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