Literary Criticism - midterm quiz

It is a form of literary criticism which analyzes a writer’s biography to show the relationship between the author’s life and their works of literature.

• Historical Criticism 

• Biographical Criticism  

•    Formalist Criticism

• Gender Criticism

It refers to the study of literary piece were we can understand the event of the work. One example of using historical types of criticism is in the analysis of that wide category of historic writing commonly referred to as “sacred texts.”

• Historical Criticism  

• Biographical Criticism

• Formalist Criticism

• Gender Criticism

It examines how sexual identity influences the creation, interpretation, and evaluation of literary works.

• Biographical Criticism

• Gender Criticism

• Historical Criticism

• Formalist Criticism

Which is not true about Biographical Criticism

•    It is a critical approach to literature in which information about an author’s life and background is used to better understand his works.

•   A writer's life may bring darkness on his or her literature and the literature of the era.

•    It   is   necessary   to   know   about   the   author   and   the   political,   economic,   and sociological context of his times in order to truly understand his literature.

• It focuses on links between a work’s content and the writer’s life; often use the writer’s intentions, experiences, motives, or beliefs to interpret his/her   literary texts.

5.     Biographical Criticism focuses on:

a. The historical context in which a work was written   b. The author's personal life and experiences

c. The gender and sexuality of the author                      d.  Being overly concerned with gender and sexuality issues

• The historical context in which a work was written

• The author's personal life and experiences

• The gender and sexuality of the author

•  Being overly concerned with gender and sexuality issues

Historical Criticism focuses on:

• The historical context in which a work was written

• The author's personal life and experiences

• The gender and sexuality of the author

• Ignoring the author's personal life and experiences 

Gender Criticism focuses on:

• The historical context in which a work was written

• The author's personal life and experiences

• The gender and sexuality of the characters in a work 

• Ignoring the author's personal life

Biographical Criticism is criticized for:

• Focusing too much on the author's personal life and not enough on the work itself

• Ignoring the historical context in which a work was written

• Being overly concerned with gender and sexuality issues

• The gender and sexuality of the author

Historical Criticism is criticized for:

• Ignoring the author's personal life and experiences

• Being overly concerned with gender and sexuality issues

• Focusing too much on the historical context and not enough on the work itself

• The author's personal life and experiences

Gender Criticism is criticized for:

• Being overly concerned with the gender and sexuality of the characters in a work

• Ignoring the author's personal life and experiences

• Focusing too much on the historical context in which a work was written.

• The author's personal life and experiences