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

Which is the variety of dhwani accepted by Kuntaka that includes the employment of words of double meaning

Which term is used by Abhinavagupta to denote "relating", "narrating" or "describing" emotive conditions.

Who opposed the theory of dhwani on the ground there was no meaning in inventing a new power for words since dhwani was subordinate to anumana?

Which tailanga scholar who was a prominent poet in the court of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, was conferred the title Panditaraja?

What is the structure of Longinus' "On the Sublime"?

Which edition of the Preface is considered important because of the explanation of the nature and characteristics of the poet, and his superiority over the man of science?

What is considered superior to the epic since it contains all the elements that give pleasure along with music and spectacle?

Identify the author of The Well-Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry (1947)/

In the opinion of Aristotle, whose plays are the primary models of artistic unity, dramatic construction?

How many sources of sublimity are mentioned by Longinus?

What is the excessive use of verbal ornamentation that obstructs the natural use of language and hence it should be avoided?

Which unity has not been mentioned by Aristotle?

The Republic concludes with Socrates' vibrant description of the tale of which hero?

Whose verses does Socrates criticise because of the uneven blend of narrative, especially the speeches of the characters in Iliad that also employ mimesis or imitation?

Which form of government is based primarily on wealth?

Whose first book of poems Prufrock and Other Observations was published in 1917?

Which critic gave great importance to the gunas and doshas (merits and defects) in poetry?