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Match List I with List II

List I
List II
[A] “Bricolage”
[I] Martin Heidegger
[B] “Dasein”
[II] Sigmund Freud
[C] “Parapraxes”
[III] Levi- Strauss
[D] “Polyphony”
[IV] Mikhail Bakhtin

Options

A

A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

B

A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

C

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

D

A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

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Correct Answer :

Option D

A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

Solution :

The correct option is A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV.

To understand why this match is correct, let us analyze each term from List I and connect it to the corresponding thinker in List II:

1. [A] "Bricolage" matches with [III] Levi-Strauss:
The concept of "bricolage" was popularized in social anthropology by Claude Lévi-Strauss in his 1962 book The Savage Mind (La Pensée Sauvage). In his theory, a "bricoleur" is someone who uses whatever materials, tools, or ideas are at hand to solve a problem or construct meaning, contrasting with an engineer who designs tools specifically for a set task. Lévi-Strauss used this term to describe how mythological thought operates by rearranging existing cultural components.

2. [B] "Dasein" matches with [I] Martin Heidegger:
"Dasein" is a fundamental German term in the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger, prominently introduced in his seminal work Being and Time (Sein und Zeit). Translated literally as "being there" or "there-being," Dasein refers to the specific mode of existence experienced by human beings—who are aware of and must confront their own being, mortality, and relationship to the world.

3. [C] "Parapraxes" matches with [II] Sigmund Freud:
A "parapraxes" (often referred to as a Freudian slip or slip of the tongue) is a concept in psychoanalysis introduced by Sigmund Freud. In works like The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Freud argued that these minor, seemingly accidental errors in speech, memory, or physical actions are not random but are actually determined by the unconscious mind, revealing hidden desires or repressed thoughts.

4. [D] "Polyphony" matches with [IV] Mikhail Bakhtin:
"Polyphony" is a key term in literary theory formulated by the Russian philosopher and critic Mikhail Bakhtin, notably in his analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novels. Bakhtin used this musical metaphor (meaning "many voices") to describe a narrative structure containing multiple independent, fully distinct voices and viewpoints, none of which are subordinated to the author's singular perspective.

By matching each concept with its respective theorist, we arrive at the correct combination: A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV.

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