UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam. December 2020/June 2021 ENGLISH-II (Shift-II)

Raymond Williams' Culture and Society, criticizes the idea of high culture and defines culture as a way of life. 'Culture and Society' is a book published in 1958 by Welsh progressive writer Raymond Williams', exploring how the notion of culture developed in Great Britain, from the 18th through the 20th centuries. According to him, culture is what differentiates one group of society from the next. Different societies have different cultures, however it is important not to confuse the idea of culture with society. Hence option (a) is correct.

The statement which best articulates Frantz Fanon's political position will be 'The African bourgeoisie can never succeed in the task of nation building'. Frantz Omar Fanon (20 July 1925-6 Dec 1961) was a French West Indian psychiatrist and political philosopher from the French colony of Martinique his works have become influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory and Marxism. He is known for his theory that some neuroses are socially generated and for his writings on behalf of the national liberation of colonial peoples. Hence option (d) is correct.

Charles Baudelaire's 'Flowers of Evil' is generally associated with 'Symbolist' and 'Modernist movements. 'Les Fleurs du Mal' (The Flowers of Evil is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire, i includes nearly all of Baudelaire's poetry, written in 1840 & ending with his death in August 1867.
It is his most famous work in which he expresses the fleeting ephemeral, ever-changing nature of beauty in modern industrializing Paris during the 19th century. Firs published in 1857, it was important in the Symbolis and modernist movements. Hence option (c) is correct.

The correct chronological sequence of appearance will be- D, A, С, В Egotistical Sublime → Dissociation of Sensibility → Theatre of Cruelty → Unreliable Narrator
'Egotistical Sublime' is first used by Keats in a letter to Richards Woodhouse, dated 27 oct 1818. He used this phrase to describe his version of Wordsworth's distinctive genius.
'Dissociation of Sensibility' phrase is used by T.S. Eliot in the essay 'The Metaphysical Poets' (1921) to explain the change that occurred in English poetry after the heyday of the Metaphysical poets.
'Theatre of Cruelty' is a form of theatre generally associated with Antonin Artaud, (Between 1931 and 1936) which aimed to shock the senses of its audience, sometimes using violent and confronting images that appealed to the emotions.
'Unreliable Narrator' was first coined by Wayne C. Booth in his 1961 book 'Rhetoric of Fiction.

'The Crystal World' by J.G. Ballard is about a virus that freezes anything it comes in contact with. The Crystal World' is a science fiction novel, published in 1966. Its author 'James Graham Ballard' (15 Nov. 1930- 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short-story writer, satirist and essayist who first associated with the New Wave of science fiction. The novel tells the story of a physician trying to make his way deep into the jungle to a secluded leprosy treatment facility. While trying to make it to his destination, his chaotic path leads him to try to come to terms with an apocalyptic phenomenon in the jungle that crystallizes everything it touches.
Hence, the correct option is (c).

'Disinterestedness' was proposed by Matthew Arnold as the essence of criticism in his book 'The Function of Criticism at the Present Time' was published in 1865. Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic according to him, a critic must maintain a position of 'disinterestedness', i.e. keeping aloof from 'the practical view of things' in order to know the best that is known and thought in the world and in turn making this known, to create a current of true and fresh ideas'.
Hence the correct answer is option (c).

Probal Dasgupta is the author of 'The Otherness of English' : India's Auntie Tongue Syndrome,'published in 1993. He is an Indian linguist, Esperanto speaker and activist. 'The Otherness of English' offers a unique interpretation of the content and usage of the English language in India, specifically commenting on the mode of its presence. The author presents an inter disciplinary account of the role English plays in the general process of modernization. Hence option (c) is correct.

The correct chronological order of publication of the following journals are- C, D, B, A
'Blackwood's Magazine → Bentley's Miscellany → Cornhill Magazine → Longman's Magazine Blackwood's Magazine' was a British magazine printed between 1817 and 1980. It was founded by the publisher William Blackwood and was originally called Edinburgh Monthly Magazine. 'Bentley's Miscellany' was an English literary magazine started by Richard Bentley. It was published between 1836 and 1868.
'The Cornhill Magazine' was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal which was published between 1859 and 1975.
'Longmans' Magazine' was first published in November 1882 by C.J. Longman.

Stendhal is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel. Julien Sorel is the protagonist of 'The Red and The Black' by Stendhal, published in 1830. Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a 19th century French writer. Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black) is a historical psychological novel in two volumes by Stendhal. It chronicles the attempts of a provincial young man to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing through a combination of talent, hard work, deception and hypocrisy.
Hence the correct answer is option (d).

The correct list will be-

Hence the correct option is (b).