ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” pursues which of the following themes?
A
The conflict between marriages based on love and those based on money
B
The ways in which appearances don’t always match realities
C
The danger in not recognizing the difference between reality and fiction
D
All of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Northanger Abbey follows the life and loves of its unlikely heroine, seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland, a naïve young woman away from her family for the first time and trying to navigate the world and the heart-with all their innate complexities.

Detailed explanation-2: -For Catherine, Northanger Abbey symbolizes an imagined ideal. As soon as she enters the abbey, she begins to think of herself as the heroine of a Gothic novel. Unlike Bath, which is simply a pleasant tourist town, the Abbey is a place of mystery and perhaps even adventure, at least in Catherine’s mind.

Detailed explanation-3: -Comedy, Coming-of-Age, Gothic, Romance, Satire. Northanger Abbey is primarily a light-hearted comedy with lots of scenes specifically designed for a laugh. While it isn’t a slap-stick, laugh-a-minute, Northanger Abbey does have all the elements of classic comedy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Language and Communication. Lies and Deceit. Foolishness and Folly. Literature and Writing. Youth. Gender. Friendship. Family. More items

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