Literature – Fill in the Blank – GK Questions

'Turning Points' (2012) continues the narrative from 'Wings of Fire', focusing on Kalam's post-presidential life and his vision for India's future.

The epic evolved in three stages: 'Jaya' (8,800 verses, focusing on the war), 'Bharata' (24,000 verses), and finally the 'Mahabharata' (over 100,000 verses).

The Sangam 'Thinai' concept links specific landscapes to human emotions. Paalai represents the harsh, dry wasteland and the agonizing separation of lovers.

The 'Ettuthokai' (Eight Anthologies) is a collection of eight distinct poetic anthologies from the Sangam period, including Kuruntokai, Akananuru, and Purananuru.

16. Sivakami, a former IAS officer, writes powerfully about the intersection of caste and gender patriarchy in rural Tamil Nadu. 'The Grip of Change' is her translated masterpiece.

Urmila Pawar's 'Aaydan' (translated as 'The Weave of My Life') is a crucial feminist Dalit text that connects the labor of basket-weaving to the weaving of her own life narrative.

Kamala Das (also known as Madhavikutty) wrote 'My Story' (Ente Katha) in 1973. It caused a sensation for its candid exploration of female sexuality and patriarchal constraints.

The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated on March 12, 1954, with the aim of promoting Indian literature in various languages.

Named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories, the Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention.

The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (Immortals of Literature) is awarded to eminent writers for their outstanding contribution to Indian literature over a lifetime.

The 14-line structure is the defining characteristic of the sonnet, whether it is Petrarchan (octave + sestet) or Shakespearean (three quatrains + a couplet).

Also known as a 'coming-of-age' story, Charles Dickens' 'David Copperfield' and J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye' are classic examples.

Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' and Walt Whitman's 'O Captain! My Captain!' are famous examples.

Atticus Finch defends a Black man falsely accused of rape in the racially segregated American South, becoming a moral hero in American literature.

'Soma' is a hallucinogenic, mood-altering drug distributed by the state to suppress negative emotions and maintain social stability.

'The Metamorphosis' (1915) is a seminal work of absurdist and existential literature, exploring themes of alienation and guilt.

'Wuthering Heights' (1847) is a dark, passionate tale of destructive love set on the Yorkshire moors.

To avoid the prejudice against female writers, they used the pen names Currer (Charlotte), Ellis (Emily), and Acton (Anne) Bell.

Published in 1843, 'A Christmas Carol' popularized many modern Christmas traditions and themes of charity and redemption.

'Manimekalai' by Chithalai Chathanar continues the story of the daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi from Ilango Adigal's 'Silappatikaram'.