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

Among the given works of Browning, Strafford and A Blot in the Scutcheon are pure dramas. Strafford, portrays the downfall and execution of Lord Strafford, while A Blot in the Scutcheon is a tragedy in blank verse written by Browning. Thus, option (a) will be correct answer.

Among the given poets, Judith Wright, Yusef Komunyakaa and Kath Walker are from Australia, while Thomas Kinsella was an Irish poet, editor and publisher. T.S. Eliot was an American poet, essayist, playwright and literary critic. Kath Walker's another name was Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

In An Essay on Criticism, Pope analyses the causes of faculty criticism and praises the great critics of the past. He criticized the causes of faulty criticism and characteristics of good critic. He seeks to introduce and demonstrate the ideals of poetry and teaches critics how to avoid doing harm to poetry.
Thus, option (a) will be correct answer.

Among the given plays, Family Voices, The Room and No Man's Land are written by Harold Pinter, while A Moon for the Misbegotten was the last play of Eugene O'Neill. Krapp's Last Tape (1958) is a one-act play in English by Samuel Beckett. The Room by Pinter is considered by critics, the earliest example of 'Comedy of Menace'.
Thus, option (c) will be correct answer.

Among the given options, Fire and the Rain and A Touch of Brightness are not written by Mahesh Dattani, while rest of the works are written by Mahesh Dattani. The Fire and the Rain is Karnad's transcreation in English published in 1998, while A Touch of Brightness by Partap Sharma centres around Rukmini, a girl sold to a brothel in Mumbai.
Thus, option (b) will be correct answer.

Among the given options, the play The Birthday Party (1959) by Harold Pinter, Endgame by Samuel Beckett and Rhinoceros (1959) by Eugene Lonesco come under the category of the Theatre of the Absurd. This genre was a Post-World War II designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s. Thus, option (c) will be correct answer.

Among the given options Volpone is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson, while The Dutch Lover is a play by Aphra Behn. The School for Scandal, comes under the category of Comedy of Manners. Rest of the options are mismatched.
Thus, option (d) will be correct answer.

Sardanapalus is a historical play by Lord Byron. The fall of the Assyrian monarchy is the subject matter of this play, while Cain is also a dramatic work by Byron, published in 1821. The Two Foscari: An Historical Tragedy is a verse play in five acts by Byron. Hellas is a verse drama by P.B. Shelley written in 1821, while The Cenci is also a verse drama in five acts by P.B. Shelley.
Thus, option (d) will be correct answer.

The Pilgrim's Progress, Grace Abounding and The Holy War are authored by John Bunyan, while Short View and Thoughts on Education are not written by John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress tells the story of a Christian and his journey from the city of destruction to the celestial city. Grace Abounding is a Puritan Spiritual autobiography.
Thus, option (d) will be correct answer.

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an autobiographical account by Thomas De Quincey. It is about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life, while Autobiography and Suspiria De Profoundis are written by De Quincey. Suspiria is a collection of essays in the form of prose poems. Hudibras is a vigorous satirical poem, written in a mock-heroic style by Samuel Butler.
Thus, option (c) will be correct answer.