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Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Term)
List – II (Coined by)
(A) Heteroglossia
(I) William Empson
(B) Structures of Feeling
(II) Raymond Williams
(C) Ambiguity
(III) Mikhail Bakhtin
(D) Discourse
(IV) Michel Foucault

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options

A

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

B

(A)-(1), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

C

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

D

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

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Correct Answer :

Option A

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

Solution :

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

Let us break down the terms and identify their origins step-by-step to understand why this match is correct:

1. (A) Heteroglossia matches with (III) Mikhail Bakhtin:
Heteroglossia is a term coined by the Russian literary critic and philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin in his 1934 essay "Discourse in the Novel". It refers to the coexistence of distinct varieties of speech, voices, or perspectives within a single language or literary text, particularly in novels.

2. (B) Structures of Feeling matches with (II) Raymond Williams:
"Structures of feeling" is a cultural theory concept coined by the Welsh academic, novelist, and critic Raymond Williams. He introduced it in the 1950s (primarily in Preface to Film and later expanded in The Long Revolution) to describe the lived experience, values, and shared feelings of a particular group or generation during a specific historical period before they become formal institutions or defined ideologies.

3. (C) Ambiguity matches with (I) William Empson:
William Empson, an influential English literary critic, popularized the analysis of this term in his seminal work of New Criticism, Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930). In this book, he identifies and categorizes the different ways in which literary language (especially poetry) can hold multiple, simultaneous meanings.

4. (D) Discourse matches with (IV) Michel Foucault:
While the word "discourse" has general linguistic meanings, in the context of critical theory and post-structuralism, it is most famously defined and analyzed by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. Foucault conceptualized discourse as systems of thoughts, language, and knowledge structures that are bound up with power dynamics and construct our understanding of social reality.

By matching each term in List - I with its creator in List - II, we get:
(A) - (III)
(B) - (II)
(C) - (I)
(D) - (IV)

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