GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Cultural and Historical Contexts
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Example Question #171 : Contexts Of Poetry
When was The Striders published?
1970s
1980s
1960s
1990s
2000s
1960s
The Striders was first published in 1966, making it one of A. K. Ramanujan’s earlier collections. (The poet lived from 1929 to 1993.)
Example Question #33 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Who is the author of Autobiography of Red?
Anne Carson
Seamus Heaney
Mary Oliver
A.E. Housman
Adrienne Rich
Anne Carson
Autobiography of Red (1998) is a work by Anne Carson.
A.E. Housman wrote Last Poems (1922), Seamus Heaney wrote Death of a Naturalist (1966), Adrienne Rich wrote Twenty-one Love Poems (1976), and Mary Oliver wrote The Night Traveler (1978).
Example Question #173 : Contexts Of Poetry
What country is the author of Autobiography of Red from?
Trinidad
Canada
Spain
France
Scotland
Canada
Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, translator, and nonfiction writer.
The Autobiography of Red was published in 1998.
Example Question #41 : Contexts Of World Poetry
What form does Autobiography of Red take?
Creative Nonfiction
Comedy of Manners
Novel-in-verse
Memoir
Translation
Novel-in-verse
While Autobiography of Red (1998) is loosely based on the Greek myth of Geryon, and despite its title, it is neither translation nor memoir/creative nonfiction. The work is a fragmentary, lyric novel told in verse.
Example Question #42 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Who is the author of The Labyrinth of Solitude?
José Emilio Pacheco
Octavio Paz
Julio Cortázar
Laura Esquivel
Gabriel García Márquez
Octavio Paz
The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950) is by the poet Octavio Paz.
Julio Cortázar wrote Hopscotch (1963), Gabriel García Márquez wrote Leaf Storm (1955), José Emilio Pacheco wrote Don't Ask Me How the Time Goes by: Poems (1978), and Laura Esquivel wrote Like Water for Chocolate (1989).
Example Question #176 : Contexts Of Poetry
What country is the author of The Labyrinth of Solitude from?
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Mexico
Panama
Mexico
Octavio Paz is a Mexican writer who also served as a diplomat for his country.
The Labyrinth of Solitude was published in 1950.
Example Question #43 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Which of the following is not another work by the author of The Labyrinth of Solitude?
The Dream
Sunstone
Airborn
The Double Flame
Renga: A Chain of Poems
The Dream
Octavio Paz wrote Sunstone (1956), The Double Flame (1994), In Light of India (1997), Airborn (1979), and Renga: A Chain of Poems (1972). The Dream (1692) is by the 17th-century Mexican nun Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Example Question #44 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Who is the author of The Striders?
Jhumpa Lahiri
A. K. Ramanujan
Paul Yoon
Hanya Yanagihara
Maxine Hong Kingston
A. K. Ramanujan
The Striders (1966) is a collection of poetry by the writer and translator A. K. Ramanujan.
Paul Yoon wrote Once the Shore (2009), Jhumpa Lahiri wrote The Namesake (2003), Maxine Hong Kingston wrote Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book (1989), and Hanya Yanagihara wrote The People in the Trees (2013)
Example Question #373 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
What country is the author of The Striders from?
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Indonesia
India
Turkey
India
A. K. Ramanujan is an Indian writer. He was born in Mysuru in the state of Karnataka, India.
The Striders was published in 1966.
Example Question #45 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Which of the following authors is not from the same country as the author of The Striders?
Rabindranath Tagore
Amitav Ghosh
Salman Rushdie
Marjane Satrapi
Arundhati Roy
Marjane Satrapi
Rabindranath Tagore, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, and Arundhati Roy are all Indian writers. Marjane Satrapi is a French-Iranian writer and graphic novelist.
The Striders was published in 1966.
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