Summative Test 2 - 21st Century Literature

Which of the following questions may be asked when examining a literary text sociocultural context?

• How will knowing about the author amplify your appreciation of the work?

• What aspects do you think the author struggled with during the revision?

• Does the story or poem accept or challenge the prevailing social order in the text?

• Do innovations play a large role in the narrative?

Reading through the _________ context requires you as a reader to relate the text with the author’s life and experiences.

• biographical

• political

• sociocultural

• linguistic

All questions can be used in analyzing a text through a sociocultural context except _________.

• What is the prevailing social order?

• Who has the power? Who does not?

• Is there oppression or class struggle?

• What is the structure of the text? Is it a narrative?

Sophia is a firm believer of women’s rights and feminism. Their literature professor asked their class to write a socio-cultural critique on Romeo and Juliet. Which of the following should Sophia do?

• Read the play thoroughly and look for prevailing sociocultural factors that may affect it.

• Write a critique from her ideologies that is more suitable for the play.

• Center her critique on Juliet as the female protagonist of the play.

• Look for the women characters in the play and focus her critique on them.

According to Abrams, the primary duty of the artist was no longer to serve as a mirror reflecting outer things, but instead to externalize the internal, and make one's “inner life” the primary subject of art. This is known as _________.

• Mimetic Theory

• Pragmatic theory

• Expressive theory

• Objective theory

Which of the following may help you in reading a literary work by examining its biographical context?

• events that are currently happening

• political stand of other authors

• signatures of the text that the author has written

• significant events in the author’s life

Which is the BEST reason why literature and history are closely interrelated?

• Literature mirrors the events of history.

• Literature has its own history and history has its history.

• The feelings, aspirations, customs, and traditions are also written in literature.

• Literature is life and history.

In this kind of literary reading, we examine the connection between a literary text and society, history, _________ ideologies, and other sociocultural factors.

• biographical

• political

• sociocultural

• linguistic

James is assigned to write a critical essay on T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” Which of the following should he do?

• Analyze the language, structure, and meaning of the poem.

• Discuss the poem with her friend and write her friend’s interpretation.

• Discuss only the structural pattern of the poem.

• Read about the life of T.S. Eliot and write its summary as an essay.

Anne is reading Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Which of the following will help her understand the socio-cultural context of the novel?

• the biography of Chinua Achebe

• the publisher of the novel

• the history of Nigeria

• the style of writing of Chinua Achebe