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Chronology of Russian writers arranged by era Here are the Russian writers arranged by era: Classic Era (18th-19th centuries) 1. Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) 2. Denis Fonvizin (1745-1792) 3. Alexander Radishchev (1749-1802) 4. Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) 5. Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) 6. Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) 7. Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) 8. Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) 9. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) 10. Aleksey Khomyakov (1804-1860) Realist Era (mid-19th century) 1. Ivan Goncharov (1812-1891) 2. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889) Silver Age (late 19th-early 20th centuries) 1. Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900) 2. Konstantin Balmont (1867-1942) 3. Valery Bryusov (1873-1924) 4. Andrei Bely (1880-1934) 5. Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866-1949) 6. Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) 7. Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) 8. Sergei Semyonov (1868-1922) Revolutionary and Soviet Era (early 20th century) 1. Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) 2. Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937) 3. Isaac Babel (1894-1940) 4. Mikhail ...

Here are 30 unique and important multiple-choice questions (MCQs) on Cultural Studies for UGC NET English, along with descriptions after every answer: Visit : Literary Sphere for more 1. Question: Who coined the term "Cultural Studies"? A) Raymond Williams B) Stuart Hall C) Edward Said D) Michel Foucault Answer: B) Stuart Hall Description: Stuart Hall, a Jamaican-British scholar, played a pivotal role in establishing Cultural Studies as an academic field. He was one of the founding members of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies. 2. Question: Which theoretical framework emphasizes power relations and social inequality? A) Marxism B) Postcolonialism C) Feminism D) All of the above Answer: D) All of the above Description: Marxism, Postcolonialism, and Feminism are theoretical frameworks that analyze power dynamics and social inequality in cultural contexts. 3. Question: What is the term for the process of attributing meaning to cultural texts? A) Encoding B)...

LINGUISTICS PYQS FOR UGC NET JRF ENGLISH  Visit : LITERARY SPHERE  for more such PYQ/MCQ Series  Q  Which of the following terms is used to describe spurious words which are the result of inadvertent errors made by copyists, printers and editors? [1] Dudwords [2] Ghostwords. [3] Protowords [4] Pseudowords Answer: 2 Q  Usage in "you have hissed the mystery lectures" is an example of: [1] Error of lexical choice [2] Inadverant mistake [3] Metathesis [4] Spoonerism Answer: 4 Q  The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is: [1] Lexeme [2] Morpheme [3] Phoneme [4] Sememe Answer: 1 Q  Words with the same pronunciation and different meanings are: [1] Homonyms [2] Homograft's [3] Homologues [4] Homophones Answer: 3 Q  Which pair of linguists in the following list is associated with 'speech acts? [1] Franz Boas and Rudolf Camap [2] J.L. Austin and John Searle [3] Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker [4] Paul Grice and Michael Devitt Answer:...