Literature Criticism Quiz

According to the lecture notes, what did critics in the 1920s-30s believe about literature?

• Literature is a social construct.

• Literature had certain identifiable properties like metaphor and plot.

• Literature is defined by how people use it.

• Literature can be anything, not necessarily Shakespeare.

What did the New Critics emphasize in their approach to literature?

• The social context of literature.

• The exclusion of Western literature.

• The importance of great works and a narrow literary canon.

• The role of language in literature.

How does John Ellis view literature?

• As a collection of shared inherent properties.

• As a social construct.

• As identifiable by how people use it.

• As defined by rhyme and meter.

What is Terry Eagleton's perspective on literature?

• Literature is defined by its inherent properties.

• Literature is a social construct.

• Literature is primarily oral.

• Literature is only written.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What do most critics believe about language in relation to literature?

• Language is not important to literature.

• Language is a key aspect of literature.

• Language is only important in oral literature.

• Language is irrelevant to the literary canon.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the denotative meaning of language?

• The use of language for its ability to provide signs that mean one thing only

• The meaning that words have in addition to their direct meaning

• The use of language to evoke emotions

• The use of language to create fictional worlds

What does the term "defamiliarization" refer to in literature?

• The use of familiar language to create comfort

• The art of making language unfamiliar, breaking conventions

• The use of language to describe everyday events

• The simplification of complex language

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which of the following is an example of stylized material?

• A newspaper report

• A scientific journal

• A poem

• A textbook

What is the connotative meaning of language?

• The meaning that words have in addition to their direct meaning

• The use of language for its ability to provide signs that mean one thing only

• The use of language to create fictional worlds

• The use of language to describe factual events

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is meant by "typical characters" in literature?

• Characters that typify real people and recount events that can happen in real life

• Characters that are always fictional and imaginative

• Characters that are based on historical figures

• Characters that are purely symbolic

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3