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The famous trio of Indian writers is ___________
Concept: History of Novel
Write in chronological order
- Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji
- Greek Romances
- The appearance of magazines and newspapers
- Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
Concept: History of Novel
Write in chronological order
- Industrial Revolution
- Drama and Poetry started fading away
- Novel gained popularity
- The rise of middle class
Concept: History of Novel
Given below are some novels, events and writers of Indian English. Arrange them in chronological order.
- Rise of famous Indian Trio
- Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar
- Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar
- Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Concept: History of Novel
Given below are some Novels in English literature. Arrange them in their order of their appearance.
- The Pilgrim’s Progress and Oroonaku
- Ecologues
- Pamela and Gulliver’s Travels
- The Tale of Genji
Concept: History of Novel
‘Tale of Genji’ is described as world’s first novel.
Concept: History of Novel
Middle class people had a little interest in romances and tragedies.
Concept: History of Novel
The struggle in between opposite forces in a story is called as conflict.
Concept: History of Novel
Epistolary Novel is a series of correspondence, other documents and diary entries as well.
Concept: History of Novel
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. The flow of thoughts | a) Bildungsroman novel |
| 2. The internal life of the protagonist | b) Stream of Consciousness |
| 3. The novel based on the life of the author | c) Psychological novel |
| 4. The growth of protagonist’s mind, spirit and characters | d) Autobiographical novel |
Concept: History of Novel
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Picaresque Novel | a) bears more than one layers of meaning. |
| 2. Historical Novel | b) speculative fiction |
| 3. Allegorical Novel | c) adventures of an eccentric protagonist |
| 4. Utopian Novel | d) set in an earlier period than of the writing. |
Concept: History of Novel
Appearance of newspaper in 18th century attracted a large number of readers from ___________.
Concept: History of Novel
Rise of Novel as a literary genre resulted in lowering the importance of ____________.
Concept: History of Novel
Match the following items from column-A with those from the column-B:
| Column-A | Column-B |
| (a) Murasaki Sikibu | (i) The Pilgrim's Progress |
| (b) Jonathan Swift | (ii) Gulliver's Travels |
| (c) John Bunyan | (iii) Raja Mohan's Wife |
| (d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
(iv) Tale of Genji |
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Concept: History of Novel
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Concept: History of Novel
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Concept: History of Novel
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Concept: History of Novel
Match the following items from column ‘A’ with those from column ‘B’:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| (a) Oroonoku | (i) Joseph Conrad |
| (b) The Heart of Darkness | (ii) John Bunyan |
| (c) Frankenstein | (iii) Aphra Behn |
| (d) The Pilgrim’s Progress | (iv) Mary Shelly |
Concept: History of Novel
Novels with the elements of horror, bloodshed and mystery are called ______ novels.
Concept: History of Novel
