literary criticism

Sigmund Freud gave the literary theory of ______

Which of the following are discussed in Aristotle's 'Poetics'?

• Plot

• Novel

• Character

• Catharsis

• Horror

Who is this very famous English Romantic Poet?

• Lord Byron

• John Keats

• P.B. Shelley

• William Wordsworth

What type of criticism focuses mainly on your own reaction to the text?

• Archetypal Criticism

• Reader Response Criticism

• Formalist Criticism

• New Criticism

What type of criticism deals with social issues that were happening during the time period in which the piece was published?

• Formalist criticism

• Marxist criticism

• Reader Response criticism

• Historical criticism

Who wrote Poetics?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Horace

• Ovid

What is catharsis?

• sorrow and worry

• to cough

• to be afraid

• purgation

The title of Philip Sidney's work is ------------------------------------.

• Defense of Poetry

• Four Kinds of Meaning

• An Apology for Poetry

• Poetics

Docero delictendo means ---------------------------------------.

• delighting and entertaining

• poetic justice

• pity and fear

• three unities

Who is the first literary critical theorist in English?

• Francis Bacon

• Charles Lamb

• Sir Philip Sidney

• Edmund Spenser