NTA UGC NET/JRF Re-Exam June 2024 ENGLISH (Shift-II)

The correct match will be -
■ Wole Soyinka (1986) Nobel Prize)
■ Nadine Gordimer (1991) Nobel Prize)
■ Derek Walcott (1992) Nobel Prize)
■ J.M. Coetzee (2003) Nobel Prize)

Things as they Are; or the Adventures of Caleb William was written as a call to end the abuse of power by what Godwin saw as a tyrannical government. It is written by William Godwin, published in 1794. It is a three volume novel. It is intended as a popularization of the ideas presented in his 1793 treatise Political Justice. Godwin uses Caleb Williams to show how legal and other institutions can destroy individuals.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

The correct chronological order of Margaret Atwood's fictional writings.
■ Edible Woman (1969)
■ Lady Oracle (1976)
■ The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
■ The Robbers Bride (1993)
■ The Blind Assassin (2000)
Hence, option (D) is correct.

Poem in Praise of Menstruation written by Lucille Clifton. Clifton was an American poet writer and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was poet laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Hence, option (D) is correct.

M. H. Abram's The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition :
■ Describes 18th century English literature as 'mirror."
■ Describes 19th century English literature as 'Lamp."
■ The metaphor of mirror is used to describe literature as a coal intellectual reflection of outward realities.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

George Etherege (1636-1692) and Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) are not associated with Kit-Cat Club. Rest of the writers is associated with Kit-Cat Club. It was an early 18th century English club in London with strong political and literary associations. Members of the club were committed Whigs, they met at the trumpet tavern in London and at water Oakley in the Berkshire countryside.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

Rajmohan's Wife (1864) by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee is considered the first Indian novel in English. It was published by a lesser known periodical named Indian Field. The story revolves around Matangini, the protagonist, who faces the challenges of an abusive marriage while navigating the complexities of love and societal expectations.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

Rita Francis Dove was the first Black-American to become the U.S. poet laureate and consultant in poetry at the Library of congress. Dove also received an appointment as "special consultant in poetry" for the library of congress's bicentennial year from 1999 to 2000. Dove is the second African-American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1987, and she served as the poet laureate of Virginia from 2004 to 2006.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

The term "Collective Unconsciousness"-
■ was introduced by Carl Jung.
■ Contains archetypes or universal primordial images and ideas.
■  Is used to describe the unconscious common to humanity as a whole that originates in the inherited structure of the brain. The collective unconscious is a part of the unconscious mind that contains memories and impulses that are inherited from our ancestors and are common to all humans.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

It was established in 1968 by Booker MacDonald, a multinational company, this statement is not correct regarding "Booker Prize." Rest of the statements are correct about "Booker Prize." The Booker Prize, formerly the booker prize for fiction (1969-2001) and the Man Booker prize (2002-2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction, written in English language, which was published in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Note-NTA has considered option (b & c) the correct option.