Top 250+ Solved Literary Criticism MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which aspect helps the sahrdaya or the aesthetically sensible person to see the characterspresented in a literary work in a generalised manner?
a. denotation
b. imagination
c. inference
d. connotation
Q. Who among the following validates how the poetic language triggers the aesthetic processthrough its suggestiveness?
a. mammata
b. bhattanayaka
c. anandavardhana
d. abhinavagupta
Q. Which term is used by Abhinavagupta to denote “relating”, “narrating” or “describing” emotiveconditions.
a. bhavanukirtanam
b. anumana
c. bhavaktwa
d. bhojakatwa
Q. Which word is used to denote not only the special aesthetic pleasure and the outwardmanifestation of artistic experience but also the mental faculty which makes aesthetic experience possible.
a. rasavaga
b. alaukika
c. chamatkara
d. charvana
Q. Which term refers to any hindrance to aesthetic relish, the impediment that could be effectedby poetry, the actor, or the reader.
a. rasa
b. bhayanaka
c. rasavighna
d. hasya
Q. Which Indian grammarian discussed the concept of dhwani in a systematic manner?
a. mammata
b. shankuka
c. patanjali
d. none of these
Q. Who opposed the theory of dhwani on the ground there was no meaning in inventing a new power for words since dhwani was subordinate to anumana?
a. bhattanayaka
b. mahimabhatta
c. jagannatha
d. abhinavagupta
Q. Which word refers to the primary power of signification existing in words that is capable ofproviding the literal or lexical meaning?
a. lochana
b. anugraha
c. abida
d. pada
Q. Which term by Kuntaka is used to include dhwani as a mode of varkroti ?
a. upacharavakrata
b. vakrata
c. nirupana
d. lakshana
Q. Which is the variety of dhwani accepted by Kuntaka that includes the employment of words ofdouble meaning
a. artha
b. shabda
c. shabdashaktimoola
d. rupa
Q. In the opinion of Aristotle, whose plays are the primary models of artistic unity, dramaticconstruction?
a. homer
b. virgil
c. sophocles
d. dante