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Anglo-Saxon period (AD450 - 1066). অনুসরণকারী
1. The oldest period in English literature. অনুসরণকারীরা (5)
2. The first epic of this period is ‘Beowulf’ (poem). Unknown Writer
3. Venerable Bade’ was the 1st historian in English literature. He was the ‘Father of English learning’.
4. King Alfred the great is sometimes regarded as ‘The founder of English prose’. অনুসরণ
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14. Historical- Anthony & Cleopatra, Europeone arraival
15. Poem – Venus & Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece. Muslim period
16. ‘To be or not to be, that is a question’ a quotation from – Hamlet. *
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17. There are more things in haven & earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in our philosophy - Hamlet. *
18. There is a divinity that shapes our ends’ is expressed from – Hamlet. *
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19. Fair is foul, & foul is fair’ is quoted by – Macbeth (1606).
20. Calliban is a character in - Tempest
21. Cowards die many times before their death – is quoted from Julius Caesar.
22. A Shakespearean plays consists of five acts.
23. ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’ is quoted by Shakespeare
24. Called ‘The bird of Avon’
Ben Johnson(1573-1637)
25. Comedy - The Silent Woman*, The Alchemist
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3. He is called ‘Poet of Nature’*, ‘Poet of Childhood’ , ‘Lake poet’
4. Wordsworth was inspired by – the French Revolution
5. Works - The Solitary Reaper(romantic poem), The Daffodils(poem), The Escursion,
6. The child is father of a man’ is taken from his writings
7. Ten thousand saw at a glance tossing their heads in sprightly dance - Daffodils
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1. The Jungle Book
American
O’Henry
1. Real name William Sydney Porter. **
2. The Gift of the Magi
William Faulkner
5. American*
French
Alexander Dumas* 1829–1870
1. Three Musketeers*
Russian
Leo Tolstoy 1828- 1910),
1. Works - war & Peace*, Anna Karenina
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Novelist
2. works - Cancer Word*
Others
1. A Machiavellian character is - - a selfish person*
2. Epic is a – Long poem
3. The meaning of the word ‘Hymn’ is – the song in praise of God
4. ‘Canto’ means – a section or division of a long poem
5. ‘Glossary’ means – an alphabetical list of unfamiliar or technical or special words or phrases.
6. ‘Epilogue’ means poem or speech at the end of a play.
7. ‘Parody’ means imitation of a poem or writing.
8. ‘Novella’ means a tale or short story.
9. ‘Couplet’ means two successive rhyming lines.
10. ‘Minstrel’ means a wandering poet.
11. A famous short story of Maupassant is – The Diamond Necklace.
12. A song of morning’ means – Lyric*
13. A lexicographer is a person who writes – dictionaries*
14. Protagonist indicates the leading character in a play. *
15. Melodrama is a kind of play of violent & sensational themes*
16. ‘Blank verse’ is a kind of verse having no rhyming end.
17. Catastrophe is the tragic end of – dramatic events.
18. A person who writes about his own life writes an autobiography. **
19. Edmund Burke belongs to – 18th Century.
20. ‘Alice in the wonderland’ belongs to – Juvenile literature
21. Man proposes, but God disposes’ is quoted by – Thomas Kemps.
22. The country is good if its Universities are good’ – Pandit Neheru.
23. Arabian Nights’ is a fairly tales.
24. A.S. Hornbly is famous for writing dictionaries.
25. When there were on general dictionaries of English & no English grammars – before 1600. *
26. The woman is a novel. *
27. what is Elegy – song of Lamentation*
28. Most important feature of a romantic poetry is – subjectivity, Love of nature.*
29. Death, thou shalt not die’ is an example of – paradox.
30. ‘An unexamined life is not worth living’ is said by – Socrates. *
31. Time, You Old Gypsy Man’ is written by – Ralph Hodgson. *
32. Early to bed & early to rise, that makes a man healthy, wealthy, & wise – Franklin
33. God made the country & man made the town – Cowper (1731 – 1800) was an English poet
34. Reading make a full man – Bacon *
35. Justice delayed is justice denied’ was state by – William Ewart Gladstone(1809-1898) *
36. But I have promises to keep & miles to go before I sleep – Robert Frost.
37. The ‘Poet Laureate’ is – the Court poet of England**
38. A fantasy is – an imaginary story. **
39. ‘Euphemism’ means – in offensive expression. **
40. Who is the first printer of English – William Claxton.
41. A salient feature of all Literature’s – Sensuous quality
42. Romanticism is mainly connected with – Love & beauty*
43. Good face is the best letter of recommendation’ state by – Queen Elizabeth*.
44. Who is well known for his translation of ‘The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ – Edward Fitzgerald? * 1809 –
1883) was an English writer,
45. Who is William Haslett - essayist 1778 – 1830) was an English writer,
46. Who is the most translated author of the world – V.I. Lenin*
47. Author of ‘Around the world in eighty Days’ – Jules Verne* French
48. Author of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ – Sir a Conan Doyle*. Scottish
49. Author of Affluent Society – J.K.Galbrath*
50. Author of The End of History & the Last Man’ – Francis Fukuyama* American
51. Author of Spirit of Islam – Syed Amir Ali. *
52. Author of brick Lane - Monica Ali
53. Author of Lorna Donne – Blakemore
54. Author of Asian Drama – Gunner Myrdal (1898-1987), Swedish
55. Author of India wins Freedom – Abul Kalam Azad**
56. Author of The God of Small Things – Arundhuti Ray**
57. Limerick is – a sort form of light verse. *?
58. Ballad is – a kind of short - - -
59. School of Literature – Comedy of Humors. **
Goethe (1749-1832)
1. greatest poet of Germany
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