ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is called the father of English Prose?
A
Henry Fielding
B
William Shakespeare
C
William Wordsworth
D
John Wycliffe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -William Tyndale: The Father of English Prose.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Tyndale is known as the father of English Prose.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Wycliffe is widely considered one of the medieval forerunners of the Protestant Reformation. His criticism of the practices and beliefs of the church foreshadowed those of later reformers. Wycliffe also directed a translation of the Bible into English.

Detailed explanation-4: -Francis Bacon was a busy man of affairs. Known popularly as “The father of English Essays”, his essays have an evergreen freshness and an intellectual power.

Detailed explanation-5: -The earliest English prose work, the law code of King Aethelberht I of Kent, was written within a few years of the arrival in England (597) of St. Augustine of Canterbury.

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