ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was Charles Parnell?
A
a popular symbol of Irish nationalism
B
an Irish representative in the British Parliament
C
the founder of the Catholic Land League
D
All of the Above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1875 to 1891, also acting as Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882 and then Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to 1891.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Stewart Parnell Parnell is not fictional, and does not actually appear as a character in the novel. However, as an Irish political leader, he is a polarizing figure whose death influences many characters in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1882, Parnell turned the Home Rule League into the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), a formally organized party which became a major political force. The IPP came to dominate Irish politics, to the exclusion of the previous Liberal, Conservative, and Unionist parties that had existed there.

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