UGC NET English Literature MCQs on Archetypal Criticism

Q. Northrop Frye’s influential work, Anatomy of Criticism includes, as the subtitle indicates, four essays. Which of the following is NOT one among them ?
(1) “Archetypal Criticism : Theory of Myths”
(2) “Typological Criticism : Theory of Types”
(3) “Historical Criticism : Theory of Modes”
(4) “Ethical Criticism : Theory of Symbols”
Answer: 2

Q. ‘Myth Criticism’ focuses on :
(A) a study of myths and mythology
(B) archetypes of spiritual experience
(C) recurrence of archetypal patterns
(D) the confluence of different traditions
Answer: C

Q. Archetypal criticism accepts as its informing principle that archetypes are present in all literature and provide the basis of its interconnectedness.
Practitioners include Code:
 I. Northrop Frye
II. Dorothy Van Ghent
III. Derek Traversi
IV. Maud Bodkin
Answer: I&IV

Q.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Northrop Frye’s four ‘generic plots’?
(A) The comic
(B) The tragic
(C) The lyric
(D) The ironic
Answer: (C)

Q Who among the following is a Canadian critic ?
(A) I.A. Richards
(B) F.R. Leavis
(C) Cleanth Brooks
(D) Northrop Frye
Answer: D

Q. Which modern critic described value judgements as ‘the donkey’s carrot of literary criticism’ ?
(A) T. S. Eliot
(B) I. A. Richards
(C) William Empson
(D) Northrop Frye
Answer: D

Q. Who among the following is not a myth critic ?
(A) Robert Graves
(B) Raymond Williams
(C) Francis Fergusson
(D) Northrop Frye
Answer: B

Q. According to Northrop Frye there are four main narrative genres associated with the seasonal cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter. They are comedy, ________, tragedy and irony (satire). Which is the second one ?
(A) Romance
(B) Epic
(C) Fiction
(D) Novel
Answer: A

Q. Which of the Following talks about collective unconsciousness?
(1) Northrop Fry
(2) Carl Jung
(3) Maud Bodkin
(4) J.S Frazer
Answer:2