Comedy Questions and Answers The word ‘Comedy‘ has been derived the French word comdie, which in turn is taken from the Greeco-Latin word Comedia. The word comedia is made of two words komos, which means revel and aeidein means to sing. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, comedy means a branch of drama, which … Read more
Persona Questions and Answers MARKS 2 Q. 1. What is the literary term for persona? Ans. A persona is typically the person understood to be speaking or narrating a given work. The persona is often intended to be someone other than the author of that work, even if we never learn who the persona is. … Read more
Tragedy Questions and Answers Marks -2 Q. 1. Define tragedy, after Aristotle. What are the characteristics of tragedy? Ans. Tragedy is a literary genre that portrays the downfall of a noble or heroic character due to a flaw or a series of unfortunate events. Aristotle defines tragedy in chapter six of his Poetics in the … Read more
Abol Tabol Questions and Answers 1 . Show the use of illustrations in the poems of Sukumar Roy. One of the most prominent children’s writers and pioneer of nonsense literature in Bengali, Sukumar Ray (1887-1923), father of Satyajit Ray was an inheritor of his father Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury’s genius of artistry. A graduate … Read more
Ice Candy Man Questions and Answers 1. Discuss the various connotations of the title of Ice-Candy-Man. Or, Critically discuss the significance of the title of “Ice-Cady Man”. Ans. When this novel was first published in 1988 in London, it appeared as le Candy Man. This was the title that Sidhwa had … Read more
Train to Pakistan Questions and Answers 1. Critically discuss the theme of Love and Sacrifice in time of Partition in Khushwant Singh’s “Train to Pakistan“. Ans. Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan highlights the futility of blaming each other for the unfortunate event. Also, the novel is one of the first and most effective … Read more
