Who remarked, “Spenser write no language.” ?
A. Pope
B. Arnold
C. Dr. Jhonson
D. Ben Jonson
English Literature Mcqs
Coleridge considered imagination as______________?
Coleridge considered imagination as______________?
A. Critical faculty
B. Modifying power
C. A psychological experience
D. A product of intellect
Biographia Literaria was written by_________________?
Biographia Literaria was written by_________________?
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. Keats
D. Charles Lamb
Who made a distinction between Fancy and Imagination ?
Who made a distinction between Fancy and Imagination ?
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. Southey
D. Hazlitt
Sublimity has_______________?
Sublimity has_______________?
A. 2 sources
B. 3 sources
C. 4 sources
D. 5 sources
On the Sublime was written in_____________?
On the Sublime was written in_____________?
A. 1st Century BC
B. 1st Century AD
C. 2nd Century AD
D. 3rd Century AD
What is the meaning of the term Hamartia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy ?
What is the meaning of the term Hamartia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy ?
A. Tragic end of the tragedy
B. Working of fate against the hero
C. A weak trait in the character of the hero
D. A strong quality in the character of the hero
Whom did Aristotle consider the most tragic of the Greek dramatists ?
Whom did Aristotle consider the most tragic of the Greek dramatists ?
A. Agathon
B. Aeschylus
C. Sophocles
D. Euripides
Who used the words “romanticism” and “romantic” first ?
Who used the words “romanticism” and “romantic” first ?
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. Carlyle
D. Schlegel
Formalist critics believe that the value of a work cannot be determined by the author’s intention. What term do they use when speaking of this belief ?
Formalist critics believe that the value of a work cannot be determined by the author’s intention. What term do they use when speaking of this belief ?
A. The pathetic fallacy
B. The intentional fallacy
C. The affective fallacy
D. The objective correlative