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