NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2024 ENGLISH

The correct match will be:
# Sons and Lovers(1913) ⇒ Psychoanalysis
# Waiting for Godot (1954) ⇒ Postmodernism
# A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-96) ⇒ New Historicism
#A Room of One's Own (1929) ⇒ Feminism
Hence, option (d) is correct.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is famous for Magic Realism. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is considered a pioneer of magical realism, a literary style that blends fantasy with realistic narratives. His work is known for creating a dreamlike atmosphere that blurs the lines between reality and fantasy.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

The correct match will be:
# "So much depends upon a red wheel barrow" ⇒ William Carlos Williams
# "Your mind and you are our Sargasso Sea" ⇒ Ezra Pound
# "Spring is like a perhaps hand (which comes carefully out of nowhere) arranging a window" ⇒ E.E. Cummings
# "I caught the cold flash of the blue unappearable sky" ⇒ Stanley Kunitz. Hence, option (a) is correct.

The correct match will be:
# The moment of protagonist's recognition in a narrative ⇒ Anagnorisis
# The decisive turn in tragedy by which the plot is resolved ⇒ Catastrophe
# The inversion of an already established sequence ⇒ Chiasmas
# The figure by which something distasteful is described in less repugnant terms ⇒ Euphemism
Hence, option (c) is correct.

Globalization is antithetical to cultural nationalism and Narcissism. Cultural nationalism is a term used by scholars of nationalism to describe efforts among intellectuals to promote the formation of national communities through emphasis on a common culture.
Narcissism is personality style characterized by an excessive focus on oneself and one's own needs, often at the expense of others.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

Deductive method of research intends to move from general to particular. Deductive research is scientific approach that starts with a general theory or hypothesis and tests it through observations and empirical evidence.
Inductive research, also known as inductive reasoning, is a method where researchers start by collecting specific observations or data and then took for patterns to develop broader theories or explanations.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

According to Edward Albert, the years 1550- 1630 is known as the age of Elizabethan and Jacobean Eras, which are often referred to as the Golden Age of English literature. During this period, England experienced a literary Renaissance with notable works by playwrights like William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, poets like Edmund Spenser and Ben Jonson. Edward Albert's A History of English Literature is a practical guide and historical overview of the development of English literature.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

The correct chronological order of their publication.
• The Book of Snobs (1848) by William Make peace Thackeray.
• A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens.
• The Mill on the Floss (1860) by George Eliot
• Animal Farm (1945) George Orwell.
• The Burnt Out Case (1960) by Graham Greene.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

Matthew Arnold defined criticism as "Disinterested Endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world". The term disinterest in the view of Arnold refers to being an impartial and just reader. Arnold's ideas on criticism are best expressed in his 1864 essay, The Function of Criticism at the Present Time. In this essay, Arnold believed that criticism was a civilizing force that could help make the best ideas prevail.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) was written by Albert Camus. It is philosophical essay, influenced by philosophers such as Soren Kierkegaard, Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche. Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd. It is the best example of the theatre of the absurd.
Hence, option (c) is correct.