 - 1. Comparative literature is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the study of literature across different cultures, languages, and time periods. It explores the relationships between literary works from various regions and how they reflect and shape cultural identities, political ideologies, social issues, and historical contexts. By comparing and analyzing texts from diverse literary traditions, comparative literature seeks to uncover universal themes, common human experiences, and the interconnectedness of global literary influences. Scholars in this field often investigate the process of literary translation, adaptation, and reception to understand how stories and ideas are shared and transformed across borders. Comparative literature encourages a dialogue between different literary traditions and challenges readers to consider alternative perspectives, question dominant narratives, and appreciate the richness and diversity of world literature.
What does intertextuality refer to in comparative literature?
A) The analysis of authorial intent
B) The examination of literary devices
C) The relationship between texts
D) The study of ancient texts
- 2. Who coined the term 'world literature'?
A) Goethe
B) Homer
C) Dante
D) Shakespeare
- 3. Which literary theorist introduced the concept of 'heterolingual address'?
A) Roland Barthes
B) Michel Foucault
C) Jacques Derrida
D) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
- 4. Which work of literature by James Joyce is often studied in comparative literature courses?
A) Crime and Punishment
B) Moby-Dick
C) Ulysses
D) The Great Gatsby
- 5. Who wrote 'The Wretched of the Earth', which is a central text in postcolonial comparative literature studies?
A) Frantz Fanon
B) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
C) Chinua Achebe
D) Naguib Mahfouz
- 6. Which Russian author's works are commonly included in comparative literature discussions?
A) Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) Anton Chekhov
D) Alexander Pushkin
- 7. What does the term 'dialogism' in literature studies refer to?
A) Monologues in plays
B) Multiplicity of voices and perspectives
C) Dialogue between characters
D) Narrative structure
- 8. What language is most commonly used in translation for comparative literature research?
A) German
B) Chinese
C) French
D) English
- 9. Which theory emphasizes the role of culture and power in shaping literary texts?
A) Psychoanalytic theory
B) Deconstruction
C) Structuralism
D) Postcolonial theory
- 10. Which language was 'Divine Comedy' originally written in?
A) Spanish
B) French
C) German
D) Italian
- 11. Which author wrote 'War and Peace'?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) Anton Chekhov
C) Nikolai Gogol
D) Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 12. What is the term for adapting a literary work to another medium, such as a film or play?
A) Plagiarism
B) Adaptation
C) Parody
D) Revision
- 13. Who penned the classic Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'?
A) Mary Shelley
B) Edgar Allan Poe
C) Bram Stoker
D) Emily Bronte
- 14. Which Russian writer is known for his short stories such as 'The Overcoat'?
A) Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) Anton Chekhov
D) Nikolai Gogol
- 15. In 'Don Quixote' by Cervantes, who is Don Quixote's loyal squire?
A) Cardenio
B) Sancho Panza
C) Rocinante
D) Dulcinea
- 16. Which play by William Shakespeare is known for its famous line 'To be or not to be'?
A) Macbeth
B) Romeo and Juliet
C) Othello
D) Hamlet
- 17. Who is the author of 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) Virginia Woolf
B) Jane Austen
C) Charlotte Bronte
D) Agatha Christie
- 18. Which novel by George Orwell explores themes of government surveillance and totalitarianism?
A) Fahrenheit 451
B) Animal Farm
C) 1984
D) Brave New World
- 19. Who wrote the play 'Waiting for Godot'?
A) Tennessee Williams
B) Tom Stoppard
C) Arthur Miller
D) Samuel Beckett
- 20. Which of the following was not a visiting scholar invited by Szondi?
A) Pierre Bourdieu
B) René Wellek
C) Lucien Goldman
D) Theodor W. Adorno
- 21. What is the title of a manual published by the LMU Munich department?
A) Comparative Literature Today: Methods & Perspectives
B) La Critique Littéraire (1969)
C) Der kleine Komparatist (2003)
D) Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
- 22. Which Chinese philosopher's ideas are often explored in comparative literature for their impact on global thought?
A) Mencius
B) Confucius
C) Sun Tzu
D) Laozi
- 23. What did the American School emphasize in comparative literature?
A) Detective work
B) National borders
C) Universal human truths based on literary archetypes
D) Detailed historical research
- 24. What term refers to a novel-length tale of heroic adventures and written in elevated language?
