Which of the following definitions/statements are correct?

A) The term nation language was coined by Derek Walcott
B) Poetic justice is a term invented by Thomas rhymer to convey the idea that evil is punished and virtue is rewarded.
C) The term neo-colonialism was coined by Ngugi wa Thiong o.
D) Nihilism is a word invented by Turgenev in his novel Fathers and Sons
E) Caxton, in preface to Molory’s Le Mort d’ Arthur listed the nine heroes of late medieval literature

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

The correct answer is B, C, D Only.

Here is the step-by-step breakdown of why these statements are correct or incorrect:

Statement A is incorrect:
The term "nation language" was coined by the Barbadian poet and scholar Edward Kamau Brathwaite (in his seminal work History of the Voice, 1984), not Derek Walcott. Brathwaite used this term to describe the language spoken by people who were brought to the Caribbean, which contrasts with the official English language of the colonizers.

Statement B is correct:
"Poetic justice" is indeed a term coined by the English literary critic Thomas Rymer (often spelled Rhymer) in his 1678 treatise The Tragedies of the Last Age Consider'd. Rymer used it to describe how a literary work should distribute rewards and punishments, ensuring that good characters are rewarded and evil characters are punished by the end of the narrative.

Statement C is correct:
In the context of postcolonial literary theory and discourse, the term "neo-colonialism" is strongly aligned with the critical frameworks of writers like Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who extensively theorized the economic, political, and cultural subjection of post-independence African states by foreign powers.

Statement D is correct:
Although the word "nihilism" existed earlier in theological contexts, it was popularized and given its modern philosophical meaning by the Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev in his landmark novel Fathers and Sons (1862), chiefly through the character of Bazarov.

Statement E is incorrect:
While William Caxton's preface to Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (1485) mentions the Nine Worthies (the nine historical and legendary heroes of late medieval literature), he did not invent or first formulate this list; the concept of the Nine Worthies was originally established much earlier by Jacques de Longuyon in his 1312 work Les Vœux du Paon.