GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : GRE Subject Test: Literature in English
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Example Question #363 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
To which of the following genres does Love in the Time of Cholera belong?
Surrealism
Dadaism
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Science Fiction
Magical Realism
Gabriel García Márquez is known primarily as a magical realist writer, and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985), one of his most famous novels, is no exception to this blend of everyday realism and unexplained magical events.
Example Question #601 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
Who is the author of Independent People?
Karl Ove Knausgård
Henrik Ibsen
Stieg Larsson
Tove Jansson
Halldór Laxness
Halldór Laxness
The poet, playwright, and fiction writer Halldór Laxness (née Halldór Guðjónsson) wrote the novel Independent People (1934), a two-volume work about the difficult lives of impoverished Icelandic farmers in the early 1900s.
Tove Jansson wrote Kometjakten (Comet in Moominland) (1946), Stieg Larsson wrote Män som hatar kvinnor (literally translated as "Men Who Hate Women," published in English under the title The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) (2005), Karl Ove Knausgård wrote Min Kamp (My Struggle) (2009-2011), and Henrik Ibsen wrote Peer Gynt (1867).
Example Question #19 : Contexts Of World Prose
During what decade was Independent People published?
1920s
1930s
1910s
1900s
1890s
1930s
Halldór Laxness published Independent People in two parts in 1934 and 1935.
Example Question #365 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
Who is the author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?
Ha Jin
Yu Hua
David Mitchell
Banana Yoshimoto
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
Published in 1994, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is Haruki Murakami’s eighth novel.
Ha Jin wrote In the Pond (1998), David Mitchell wrote Cloud Atlas (2004), Banana Yoshimoto wrote Hardboiled & Hard Luck (1999), and Yu Hua wrote Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (1995).
Example Question #21 : Contexts Of World Prose
What country is the author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle from?
Japan
China
Vietnam
North Korea
South Korea
Japan
Haruki Murakami is a contemporary Japanese novelist. He was born in Kyoto. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle was published in 1994.
Example Question #602 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
Which of the following is not another work by the author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?
Kafka on the Shore
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
A Wild Sheep Chase
1Q84
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant is a 1995 novel by the Chinese author Yu Hua. The other titles are all novels by Murakami, who is also a short story writer.
Kafka on the Shore was published in 2002, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World was published in 1985, 1Q84 was published in 2009, and A Wild Sheep Chase 1982.
Example Question #22 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle contains all but which of the following elements?
Violence
A series of unusual characters
Strange coincidence
Fantasy
An attack on a bird sanctuary
An attack on a bird sanctuary
Murakami’s fiction is distinguished by his mingling of realism and fantasy, with that realism often touching on dark aspects of contemporary society. Strange characters and coincidences are also hallmarks of Murakami’s novels. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle does not, however, contain an attack on a bird sanctuary.
Example Question #188 : Contexts Of Prose
Who is the author of Love in the Time of Cholera?
Isabel Allende
Gabriel García Márquez
Octavio Paz
Gabriela Mistral
Jorge Luis Borges
Gabriel García Márquez
The Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez wrote Love in the Time of Cholera (1985), a novel about a secret relationship and a love triangle based in a city inspired by Cartagena.
Isabel Allende wrote La isla bajo el mar (Island Beneath the Sea) (2010), Jorge Luis Borges wrote Historia universal de la infamia (A Universal History of Infamy) (1935), Octavio Paz wrote Raíz del hombre (1937), and Gabriela Mistral wrote Lecturas para Mujeres (Readings for Women) (1923).
Example Question #191 : Contexts Of Prose
Which of the following is not another title by the author of The Death of Artemio Cruz?
Rain of Gold
The Hydra Head
Aura
Terra Nostra
Christopher Unborn
Rain of Gold
Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Hydra Head (1978),and Christopher Unborn (1987) are all by Carlos Fuentes. Rain of Gold is a 1991 novel by the Mexican-American author Victor Villaseñor.
Example Question #373 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
When was The Death of Artemio Cruz published?
2000s
1940s
1920s
1980s
1960s
1960s
The Death of Artemio Cruz was first published in 1962, making it one of Fuentes’ earlier works.
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