ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How was mystical literature significant?
A
Mystical literature suggested the continued link between paganism and Christianity.
B
Mystical literature prohibited women from writing in the voice of God.
C
Mystical literature ended the trend of poems in which God was cast as a lover.
D
Mystical literature provided a place for women to write romantic and religious literature.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is sometimes used for the hidden wills of humans, but is more often used for the hidden will of God. Elsewhere in the Bible it takes the meaning of the mystic or hidden sense of things. It is used for the secrets behind sayings, names, or behind images seen in visions and dreams.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but it can also refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning (Nazari 2017).

Detailed explanation-3: -Mechthild of Hackeborn, Angela of Foligno, and Marguerite Porete were exact contemporaries who differed in language, social status, and modes of religious life; their books diverge no less in genre, modes of production, and posthumous destinies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mystical fiction may be written by atheists, spiritual or religious authors for people of all beliefs and backgrounds. Plot structure choices, character definition and musicality of language tend to differentiate it from “regular” fiction.

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