A. kavyalankara
B. natyashastra
C. kavyadarsha
D. nirupana
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Literary Criticism MCQs
What is considered superior to the epic since it contains all the elements that give pleasure along with music and spectacle?
A. comedy
B. tragedy
C. tragicomedy
D. none of these
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Which term in Indian aesthetics refers to the process of Generalisation?
A. bhavakatva
B. tamas
C. sattva
D. sadharanikarana
✅ The correct answer is option D.
What is referred as the proper knowledge of language that helps to satisfy desires?
A. rasa
B. natyashastra
C. kamadhenu
D. dhwani
✅ The correct answer is option C.
In the opinion of Aristotle, whose plays are the primary models of artistic unity, dramatic construction?
A. homer
B. virgil
C. sophocles
D. dante
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Identify the theory by Bhattanayaka that projects the experiential aspect related to emotions, which is also known as the enjoyment theory?
A. rasa
B. bhuthivada
C. anumitivada
D. pracya nyaya
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Under which method of analysis, does the critic proceed to ascertain the meaning of a work from the general truth to the particular one?
A. deductive
B. inductive
C. formalist
D. archetypal
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Which is the variety of dhwani accepted by Kuntaka that includes the employment of words of double meaning
A. artha
B. shabda
C. shabdashaktimoola
D. rupa
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Who pointed out the major drawbacks in Bhattalolatta’s theory in relation to vibhava and rasa?
A. mammata
B. shankuka
C. kalidasa
D. bharata
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Who wrote the essay “The Critical Monism of Cleanth Brooks”?
A. r.s.crane
B. elder olson
C. robert penn warren
D. richard mckeon
✅ The correct answer is option A.