C. nirupana
D. lakshana
Answer» A. upacharavakrata
267.

Which is the variety of dhwani accepted by Kuntaka that includes the employment of words of double meaning

A. artha
B. shabda
C. shabdashaktimoola
D. rupa
Answer» C. shabdashaktimoola
268.

In the opinion of Aristotle, whose plays are the primary models of artistic unity, dramatic construction?

A. homer
B. virgil
C. sophocles
D. dante
Answer» A. homer
269.

What is considered superior to the epic since it contains all the elements that give pleasure along with music and spectacle?

A. comedy
B. tragedy
C. tragicomedy
D. none of these
Answer» B. tragedy
270.

To whom does Longinus write “On the Sublime”, which is in the form of letters?

A. aristotle
B. cecilius
C. postumius terentianus
D. plato
Answer» C. postumius terentianus
271.

Who is the author of The Art of Rhetoric (1553) that could be regarded the first modern treatise on English composition?

A. thomas wilson
B. thomas hardy
C. f.r.leavis
D. t.s.eliot
Answer» A. thomas wilson
272.

According to Sir Philip Sidney, which kind of poetry evokes pity because it deals with the weakness of mankind and the desolation of the world.

A. lyric
B. elegiac poetry
C. tragedy
D. dramatic monologue
Answer» B. elegiac poetry
273.

Who considers Hard Times “a moral fable” with a definite intention that exhibits satiric irony in the first two chapters of his book The Great Tradition?

A. thomas hardy
B. t.s.eliot
C. f.r.leavis
D. charles dickens
Answer» C. f.r.leavis
274.

Which play of Shakespeare does Northrop Frye use to explicate the inductive method of analysis?

A. othello
B. king lear
C. hamlet
D. macbeth
Answer» C. hamlet

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