MCQ on Literary movements in English Literature
MCQs on literary Movements in English Literature
ENGLISH LITERATURE MCQ ON LITERARY MOVEMENTS
The realist movement began in mid _____ century
A. 17th
B. 19th
C. 18th
D. 16th
Ans. 18th century
The realist movement was opposed to _____.
A. Historicism
B. Idealism
C. Imagism
D. Romanticism
Ans. D
The Enlightenment movement was a/an _____.
A. Religious movement
B. Intellectual movement
C. Political movement
D. Educational movement
Ans. B
Who among the following defined Enlightenment meaning as " the liberation of mankind from his self caused state of minority that is exemplified in his determination and courage to ise without the assistance of another"
A. Francis Bacon
B. Immanuel Kant
C. John Stuart Hall
D. John Dryden
Ans. B
Who is the founder of Utilitarianism movement among the following ?
A. Jeremy Bentham
B. John Stuart Hall
C. Dente Gabriel Rossetti
D. Edgar Allan Poe
Ans. A
Who among the following is not associated with Oxford Movement ?
A. Richard Faber
B. Charles Mariott
C. Isaac William
D. John Everett Millais
Ans. D
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of ____.
A. Painters, artists and musicians
B. Painters, poets and critics
C. Dramatists, poets and scholars
D. Artists, critics and singers
Ans. B
List of Literary movements in English literature :
1. Classicism
2. Romanticism
3. Realism
4. Naturalism
5. Symbolism
6. Modernism
7. Postmodernism
8. Beat Generation
9. Feminism in Literature
10. Magical Realism
11. Existentialism
12. Postcolonial Literature
13. Transcendentalism
14. Surrealism
15. Dadaism
16. Harlem Renaissance
17. Minimalism
18. Literary Criticism and Theory
19. Cyberpunk
20. New Journalism
21. Expressionism
22. Decadent Movement
23. Impressionism
24. Victorian Literature
25. Gothic Literature
26. Renaissance Literature
27. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
28. Absurdist Literature
29. Confessional Poetry
30. Regionalism and Local Color Fiction
31. Romantic Poetry
32. Metaphysical Poetry
33. Epic Poetry
34. Transcendental Poetry
35. Theatre of the Absurd
36. Neo-Realism
37. Dirty Realism
38. Afrofuturism
39. Chicano Literature
40. Existential Literature
