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Three Hundred Thirty Only) Code No. 1723 Printed at : UPKAR PRAKASHAN (Printing Unit) Bye-pass, AGRA CONTENTS ● Periods of English Literature ● The English Sovereigns ● Previous Years’ Solved Papers Chapter 1 : From Chaucer to Shakespeare 3–52 — Some Important Years with Social, Political and Literary Events……………… 3 — Major Literary Figures and their Works………………………………………… 3 — The Age of Chaucer …………………………………………………………….. 6 — Main Poetical Works of Chaucer ……………………………..………………… 7 — Chaucer as the Father of English Poetry………………………………………… 10 — Chaucer’s Contribution to English Language and Versification ………..……… 11 — Chaucer’s place in English Literature………………………………………………… 12 — Development of Poetry in the Age of Chaucer ………………………………… 13 — The Fifteenth Century : A Barren Period (1400–1515) ………………………… 20 — The Age of Shakespeare (1516–1600) ………………………………………… 21 — Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henery Howard, Earl of Survey (1516–47) ……….…… 24 — Spenser’s Faierie Queen as an Epic ………………………………………..…… 25 — Songs and Lyrics in Shakespeare’s Age …………………………………..…… 26 — Sonnets and Sonneteers ………………………………………………………… 27 — The University Wits ………………………………………………………..…… 30 — Shakespeare’s Life (1564–1616) ……………………………………..………… 32 — The Elizabethan Theatre …………………………...…………………………… 32 — Multiple Choice Type Questions (Set 1–7) ………………………………..…… 32–52 Chapter 2 : From Jacobean to Restoration 53–92 — Some Important Years with Social, Political and Literary Events……………… 53 — Major Literary Figures and their Works………………………………………… 53 — The Contribution of the post-Shakespearean Dramatists of the Jacobean Period ………………………………………………………..…… 56 — The Puritan Age : Social Background ……………………………………..…… 64 — Restoration Literature…………………………………………………………… 66 — Restoration Comedy………………………………………………………..…… 66 — Literary Background ……………………………………………………….…… 67 — The Age of French Influence …………………………………………………… 70 ( iv ) — Eminent Writers of the Comedy of Manners …………………………………… 76 — Multiple Choice Type Questions (Set 1–5)……………………………………… 77–92 Chapter 3 : Augustan Age : The 18th Century Literature 93–129 — Some Important Years with Social, Political and Literary Events……………… 93 — Major Literary Figures and their Works………………………………………… 93 — Augustan Age…………………………………………………………………… 96 — Minor Poets of the Revival……………………………………………………… 99 — The First English Novelists ……………………………………...……………… 102 — Daniel Defore (1661–1731) ……………………………………..……………… 104 — Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)………………………………..……………… 107 — Henry Fielding (1707–1754) …………………………………………………… 108 — Multiple Choice Type Questions (Set 1–7)……………………………………… 109–129 Chapter 4 : Romantic Period (1798–1832) 130–167 — Some Important Years with Social, Political and Literary Events……………… 130 — Major Literary Figures and their Works………………………………………… 130 — Romantic Period………………………………………………………………… 132 — The Poets of Romanticism * William Wordsworth (1770–1850)………………………………………… 137 * Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) ……………………………….…… 140 * Robert Southey (1774–1843) ……………………………………………… 141 * Walter Scott (1771–1832) ………………………………….……………… 142 * George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824) ………………………………… 143 * Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)………………………………………… 145 * John Keats (1795–1821) …………………………………………………… 146 — Prose Writers of the Romantic Period * Charles Lamb (1775–1834)………………………………………………… 149 * Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859)…………………….…………………… 150 * Walter Savage Lander (1775–1864) …………………..…………………… 152 — Women Novelists of the Romantic Age …………….…………………… 153 * Jane Austen (1775–1817) as a Novelist……………………………………… 153 — Multiple Choice Type Questions (Set 1–4)……………………………………… 155–167 Chapter 5 : Victorian Period (1837–1901) 168–192 — Some Important Years with Social, Political and Literary Events……………… 168 — Major Writers and their Works …………………………………………………. 168 — Literary Tendencies of the Victorian Age ……………………………………… 174 — Literary Characteristics …………………………………….…………………… 176 — Multiple Choice Type Questions (Set 1–5) ………………..…………………… 177–192 ( v ) Chapter 6 : Modern and Contemporary Period (1901 onwards) 193–239 — Some Important Years with Social, Political and Literary Events……………… 193 — Major Literary Figures and their Works (1880 onwards) ….