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