ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘Lord of the flies’ is written by?
A
E. M. Forster
B
Robert Frost
C
George Orwell
D
William Golding
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lord of the Flies, novel by William Golding, published in 1954. The book explores the dark side of human nature and stresses the importance of reason and intelligence as tools for dealing with the chaos of existence. In the novel, children are evacuated from Britain because of a nuclear war.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Golding to Faber & Faber, 14 September 1953 William Golding’s original submission letter for Lord of the Flies, then named Strangers From Within.

Detailed explanation-3: -Golding’s first published novel was Lord of the Flies (1954; film 1963 and 1990), the story of a group of schoolboys isolated on a coral island who revert to savagery. Its imaginative and brutal depiction of the rapid and inevitable dissolution of social mores aroused widespread interest.

Detailed explanation-4: -After World War II, he began working on the Lord of the Flies novel, which was published in 1954 after several rejections. The book was widely read throughout the world, and today it continues to be a work that has inspired popular culture in several ways.

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