Exam 6: Aesthetics and Literary Criticism From Aristotle to Indian Theory

Under which method of analysis, does the critic proceed to ascertain the meaning of a work from the general truth to the particular one?

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Whose plays are considered the primary models of artistic unity, dramatic construction and the author's role in the epic by Aristotle?

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Question 22

In which work did Aristotle firmly refute Plato's pronouncements deriding art, artists and poetry?

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Question 23

Which critic is of the opinion that though Charles Dickens possesses the vitality and vision of art as Conrad does, he cannot be included "in the line of great novelists"?

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Question 24

Who is the young half-brother of Plato whose name means "owl" or "gleaming eyes"?

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Question 25

Which term in Indian aesthetics refers to the objective conditions or reasons for producing or exciting an emotion, which is also the main stimulating cause or the object of the emotion?

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Question 26

Who pointed out the major drawbacks in Bhattalolatta's theory in relation to vibhava and rasa?

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Question 27

Identify the state festival held every year in honour of the God Dionysus in Greece.

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Question 28

Who critiqued the sphota doctrine of the grammarians and the Buddhist linguistic doctrine of apoha?

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Question 29

Which aspect helps the sahrdaya or the aesthetically sensible person to see the characters presented in a literary work in a generalised manner?

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Question 30

Locate T.S. Eliot's full length book of essays on poetry and criticism.

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Question 31

Which kind of poetry has been ignored because Aristotle considers it more suited to music than poetry?

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Question 32

Identify the theory by Bhattanayaka that projects the experiential aspect related to emotions, which is also known as the enjoyment theory?

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Question 33

The pivotal speaker in Republic, Socrates recalls the visit to Piraeus, the port of Athens to take part in the festivities to honour which deity?

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Question 34

What does the word vates mean?

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Question 35

Which critic published his classroom lectures and his ideas along with the dictums of the other critics regularly in Scrutiny?

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Question 36

What is referred as the analysis of the figurative elements such as images, similes, metaphors, symbols, and myth that unify a work?

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Question 37

What is referred as the proper knowledge of language that helps to satisfy desires?

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Question 38

Which term refers to any hindrance to aesthetic relish, the impediment that could be effected by poetry, the actor, or the reader.

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Question 39

In which work by Vamana was the word sahrudaya used first in the technical sense of a competent reader of poetry?

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Under which method of analysis, does the critic proceed to ascertain the meaning of a work from the general truth to the particular one?

Whose plays are considered the primary models of artistic unity, dramatic construction and the author's role in the epic by Aristotle?

In which work did Aristotle firmly refute Plato's pronouncements deriding art, artists and poetry?

Which critic is of the opinion that though Charles Dickens possesses the vitality and vision of art as Conrad does, he cannot be included "in the line of great novelists"?

Who is the young half-brother of Plato whose name means "owl" or "gleaming eyes"?

Which term in Indian aesthetics refers to the objective conditions or reasons for producing or exciting an emotion, which is also the main stimulating cause or the object of the emotion?

Who pointed out the major drawbacks in Bhattalolatta's theory in relation to vibhava and rasa?

Identify the state festival held every year in honour of the God Dionysus in Greece.

Who critiqued the sphota doctrine of the grammarians and the Buddhist linguistic doctrine of apoha?

Which aspect helps the sahrdaya or the aesthetically sensible person to see the characters presented in a literary work in a generalised manner?

Locate T.S. Eliot's full length book of essays on poetry and criticism.

Which kind of poetry has been ignored because Aristotle considers it more suited to music than poetry?

Identify the theory by Bhattanayaka that projects the experiential aspect related to emotions, which is also known as the enjoyment theory?

The pivotal speaker in Republic, Socrates recalls the visit to Piraeus, the port of Athens to take part in the festivities to honour which deity?

What does the word vates mean?

Which critic published his classroom lectures and his ideas along with the dictums of the other critics regularly in Scrutiny?

What is referred as the analysis of the figurative elements such as images, similes, metaphors, symbols, and myth that unify a work?

What is referred as the proper knowledge of language that helps to satisfy desires?

Which term refers to any hindrance to aesthetic relish, the impediment that could be effected by poetry, the actor, or the reader.

In which work by Vamana was the word sahrudaya used first in the technical sense of a competent reader of poetry?

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