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GATE 2021 XH2 – Question 62

Contemporary Literary Cultures and Research Methodologies · Research in Literary Studies: Archival, ethnographic, textual and discourse analysis, AI-assisted and multimodal approaches · 2 marks · Multiple select

A passage says the feminist insistence that “the personal is political” has influenced other genres. Feminist academics argue that subjectivity must remain part of research practices such as interviewing and theories of knowledge production, citing Skeggs,Maynard and Purvis,and Reinharz. Which conclusions follow?

  1. Interviews and theories of knowledge production are not research methods.
  2. “The personal is political” is a feminist argument.
  3. The cited authors are feminist scholars.
  4. Subjectivity can legitimately enter research methods.

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Correct answer: (B) “The personal is political” is a feminist argument.; (C) The cited authors are feminist scholars.; (D) Subjectivity can legitimately enter research methods.

Explanation

B repeats the passage’s attribution, C follows from the cited scholarly examples, and D states its methodological point. A contradicts the inclusion of interviewing as a research practice. Therefore B,C,D. The passage advocates reflexive attention to subjectivity rather than the abandonment of careful evidence.

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