UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam. December 2021/June 2022 ENGLISH (Shift-I)

'A Literature of Their Own' is written by an American literary critic and feminist. The term Gynocriticism was introduced by her. Her 'A Literature of Their Own' talks about the female literary tradition which she analyses as an evolution through three phases which are:
(i) Imitation of the modes of the dominant tradition and internalization of the artistic and social values.
(ii) Protest against these standards and values and a call for autonomy.
(iii) Self-discovery, turning inward free from some of the dependency of opposition.
Hence, Elaine Showalter is correct answer.

In the given options, 'The Souls of Black Folk' is written by W.E.B. Du Bois. It is about the legacy of racism the black people were facing in the form of physical abuse, paternalism and economic disenfranchisement.
'The Subject of Tragedy' moves around the differential identities of man and woman. In this book, Catherine Belsey has depicted the specific period in which man was the subject to which woman was related, while the 'Greek Homosexuality' is based on homosexuality in ancient Greece, written by the classical scholar Kenneth Dover. 'Gender and Nation' is written by Nira Yuval-Davis. Thus, option (d) will be correct answer.

Subramani's 'Fantasy Eaters' (1988) is a collection of short stories (nine short stories), the works focus on the ways in which transplanted Indian traditions both nurture and suffocate the Island immigrants and their descendants. Hence, option (b) is correct answer.

'The House of Fame' is an autobiographical dream allegory in three books, written by Geoffrey Chaucer. This work comes under Italian Period of Geoffrey Chaucer. In Book (I), the poet dreams about a temple of Venus where he finds inscriptions of Aeneid. In book 2, the poet carried away by the eagle to the 'House of Fame,' while book 3 talks about the poet's difficulty in climbing on a high rock on which the house is situated.
Thus, option (b) will be correct answer.

The three phases of literary feminism according to Elaine Showalter are: "feminine" (women writers imitate men), the "feminist" (women advocated minority rights), and the "female" (the focus is now on women's texts as opposed to merely uncovering misogyny in men's texts). Thus, option (b) is correct answer.

'The Revenger's Tragedy' was written by Cyril Tourneur. Its central character, Vindice, is intent upon avenging his mistress poisoned by the lecherous old Duke. Tourneur was an English soldier, diplomat and dramatist, while John Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies. 'The White Devil,' 'The Duchess of Malfi'. Thomas Heywood is best.known for his masterpiece 'A Woman Killed With Kindness'. John Fletcher was a Jacobean-playwright who collaborated on writing plays with Francis Beaumont and with Shakespeare on three plays, Thus, option (a) will be correct answer.

'The Ancient and Modern Quarrel' in western literary criticism appears during sixteenth and early 17th century and later, it reappeared in 20th century. It was an essential feature of the European Renaissance. One of the key episodes in the quarrel's development was the so-called quarrel of the inscriptions. Thus, (c) and (d) will be correct answer.

In the terminology of deconstruction, it is favoured as a term for an insoluble contradiction between two possible meanings of a given text or passage. "Aporia" is a rhetorical figure in which the speaker appears perplexed by indecision over some question or choice.
Hamlet's soliloquy "to be or not to be.....' is the bestknown extended example. Note- NTA did not consider any of the answer given in the option.

'Canadian Multiculturalism Act' was passed in the year 1988. It affirms the policy of the Government of Canada to ensure that every Canadian must receive equal treatment by the government which respects and celebrates diversity. It recognizes Canada's multicultural heritage and this heritage must be protected. Besides it, it preserves equality rights, minorities rights and aboriginal rights. Thus, option (d) is correct answer.

Roland Barthes has used the term "the readerly" and "the writerly" to distinguish between texts that are straight forward and demand no special effort to understand and those whose meaning is not immediately evident and demand some effort on the part of the reader, but here, reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. Thus, option (b) will be correct answer.