Critical Insights

When was Percy Bysshe Shelley born? Ans. 4 August 1792 Q. Where was Percy Bysshe Shelley born?Ans. Field Place Q. Shelley was the son of? Ans. Sir Timothy Shelley Q. Shelley's first wife was? Ans. Harriet Westbrook. Q. Which university expelled Percy Bysshe Shelley? Ans. Oxford Q. The writing of which pamphlet caused Percy Bysshe Shelley’s expulsion? Ans. The Necessity of Atheism Q. How old was Shelley's second wife Mary when she eloped with Percy Bysshe Shelley? Ans. 16. They eloped to Switzerland Q. For which magazine did Percy Bysshe Shelley write articles? Ans. The Examiner Q. Which poem did Percy Bysshe Shelley write when he heard about Peterloo massacre? Ans. The Mask of Anarchy Q. How did Percy Bysshe Shelley die? Ans. Drowned Q. In 1822, which journal did Shelley publish along with Leigh Hunt and Lord Byron? Ans. The Liberal Q. What did Byron try to rescue from Shelley's funeral pyre? Ans. His skull Q. What was one of the unusual ways Shelley released his work? Ans....

Q. The full name of Lord Byron was? Ans. Lord George Gordon Byron Q. Byron succeeded to the title of Lord after the death of? Ans. His uncle Q. Byron's parents were married in? Ans. 1785 Q. Byron was born in? Ans. 1788 Q. Byron's father was a? Ans. Guards Officer Q. Byron's father had? Ans. Eloped with his first wife Q. The earliest work of Byron was? Ans. Fugitive Pieces Q. Byron was married in? Ans. 1815 Q. The first two cantos of Don Juan by Byron were published in? Ans. 1819 Q. The Vision Of Judgement by Byron is? Ans. A satirical masterpiece Q. Byron died in? Ans. 1824 Q. Who wrote the poem I Would I Were A Careless Child? Ans. Byron Q. What did Byron join in Genoa? Ans. Terras Q. Complete the title of Byron's poem, So, We'll Go No More A______? Ans. Roving Q. The poem The Corsair has been written by? Ans. Byron Q. Byron completed The Corsair in? Ans. Ten days Q. How many copies of The Corsair were sold on the first day? Ans. Ten thousand Q. Who wrote A Selecti...

 We seem as a species to be driven by a desire to make meanings: above all, we are surely Homo significans - meaning-makers.                                        -Daniel Chandler To begin with we have to know about two individuals. 1. Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) • Swiss Linguist and Semiotician • laid the groundwork for structuralism and modern linguistics • Father of Semiology • one should know of this important work of Saussure that was published by his students posthumously. It is- Course in General Linguistics (1916). This book contains of all Saussure's essays. • Saussure's theory of sign, signifier, and signified comes under semiotics. His studies on signs are called semiology. In simple terms, Semiology is related to Saussure and Semiotics is an umbrella term used to refer to the study of signs. • Ferdinand de Saussure due to his attitude and style of critique is regar...