Question

Match the following literary retellings (List-I) with their original versions in (List-II):

List I	Literary Retellings	List II: Original Versions
A	Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad	(I) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
B	Jeanette Winterson's Weight	(II) The Odyssey
C	Angela Carter's Queen of Hearts	(III) Through the Looking-Glass
D	Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls	(IV) The Iliad

• A. Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad
• B. Jeanette Winterson’s Weight
• C. Angela Carter’s Queen of Hearts
• D. Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls

Hint:

To match literary retellings, focus on thematic parallels between original works and reinterpretations.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The Penelopiad (A): Inspired by Homer’s The Odyssey. Weight (B): A retelling of the myth of Atlas, aligning with The Iliad. Queen of Hearts (C): A retelling of Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass.- Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls (D): Revisits the Trojan War through the lens of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.