FR Leavis and the Canon

The canon is a list of literary works which are considered to be...

• inferior

• the greatest of all time

• the most difficult to understand

• the most expensive

In what century could you begin to study modern English literature at university?

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

• 21st

Which two of these books were written by FR Leavis?

• Culture and Anarchy

• Mass Civilisation and Minority Culture

• Sweetness and Light

• The Great Tradition

This man influenced FR Leavis with his book 'Culture and Anarchy' (1869). What's his name?

• Matthew Arnold

• Michael Adams

• Marcus Allen

• T.S. Eliot

What did FR Leavis do in World War I?

• He was a teacher

• He was a soldier

• He carried wounded soldiers on a stretcher

• He was a pilot

Which of the following might be described as 'minority culture' or 'high culture'?

• The music of Rihanna

• Shakespeare's Othello

• Crazy Rich Asians

• The music of Mozart

Which of these does Leavis say a literary critic should do?

• Pay attention to the details of the author's life

• Pay attention to a book's cover

• Pay attention to other reviews of the book

• Pay attention to the words on the page

Which of the following qualities is NOT associated with great literature by Leavis?

• Formal perfection

• An exciting storyline

• Moral seriousness

• Traditional yet original

Which of these authors is NOT mentioned in The Great Tradition?

• JK Rowling

• Jane Austen

• Joseph Conrad

• George Eliot