Literary Criticism Quiz

What is Jacques Derrida best known for?

• Structuralism

• Deconstruction

• Psychoanalysis

• New Criticism

Which of the following works is authored by Jacques Derrida?

• "Writing and Difference"

• "The Anxiety of Influence"

• "On Photography"

• "The Mirror and the Lamp"

Derrida's term "différance" primarily signifies what?

• Difference and deferral of meaning

• Presence and immediacy

• Unity and coherence

• Certainty and truth

In which essay did Derrida first introduce the concept of "deconstruction"?

• "Plato's Pharmacy"

• "Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences"

• "Of Grammatology"

• "Speech and Phenomena"

Derrida's critique of logocentrism is a critique of what?

• The centrality of speech over writing

• The emphasis on visual arts

• The focus on political structures

• The reliance on economic models

M.H. Abrams is best known for his work in which field?

• Literary Criticism

• Philosophy

• Psychology

• Sociology

Which of the following books is written by M.H. Abrams?

• "On Photography"

• "The Mirror and the Lamp"

• "Specters of Marx"

• "Against Interpretation"

In "The Mirror and the Lamp," Abrams discusses the shift from what to what in literary theory?

• From classical to romantic criticism

• From moral to aesthetic criticism

• From mimetic to expressive theories

• From formal to structural criticism

Abrams' "The Mirror and the Lamp" metaphorically represents which two aspects of literature?

• Reflection and illumination

• Structure and function

• Form and content

• Image and idea

Which critical theory is M.H. Abrams most associated with?

• New Criticism

• Romanticism

• Structuralism

• Deconstruction