ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AGES ERA PERIOD

VICTORIAN AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
For what do Matthew Arnold’s moral investment in nonfiction and Walter Pater’s aesthetic investment together pave the way?
A
a renewed secularism in the twentieth century
B
modern literary criticism
C
late “nineteenth-century and early” twentieth-century satirical drama
D
the surrealist movement
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Literature and Dogma, Matthew Arnold contends that words in religious texts can have ambiguous, “literary” interpretations or factual, “scientific” ones. His analysis serves to undermine theologians who assign unnecessarily precise definitions to biblical language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Matthew Arnold was one of the foremost poets and critics of the 19th century. While often regarded as the father of modern literary criticism, he also wrote extensively on social and cultural issues, religion, and education.

Detailed explanation-3: -His style is’ perfectly lucid, easy and rhythmical, and not without a certain elegance and distinction. Arnold also wrote freely upon theological and political themes, but these were largely topics of the day, and his works on such subjects have no great permanent value.

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