…………………… 193 — Some Other Important Works…………………………………………………… 198 — Trends in the Modern Novel …………………………………………………… 202 — Trends in Modern Drama ………………………………….…………………… 204 — Trends in Modern Literary Criticism …………………………………………… 205 — Modern Poetry ……………………………………………..…………………… 206 — Modern Novel…………………………………………………………………… 216 — Twentieth Century Drama ……………………………………………………… 222 — Multiple Choice Type Questions (Set 1–4)……………………………………… 225–239 Chapter 7 : American Literature 240–270 — Major Writers and their Works …………………………………………………. 240 — American Literature ………………………………………..…………………… 241 — Nineteenth Century American Literature ……………………………………… 242 — American Literature in the Twentieth Century ………….……………………… 252 — Multiple Choice Type Questions (Set 1–2)……………………………………… 261–270 Chapter 8 : Indo-Anglican Literature 271–319 — Major Literary Figures and their Works………………………………………… 271 — Indian English Literature ………………………………………………..……… 272 — The Era of Political Awakening (1901–1947) ………………………..………… 275 — The Development of Poetry …………………………………………..………… 276 — Rabindra Nath Tagore (1861–1941) ………………………………….………… 277 — Sarojini Naidu (1879–1948)…………………………………………..………… 278 — Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) …………………………………………..………… 280 — Harindra Nath Chattopadhyaya ………………………………………………… 283 — Other Poets ……………………………………………………………………… 283 — Eminent Poets of the Seventies and Eighties……………………………………… 288 — Indian English Poetry from 1990–2005 ………………………………………… 291 — The Pioneers of Prose (1820–1900)………………………..…………………… 294 — Towards the Dawn (1901–1947)………………………………………………… 295 — The Era of Independence …………………………………………..…………… 298 — Some Contemporary Writers …………………………………………………… 300 — The Era of Awakening or Freedom Struggle……………………………………… 301 — The Dawn of Independence ………………………………………..…………… 303 — Women Novelists…………………………………………………..…………… 308 — Multiple Choice Type Questions …………………………………...…………... 310–319 ( vi ) Chapter 9 : Other Non-British Literature 320–332 — Commonwealth Literature ……………………………………………………… 321 — Canadian Literature ………………………………………...…………………… 321 — Australian Literature ……………………………………….…………………… 324 — African Literature ………………………………………….…………………… 326 — New Zealand Literature…………………………………….…………………… 328 — Multiple Choice Type Questions …………………………..…………………… 329–332 Chapter 10 : Literary Theory and Criticism 333–374 — Greek and Roman Critics and their Works……………………………………… 333 — Major English Critics and their Works …………………………………………. 333 — Plato (427 B.C.–347 B.C.) ……………………………………………………… 334 — Aristotle (384 B.C.–322 B.C.) …………………………..……………………… 335 — Longinus, ‘‘The First Romantic Critic’’………………………………………… 338 — On the Sublime : An Analysis …………………………..……………………… 338 — Dante (1265–1321)……………………………………………………………… 340 — The Renaissance Criticism in England ………………………………………… 341 — Neo-classicism in English Literary Criticism ………………………..………… 342 — The Romantic Criticism ………………………………………………………… 347 — Victorian Criticism……………………………………………………………… 350 — Metthew Arnold ………………………………...………….…………………… 351 — Modern Criticism …………………………………………..…………………… 353 — Contemporary Criticism………………………………………………………… 357 — Structuralism and Post-structuralism …………………………………………… 359 — Feminist Criticism ……………………………………………………………… 360 — Multiple Choice Type Questions ……………………………………………….. 361–374 Chapter 11 : Rhetoric and Prosody 375–391 — Important Terms………………………………………………………………… 375 — Rhetoric …………………………………………………….…………………… 378 — Prosody……………………………………………………..…………………… 379 — Multiple Choice Type Questions ……………………………………………….. 380–391 Syllabus Paper–II Unit–IV Paper–II will cover 50 Objective Type Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature Questions (Multiple Choice, Matching Type, Unit–V True/False, Assertion–Reasoning Type) carrying Romantic Period 100 marks. Unit–VI 11. Chaucer to Shakespeare Victorian and Pre-Raphaelites 12. Jacobean to Restoration Periods Unit–VII 13. Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature Modern British Literature 14. Romantic Period Unit–VIII 15. Victorian Period Contemporary British Literature 16. Modern Period Unit–IX 17. Contemporary Period Literary Theory and Criticism upto T.S. Eliot Unit–X 18. American and Other Non-British Litera- tures Contemporary Theory 19. Literary Theory and Criticism Paper–III (B) 10. Rhetoric and Prosody [Elective/Optional] Elective–I Paper–III (A) History of English Language, English [Core Group] Language Teaching 1. British Literature from Chaucer to the Elective–II present day European Literature from Classical Age to the 2. Criticism and Literature Theory 20th Century Unit–I Elective–III Literary Comprehension (with internal choice Indian writing in English and Indian of poetry stanza and prose passage). Literature in English translation Elective–IV Unit–II American and Other Non-British English Upto the Renaissance Literatures Unit–III Elective–V Jacobean to Restoration Periods Literature Theory and Criticism Periods of English Literature 1450—1066 Old English or Anglo Saxon Period 1740—1800 Transition Age, The Age of Johnson 1066—1500 Middle English Period 1798—1837 The Romantic Period 1500—1600 The Renaissance Period 1837—1903 The Victorian Period 1521—1603 Reformation 1848—1860 The Pre-Raphaelites 1558—1603 Elizabethan Age 1890—1914 Aesthetic Movement 1603—1625 Jacobean Age 1912—1914 Imagist Movement 1625—1649 Caroline Period 1910—1936 The Georgian Period 1625—1660 Commonwealth, Puritanism Age 1901—1945 The Modern Period 1660—1700 The Restoration Period 1914—1918 War Poetry 1700—1740 Neo-Classical Age 1945……… The Post Modern Period The English Sovereigns (i) The Norman Kings 21. Edward VI (1547—1553) 1. William I (1066–1087) 22. Mary (1553—1558) 2. William II (1087—1100) 23. Elizabeth I (1558—1603) 3. Henry I (1100—1135) (vi) The Stuart Dynasty 4. Stephen (1135—1154) 24. James I (1603—1625) (ii) Plantagent Kings 25. Charles I (1625—1649) 5. Henry II of Anjou (1154—1189) Commonwealth and the Protectorate 6. Richard I (1189—1199) (1649–1660) 7. John (1199—1216) 26. Charles II (1660—1685) 8. Henry III (1219—1272) 27. James II (1685—1688) 9. Edward I (1272—1307) 28. William III and Mary (1689—1702) 10. Edward II (1307—1327) 29. Anne (1702—1714) 11. Edward III (1327—1377) (vii) The House of Hanover 12. Richard II (1377—1399) 30. George I (1714—1727) (iii) The House of Lancaster 31. George II (1727—1760) 13. Henry IV (1399—1413) 32. George III (1760—1820) 14. Henry V (1413—1422) 33. George IV (1820—1830) 15. Henry VI (1422—1461) 34. William IV (1831—1837) (iv) The House of York 35. Queen Victoria (1837—1901) 16. Edward IV (1461—1483) 36. Edward VII (1901—1910) 17. Edward V (1483) 18. Richard III (1483—1485) 37. George V (1910—1936) (v) The Tudor Dynasty 38. Edward VIII (1936) 19. Henry VII (1485—1509) 39. George VI (1936—1952) 20. Henry VIII (1509—1547) 40. Elizabeth II (1952—) UGC-NET/JRF-Exam., June 2014 Solved Paper English (Paper II) Note—This paper contains fifty (50) objective 5. A Spenserian stanza has— type questions of two (2) marks each. All (A) four iambic pentameters questions are compulsory. (B) six iambic pentameters 1. “The just man justices. What kind of fore- (C) eight iambic pentameters grounding do you find in the above lines ? (D) ten iambic pentameters (A) Syntactic (B) Semantic 6. Match the items in List-I with items in List-II (C) Collocation (D) None of the above according to the code given below— 2. Match the items in List-I with items in List-II List-I (Critic) according to the code given— (a) Cleanth Brooks (b) William Empson List-I (c) Mark Schorer (d) Maud Bodkin (a) Lambic (b) Anapaestic List-II (Theory) (c) Dactylic (d) Trochaic 1. Ambiguity List-II 2. Paradox 1. An unstressed syllable followed by a 3. Archetypal patterns in poetry stressed syllable. 4. Techniques as discovery 2. A stressed is followed by two unstressed Codes : syllables. 3. An unstressed syllable is followed by a (a) (b) (c) (d) stressed syllable. (A) 2 1 4 3 4. A stressed syllable is followed by an (B) 3 2 1 4 unstressed syllable. (C) 1 2 3 4 Codes : (D) 2 3 4 1 (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 2 1 3 4 7. “The artist may be present in his work like (B) 3 2 1 4 God in creation, invisible and almighty, (C) 4 1 2 3 everywhere felt but nowhere seen.” Henry James is talking here about the artist’s— (D) 3 1 2 4 (A) impersonality (B) absence 3. The separation of styles in accordance with class appears more consistently in .......... than (C) presence (D) creativity in medieval works of literature and art. 8. Match the items in List-I with items in List-II (A) Ben Jonson (B) Shakespeare according to the code given below— (C) Philip Sidney (D) Edmund Spenser List-I (Theorist) 4. “Had we but world enough, and time, This (a) Michel Foucault coyness, lady, were no crime.” This statement (b) Judith Butler is an example of— (A) Irony (B) Paradox (c) Alan Sinfield (C) Hyperbole (D) Euphemism (d) Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick