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English Literature: Topics: 1. Writers from Vicorian Period [গুরুত্বপূর্ণ লেখকদের জীবনী, সাহিত্য-কর্ম, অবদান, স্বীকৃতি ইত্যাদি সম্পর্কে বিস্তারিত পড়তে হবে। অন্যান্য লেখকদের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অবদান ও সাহিত্যকর্ম সম্পর্কে পড়লেই হবে।] Important Writers: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Matthew Arnold, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy. Other Writers: R.L Stevenson, Mark Twain, William Hazlitt, Edward Fitzgerald, George Eliot, John Stuart Mill, Charles Robert Darwin, Karl Marx, Cardinal Newman, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Emily Bronte, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, George Robert Gissing. 2. Modern English, Irish and Scottish Writers [Edwardian Period, Georgian Period] [গুরুত্বপূর্ণ লেখকদের জীবনী, সাহিত্য-কর্ম, অবদান, স্বীকৃতি ইত্যাদি সম্পর্কে বিস্তারিত পড়তে হবে। অন্যান্য লেখকদের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অবদান ও সাহিত্যকর্ম সম্পর্কে পড়লেই হবে।] Important Writers: Bertrand Russell, David Herbert Lawrence, Edward Morgan Forster, George Bernard Shaw, George Orwell, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Virginia Woolf, William Butler Yeats. Others Writers: William Gerald Golding, Winston Churchill, Dylan Thomas, John Masefield, Joseph Conrad, John Millington Synge, Aldous Huxley, Graham Greene, H.G. Wells, Harold Pinter, J. K. Rowling. উৎস: এনসাইক্লোপিডিয়া ব্রিটানিকা, ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের উপর যেকোনো স্কলারের লেখা বই (যেমন - ইংরাজি সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস: শীতল ঘোষ), যেকোনো গাইড বই। [গাইড বই থেকে পড়ার ক্ষেত্রে কনফিউজিং বিষয়গুলো ক্রসচেক করে পড়া উত্তম।]
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১.
Who wrote the poem 'The Lotos Eaters'?
  1. ক
    ক) Alfred Tennyson
  2. খ
    খ) Mathew Arnold
  3. গ
    গ) Robert Browning
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) T. S Eliot
ব্যাখ্যা
• Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem 'The Lotos Eaters'.
- The poem is based on an episode in Book 9 of Homer’s Odyssey.
- Odysseus’s sailors, returning home after the fall of Troy, are forced to land in a strange country after a strong wind propels them past the island of Cythera. The inhabitants, “the mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters,” are sustained solely on the fruit of the lotus plant.
- The sailors, too, eat the fruit and lose all desire to continue their journey.

• Lord Alfred Tennyson was a famous Victorian Poet.
- He is best known for his melodious language.
- He represented the Victorian Age.

• His famous poems:
- Oenone,
- Ulysses,
- Lotus Eaters,
- Locksley Hall,
- Tears Idle Tears,
- Tithonus,
- The Two Voices,
- The Lady of Shalott,
- Vision of Sin,
- Morte D'Arthur etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica.
২.
'Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.' is taken from -
  1. ক
    ক) The Picture of Dorain Gray
  2. খ
    খ) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
  3. গ
    গ) A Tale of Two Cities
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) New Arabian Night
ব্যাখ্যা
• 'Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.' is taken from - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
- Victorian period এর সাহিত্যিক Edward Fitzgerald, ১৮৫৯ সালে ‘The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ কাব্য গ্রন্থটি কে Persian থেকে English এ অনুবাদ করেন।
- যদিও Edward Fitzgerald এটি Persian থেকে অনুবাদ করেছেন কিন্তু এটি ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের ইতিহাসে একটি Classic হিসেবে বিবেচিত।
- It is one of the most frequently quoted lyric poems and many of its phrases are passed into common currency.

• Famous lines from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:

• 'A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou.'
• 'Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.'
• 'Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.'
• 'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.'
• 'Today is the time of my youth I drink wine because it is my solace; Do not blame me, although it bitter it pleasant, It is bitter because it is
my life.'
• 'As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don't hurt others.'

Source: Live MCQ Lecture, Britannica and An ABC of English Literature by Dr M Mofizar Rahman.
৩.
Which of the following novels is not written by Virginia Woolf?
  1. ক
    ক) To the Light House
  2. খ
    খ) The Voyage Out
  3. গ
    গ) The Waves
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) The Rainbow
ব্যাখ্যা
• প্রশ্নে উল্লেখিত অপশন গুলোর মধ্যে - 'The Rainbow' is not written by Virginia Woolf.
- D. H Lawrence wrote the novel 'The Rainbow'
- The story line traces three generations of the Brangwen family in the Midlands of England from 1840 to 1905।

• অন্য অপশন গুলোর মধ্যে - 
• To the Light House, The Voyage Out এবং The Waves হচ্ছে Virginia Woold এর উপন্যাস।

• Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
- Virginia woolf was female novelist.
- She is famous for presentation of inner realities.

• Best Works:
-The Voyage Out (1915)
-Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
-To the Lighthouse (1927)
-The Waves (1931)
-Flush (1933)
-The Years (1937)

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica.
৪.
Who is the author of 'The Origin of species'?
  1. ক
    ক) Charles Darwin
  2. খ
    খ) Gustave Flaubert
  3. গ
    গ) John Masefield
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Winston Churchill
ব্যাখ্যা
• Charles Robert Darwin is the author of 'The Origin of species'.
- Charles Darwin, in full Charles Robert Darwin, English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.
- The theory was outlined in Darwin’s seminal work On the Origin of Species, published in 1859.

• Charles Robert Darwin (1809-82) is a writer of The Victorian Period.
-His major works are:
- On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids Are Fertilised by Insects
- Origin of Species
- The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
- The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilization in the Vegetable Kingdom
- The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
- The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms
- The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

Source: Britannica
৫.
Who is the pioneer of using the narrative technique,"Stream of Consciousness"?
  1. ক
    ক) G. B Shaw
  2. খ
    খ) W. B Yeats
  3. গ
    গ) James Joyce
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Thomas Hardy
ব্যাখ্যা
• James Joyce is the pioneer of using the narrative technique,"Stream of Consciousness"(চেতনার অন্তঃশীল প্রবাহ)।
- He was an Irish novelist noted for his experimental use of language and exploration of new literary methods.
- The stream-of-consciousness novel commonly uses the narrative techniques of interior monologue. 

• Joyce's some notable Works:
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- After the Race
- Chamber Music
- Dubliners” “Eveline
- Exiles
- Finnegans Wake
- Pomes Penyeach
- Stephen Hero
- The Day of the Rabblement
- The Dead
- The Sisters
- Ulysses,
• Ulysses হলো James Joyce রচিত বিংশ শতাব্দীর অন্যতম শ্রেষ্ঠ উপন্যাস।

Source: Britannica.
৬.
'The Heart of the Matter' is a novel written by -
  1. ক
    ক) Emily Bronte
  2. খ
    খ) Oscar Wilde
  3. গ
    গ) Graham Greene
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Mark Twain
ব্যাখ্যা
• 'The Heart of the Matter' is a novel written by Graham Greene.
- উপন্যাসটি দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধের সময় পশ্চিম আফ্রিকার একটি bleak area তে গড়ে উঠেছে যেখানে  an honourable and decent deputy commissioner of police Scobie এর moral dilemma গুলোকে তুলে ধরা হয়েছে, who is torn between compassion for his wife, Louise, and love and pity for Helen, a young widow with whom he has an affair. 

• Henry Graham Greene was an English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist whose novels treat life’s moral ambiguities in the context of contemporary political settings.
- Greene combined serious literary acclaim with wide popularity.

Some notable works of Greene:
- Brighton Rock
- The Heart of the Matter
- The End of the Affair
- The Power and the
- Glory, The Quiet American
- Our Man in Havana 
- The Human Factor

Source: Britannica
৭.
'The Importance of Being Earnest' written by Oscar Wilde is a/an -
  1. ক
    ক) paly
  2. খ
    খ) novel
  3. গ
    গ) novella
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) elegy
ব্যাখ্যা
• 'The Importance of Being Earnest' written by Oscar Wilde is a - play.
- The Importance of Being Earnest, in full The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People.
- এটি একটি three act বিশিষ্ট play.
- ১৯৯৫ সালে নাটক টি প্রথম মঞ্চস্থ হয়েছিল এবং ১৮৯৯ সালে এটি প্রকাশিত হয়।
- A satire of Victorian social hypocrisy, the witty play is considered Wilde’s greatest dramatic achievement.

• এই নাটকের চরিত্র সমূহঃ 
- Jack Worthing
- Algernon Moncrieff
- Gwendolen Fairfax
- Cecily Cardew
- Lady Bracknell
- Dr. Chasuble
- Lane
- Merriman
- Miss Prism

• Oscar Wilde was a poet, novelist and dramatist.
- This Irish born poet became London’s most popular playwright in the early 1890s.
- His full name was Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde.

• Best Works:
- Lady Windermere’s Fan
- A woman of no importance
- An Ideal husband
- The importance of being earnest.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (তাঁর রচিত একমাত্র উপন্যাস)
- De Profundis
- Intentions
- Poems
- Ravenna
- Salome
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Source: Britannica
৮.
Which of the following literary works is written in the Victorian period of English literature?
  1. ক
    ক) Ceasar and Cleopatra
  2. খ
    খ) My Last Duchess
  3. গ
    গ) The Lake Isle of Innisfree
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Animal Farm
ব্যাখ্যা
• প্রশ্নে উল্লেখিত অপশন গুলোর মধ্যে - the literary work 'My Last Duchess' is written in the Victorian period of English literature.
• 'My Last Duchess' is written by the most famous Victorian writer Robert Browning.
-  Rhyming couplets এ লেখা এটি ৫৬ লাইনের একটি কবিতা।
- It is one of Browning’s most successful dramatic monologues.
- The poem’s narrator is the duke of Ferrara, who comments dispassionately on the portrait of his late wife hanging on the wall, remarking on the duchess’s innocence and character.

• অন্য অপশন গুলোর মধ্যে -
• Ceasar and Cleopatra written by G. B Shaw, The Lake Isle of Innisfree is written by W. B Yeats এবং Animal Farm is written by George Orwell. 
- এই তিনটিই বিংশ শতাব্দী অর্থাৎ Modern Period এর বিখ্যাত সাহিত্যকর্ম।

Source: Britannica.

৯.
'Brave New World' written by Aldous Huxley is a/an -
  1. ক
    ক) pastoral elegy
  2. খ
    খ) dystopian novel
  3. গ
    গ) social satire
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) detective sorty
ব্যাখ্যা
• 'Brave New World' written by Aldous Huxley is a- dystopian novel.
- এটিকে dystopian novel বলা হয় কারণ the book presents a nightmarish vision of a future society.
- Dystopian literature is a form of speculative fiction that offers a vision of the future.
- Brave New World is also called science fiction.

• Aldous Huxley, in full Aldous Leonard Huxley হচ্ছেন English novelist and critic gifted with an acute and far-ranging intelligence whose works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire.
- He remains best known for one novel, Brave New World (1932), a model for much dystopian science fiction that followed.

Source: Britannica.
১০.
Which one is an autobiographical history of the war by Winston Churchill?
  1. ক
    ক) World War 2
  2. খ
    খ) The River War
  3. গ
    গ) The World Crisis
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) War and Peace
ব্যাখ্যা
• Winston Churchill, British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister (1940–45, 1951–55) rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory.
- “The World Crisis” by him is an autobiographical history of the war.

• Notable Works of Winston Churchill:
“The World Crisis”
“The Story of the Malakand Field Force”
“Marlborough: His Life and Times”
“Lord Randolph Churchill”
“The River War”

Source: Britannica
১১.
Who is the writer of the novel "The Odd Women"?
  1. ক
    ক) Emily Bronte
  2. খ
    খ) Robert Browning
  3. গ
    গ) George Robert Gissing
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) H. G Wells
ব্যাখ্যা
 • "George Robert Gissing is the writer of the novel "The Odd Women".
- Its themes are the role of women in society, marriage, morals, and the early feminist movement.
- the book is considered as a powerful study of female frustration.

• George Robert Gissing:
- English novelist noted for the unflinching realism of his novels about the lower middle class.
- He belongs to the Victorian Period.

• Notable Works of Geroge Robert Gissing:
- Born in Exile
- The Nether World
- Denzil Quarrier
- The Odd Women
- The Paying Guest
- The Whirlpool
- Charles Dickens: A Critical Study

Source: Britannic and An ABC of English Literature by Professor M Mofizar Rahman.