A) Tragedy
B) Epic
C) Comedy
D) Satire
- 25. Which publication by C. Pichois and A.M. Rousseau is associated with the French School?
A) Comparative Literature Today: Methods & Perspectives
B) Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
C) Theorie der Literatur
D) La Littérature Comparée (1967)
- 26. What is the title of Linda Hutcheon's work on opera?
A) A Theory of Adaptation
B) Opera: Desire, Disease, Death
C) The World Republic of Letters
D) Comparative Literature for the New Century
- 27. Which term is more widely used in the United States for a course of study similar to comparative literature?
A) Cultural studies
B) International relations
C) Comparative literature
D) World literature
- 28. Which approach does the French School of Comparative Literature primarily practice today?
A) The vocational approach
B) The nation-state approach
C) The structuralist approach
D) The transnational approach
- 29. Which scholar's work is a recent effort to stress comparison's 'affiliative' potential?
A) Alamgir Hashmi
B) David Damrosch
C) Pascale Casanova
D) Joseph Hankinson
- 30. Which post-colonial literary figure is NOT listed in the text?
A) J. M. Coetzee
B) Maryse Condé
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Wole Soyinka
- 31. Who is considered a foundational figure in the discipline of comparative literature?
A) Spanish humanist Juan Andrés
B) H.M. Posnett
C) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D) Hugo Meltzl de Lomnitz
- 32. Which scholar's work in the French School focused on tracing literary influences between nations?
A) Paul Van Tieghem
B) Yves Cheverel
C) Jacques Derrida
D) Peter Szondi
- 33. Franz Kafka wrote in which language?
A) Russian
B) Spanish
C) German
D) French
- 34. In what year was 'Comparative Literature for the New Century' published?
A) 2013
B) 2005
C) 2018
D) 1999
- 35. Which region is NOT mentioned as thriving in comparative literature studies?
A) The Caribbean
B) Latin America
C) Africa
D) Asia
- 36. Who referred to Alexander Veselovsky as a remarkable representative of comparative literary study?
A) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
B) Viktor Zhirmunsky
C) H.M. Posnett
D) Rachel Polonsky
- 37. What term is used to describe the empiricist and positivist method of the French School?
A) Comparative analysis
B) "Rapport des faits"
C) Transnational studies
D) Structuralism
- 38. What is a common criticism of comparative literature?
A) It lacks any interdisciplinary approach.
B) It focuses too narrowly on one language and culture.
C) It is insufficiently well-defined or that comparatists may fall into dilettantism due to its broad scope.
D) It does not involve the study of literature at all.
- 39. Which university did Peter Szondi primarily teach at?
A) University of Leipzig
B) University of Frankfurt
C) University of Munich
D) Free University Berlin
- 40. In which city was 'Comparative Literature for the New Century' published?
A) New Delhi
B) Cambridge
C) London
D) Montreal
- 41. Which Russian scholar is credited with laying the groundwork for comparative literature?
A) Fyodor Buslaev
B) Hugo Meltzl de Lomnitz
C) Alexander Veselovsky
D) Juan Andrés
- 42. Which scholar was notably influential in developing the German School of Comparative Literature after World War II?
A) Paul Van Tieghem
B) René Wellek
C) Jacques Derrida
D) Peter Szondi
- 43. Which scholar founded the journal Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum?
A) H.M. Posnett
B) Juan Andrés
C) Alexander Veselovsky
D) Hugo Meltzl de Lomnitz
- 44. Which school sought to return comparative literature to matters more directly concerned with literary criticism?
A) The American School
B) The French School
C) The Internationalist School
D) The Realism School
- 45. Who authored 'The Great Gatsby'?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) F. Scott Fitzgerald
C) Virginia Woolf
D) John Steinbeck
- 46. Who proposed the concept of 'vernacular cosmopolitanism' in the context of world literature?
A) Edward Said
B) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
C) David Damrosch
D) Franco Moretti
- 47. Which concept influenced Szondi's vision of comparative literature?
A) British empiricism
B) American pragmatism
C) East European structuralism
D) French positivism
- 48. Which publication by J.-C. Carloni and Jean Filloux is associated with the French School?
A) La Critique Littéraire (1969)
B) Theorie der Literatur
C) Comparative Literature Today: Methods & Perspectives
D) Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
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