Literary Criticism

Which of the following approaches focuses on the figures of speech found in a literary text?

• Formalism
• Structuralism
• Biographical criticism
• Psychological criticism

Philippine Literature was shaped by the different colonizers. Because of this, their influences are evident in the texts that we read today. Which approach is most appropriate to use?

• Formalism
• Psychological Criticism
• Post-colonial criticism
• New Historicism

Which of the following approaches investigates the underlying patterns of the different texts that people read?

• Formalism
• Structuralism
• Psychological criticism
• Biographical criticism

Which of the following approaches makes use of the different theories that are proposed by behavioral sciences?

• Formalism
• Structuralism
• Psychological criticism
• Biographical criticism

Which of the following approaches investigates the conditions of people belonging to the different social statuses?

• Formalism
• Structuralism
• Psychological criticism
• Biographical criticism

Which historical approach places the text as parallel to the relevant experiences of the author when the text is written?

• Sociological criticism
• Biographical criticism
• Psychological criticism
• New Historicism

Which approach focuses on the role of women in the text as reflected in the different kind of society?

• Formalism
• Psychological criticism
• Gender criticism
• Biographical criticism

Which of the following approaches shows that there is a dynamic interaction between the text and the reader?

• Gender criticism
• Reader-response criticism
• Psychological criticism
• Biographical criticism

Some texts show significant behaviors and ways of life that a particular group of people possess What approach should be used?

• Historical criticism
• New historicism
• Post-colonial criticism
• Cultural criticism

Which literary approach centers on the character's motivations, behavior, and actions?

• Historical criticism
• New historicism
• Post-colonial criticism
• Cultural criticism