LITERARY CRITICISM | NTA UGC NET ENGLISH | 2020 SEP QUESTION SOLVED

Match List I with List II

Critics

A. Horace

B. John Dryden

C. Samuel Johnson

D. Ben Jonson

Works

I. A Defence of Rhyme

II. Timber or Discoveries

III. Ars Poetica

IV. Of Dramatic Poesy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A – II, B – I, C – IV, D – III
2. A – III, B – IV, C – II, D – I
3. A – III, B – IV, C – I, D – II
4. A – II, B – IV, C – I, D – III

Ans: c

Explanation: Horace is known for his work Ars Poetica in which he addresses the poets on writing good poetry and drama. John Dryden is known for his Dramatic Poesy in which he advocates the superiority of Moderns and English theatre over the Ancients and the French theatre respectively. It is written in the form of a dialogue between 4 characters. Samuel Johnson’s A Defence of Rhyme is a prose treatise defending the English verse’s lack of adherence to classical standards, a response to Thomas Campion’s Observations in the Art of English Poesie (1602). Timber or Discoveries is Ben Jonson’s opinions on various issues including life and dramatic theory and poetics.