NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2024 ENGLISH

# Robert Southey (1774-1843)
# Charles Lamb (1775 – 1834)
These two writers do not exclusively belong to the eighteenth century, and rest of all belong to the eighteenth century Robert Southey and Charles Lamb belong to the Romantic period.
Eighteenth century refers to literature (Poetry, drama, satire, essays and novels) produced in Europe during this period. Subgenres of the novel during the 18th century were the epistolary novel, the sentimental novel, histories, the gothic novel and the libertine novel.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

The true statements about Aime Cesaire are :
#Aime Cesaire is best known for the term 'negritude'
# Aime Cesaire was influenced by Harlem Renaissance.
# Aime Cesaire argued that colonialism was never a benevolent enterprise. Aime Cesaire was one of the founders of the Negritude movement in Francophone literature.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

The correct match will be :
# Metonymy-I enjoy reading Shakespeare (Shakespeare's works).
# Paradox-Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind
# Personification-Busy old fool, unruly Sun
# Metaphor-The river snakes its way through the mountains
Metonymy-It refers to a figure of speech in which the word for one thing is used to refer to 8th related to that thing.
Paradox-A paradox is a figure of speech in which statement appears to contradict itself.
Personification-It is figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object.
Metaphor-A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things that are not related, usually by stating that one thing is another.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

The correct chronological order of the following poets :
#John Donne (1572-1631)
# Edward Herbert (1582-1648)
#George Herbet (1591-1633)
# Thomas Carew (1595-1640)
# James Shirley (1596-1666)
Hence, option (b) is correct.

Application of education beyond university and the idea of bringing together diverse disciplines, these are the two statements which help in understanding the concept of "interdisciplinarity". It involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, economics etc.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

David Pepper and Alan Sinfield, these two writers are not part of the Black Aesthetic movement. The black aesthetic movement was an African American art movement in the 1960s-70, that promoted black pride and black separation through literature, visual art, drama and poetry celebrating African heritage and critiquing western aesthetics.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

"That is no country for old man", the given lines were composed by William Butler Yeats, in his poem Sailing to Byzantium, first published in his collection October Blast, 1927 and then in the 1928 collection The Tower. It comprises four stanzas in Ottava Rima, each made up of eight lines of Iambic Pentameter. It uses a journey to Byzantium (Constantinople) as a metaphor for spiritual journey.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

The correct chronological order of Joseph Conrad's works and their publication. An Outcast of the Islands (1896)
The Nigger of the Narcissus (1897)
Heart of Darkness (1899)
Typhoon (1902) Under
Western Eyes (1911)
Hence, option (c) is correct.

The correct match will be :
# Christopher Marlowe-The Jew of Malta (1633)
# William Shakespeare-The Winter's Tale (1609– 1611)
#Thomas Kyd-Spanish Tragedy (1587)
#Ben Jonson-Every Man in his Humour (1598)
Hence, option (b) is correct.

The correct sequence for writing a research paper.
# Finding a Topic.
# Gathering Data.
# Finding and Reading the Best Sources
# Organizing Ideas and Setting Goals.
# Writing the Paper.
Hence, option (d) is correct.