Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Discourse analysis (developed in the 1970s) concerns itself with the use of language in a running discourse continued over a number of sentences and involving the interaction of the speaker (writer) and the auditor (reader) in a specific context. Reasons (R) : In Discourse analysis, the meaning of a discourse is dependent on specific cultural condition and circumstances. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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The correct option is (A): Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)

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(A) is correct but (R) is not correct

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(A) is not correct but (R) is correct

	LIST I		LIST II
A.	Fin-de-siecle	I.	God from the machine
B.	Deucox machina	II.	Comic drama
C.	Commedia dell'arte	III.	A name which is different from his/her real name is used by an author
D.	Nom de pluma	IV.	end of a century

	LIST I		LIST II
A.	Verbal Irony	I.	The introduction of a structural feature that serves to sustain a double meaning throughout the work.
B.	Structural Irony	II.	A mode of narrative writing in which the author builds up the illusion of representing reality and then shatters it.
C.	Dramatic Irony	III.	A statement in which the meaning that the speaker implies differs from the meaning that is expressed
D.	Romantic Irony	IV.	A situation in which the reader audience shares with the authors knowledge of circumstances of which the character is ignorant.

	LIST I		LIST II
A.	The School of Abuse	I.	Thomas Wilson
B.	An Apology for Poetry	II.	Stephen Gesson
C.	A Defence of Rhyme	III.	Philip Sidney
D.	The Art of Rhetoric	IV.	Samuel Daniel

	LIST I		LIST II
A.	Motif	I.	It is a general concept in a literary text which is designed to involve and persuade the reader to believe in it.
B.	Plot	II.	It is the general locate, historical time and social circumstances in which the action occurs
C.	Setting	III.	It is a conspicuous elements which occurs frequently in works of literature
D.	Theme	IV.	It is constituted by its events and actions that achieve particular artistic and emotional effects.

The Correct Option is A

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