Approaches to Literary Criticisms

1.The Tortoise and the Hare is a children's story and we can get moral lessons from it.

The lesson for this story is "Slow and steady wins the race.“ What literary approach is evident in the story?

• Moralist

• Formalist

• Marxist

2. 2. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a horrifying example of what happens when society can only distinguish two classes, specifically the down trodden working class and the wealthy leader class. What approach to literary criticism is evident in the text?

• Marxist

• Moralist

• Formalist

3. 3.The way in which people become alienated from one another through power, money and politics.

• Marxist

• Moralist

• Formalist

4.One of the disadvantages of this school of criticism is that it tends to make readings too subjective.

• Moralist

• Marxist

• Formalist

5. 5. It emphasizes the form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create

• Marxist

• Formalist

• Moralist

6. 6. It supports the given idea, “Literature that is ethically sound and encourages virtue is praised while literature that misguides and corrupts is condemned.” What is the literary approach being described?

• Marxist

• Moralist

• Formalist

7. 7. The question, “What is the genre, or form, of the piece of literature?” is under_______ approach?

8. 8. The speaker “I” in the poem “The Road Not Taken”, is in the middle of journey somewhere in a wood and stands between two roads that he had to choose. It shows the speaker see the two roads in front of him, when he writes “two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” What literary approach is present in the text?

• Formalist

• Marxist

• Moralist

9. 9. One evening as Shichiri Kojun was reciting sutras (Buddhist scriptures) a thief with a sharp sword entered, demanding either his money or his life. Shichiri told him: ‘Do not disturb me. You can find the money in that drawer.’ Then he resumed his recitation. What type of literary approach is evident in the text?

• Formalist

• Marxist

• Moralist

10. 10.Cinderella cannot go to the ball because she was considered as a person not worthy for such kind of privileges. This criticism is an example of ___________ approach.

• Moralist

• Marxist

• Formalist