UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam, June-2020 ENGLISH (Shift-II)

Plato believed that true reality is not found through the sense. Phenomenon is that perception of an object which we recognize through our sense. The two broad divisions of reality in Plato's theory of reality are visible and intelligible.

Ganesh N. Devy is a thinker, cultural activist and an institution builder best known for the people's linguistic served of India.
His first full length book in English 'After Amnesia' (1992). He got Padmashri (2014) and Sahitya Akademi (1993).
B.B. Kachru was an Indian linguist. He was Jubilee professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.
In 'Colonial Transactions' a study of the literary exchanges between England and India through the colonial and post-colonial periods. Using materials from Indian and Western archives.
'Masks of Conquest' is a classic work in postcolonial .studies, it describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and its function as an effective form of political control.

'Barnaby Rudge' is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. It was the fifth of Dickens' novels, it had initially been planned to appear as his first but changes of publisher.
Jeremiah Flintwinch, fictional character in the novel 'Little Dorrit' by Charles Dickens. Originally the Clennam family butler, Flintwinch becomes the business partner of Mrs. Clennam.
'Nicholas Nickleby or The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby' is a novel by Charles Dickens. On the second morning after the departure of Nicholas for Yorkshire, Kete Nickleby sat in a very faded chair raised upon a very dusty throne in Miss La Creevy's room.
Mrs. Boffin, the Golden Dustman - becomes a member of the nouveaux riches when old Mr. Harmon's heir is considered dead. Mrs. Henrietta Boffin - is Noddy Boffin's wife, and a very motherly woman, who couvinces Mr. Boffin to take in an orphan boy called Johnny.

'The Complete Plain Words' is a style guide written by Sir Ernest Gowers published in 1954. The aim of the book is to help officials in their use of English as a tool of their trade.
Gowers's public service career continued as chairman of several Royal Commissions.

In 'The Birthday Party', Goldberg suggests the idea of having a birthday, he is called - "Simey" and "Benny", is a Jewish gentleman who works for an unnamed "Organization" that has employed him to take Stanley away from the boarding house. He is defined by his outwardly polite and suave demeanor, which stands in stark contrast to that of his associate McCann.

Tiresias, the blind soothsayer of Thebes, appears in both 'Oedipus the King' and 'Antigone'. In 'Oedipus the King' Tiresias tells Oedipus that he is the murderer he hunts, and Oedipus does not believe him.
In 'Antigone' Tiresias tells Creon that Creon himself is bringing disaster upon Thebes, and Creon does not believe him.

P.B. Shelley and Philip Sidney defended poetry against Plato's denigration of Poetry. The study of Plato on beauty must begin with one warning. Readers can take this distinction between the Greek and English. It always feels more scrupulous to argue.
Philip Sidney states that poetry is an art of imitation, for so Aristotle termed it in his word mimesis. Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) is often cited as an archetype of the well-rounded "Renaissance Man".

Lionel Charles Knights was an English literary critic, an authority on Shakespeare and his period. His essay 'Restoration Comedy: The Reality and the Myth' became very popular.
'The Sense of the Past' is written by Lionel Trilling. In sincerity and authenticity Trilling analyses the emergence of two historical value in the European literature and philosophy of the early modern and moderns' periods. Mathew Arnold was one of the foremost poets and critics of the 19th century. Perhaps Arnold's most famous piece of literary criticism in his essay - "The Study of Poetry".
'Poetry for Poetry's Sake' by Andrew Cecil Bradley, was an English literary scholar, best remembered for his work on Shakespeare.

Lowood School (boarding schools) is Jane Eyre set by her aunt Mrs. Reed. Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Bronte, published under the pen name "Currer Bell". The novel revolutionized prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist's moral and spiritual development.

'Heat and Dust' (1975) is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
'A Tiger for Malgudi' is a novel which published in 1983 by R.K. Narayan.
'A Suitable Boy' is a novel by Vikram Seth, published in 1993.
'The White Tiger' is the debut novel by Indian author Arvind Adiga. It was first published in 2008.