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- Literary Theory & Criticism Mcqs - Set 12
MCQs 1: Which school of literary theory shows a particular interest in the role of testimony in literature ?
MCQs 2: Who coined the term New Historicism ?
MCQs 3: To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer ?
An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage
The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs
The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work
All of the above answers are correct
MCQs 4: Formalist critics believe that the value of a work cannot be determined by the author’s intention. What term do they use when speaking of this belief ?
MCQs 5: Seven is an archetype associated with____________?
MCQs 6: Horace was a friend of_______________?
MCQs 7: “Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility.” Who has defined poetry in these words ?
MCQs 8: Which of the following is a critical work of Ben Jonson ?
MCQs 9: A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?
MCQs 10: One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?
To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
To enable to form judgments about literature.
All of the above answers are correct.
MCQs 11: One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “best-ial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “best-ial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his best-ial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?
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