Literary Theories

This school of literary theory says that a work is separate and not at all dependent upon the author’s life or the culture in which the work is created

• Post-colonialism
• Psychoanalytical
• Biographical
• Formalism

This school of literary theory is mainly concerned with the reader and the reading process and how they work together to create meaning

• Biographical
• Formalism
• Reader Response
• Feminism

In Marxist contexts, this group is the capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and controls the means of production

• Bourgeoisie
• Baby Boomers
• Proletariat
• Parliament

This school of literary criticism focuses on how writing has been affected by the imperial process throughout history

• Marxism
• Post-colonialism
• Feminism
• Psychoanalytical

Which of the following schools of literary criticism does NOT focus on how one group has been oppressed by another?

• Feminism
• Marxism
• Post-Colonialism
• Formalism

This school of literary criticism claims that literature presents a masculine-patriarchal view in which the role of women is negated or minimized

• Reader Response
• Biographical
• Feminism
• Post-colonialism

In Marxist contexts, this group is composed of workers or working-class people

• Bourgeoisie
• Baby Boomers
• Proletariat
• Parliament 

This school of literary criticism shows how human behavior is relevant to our experience of literature

• Feminism
• Biographical
• Historical
• Psychoanalytical

This school of literary criticism claims that the text is always influenced by time period and culture

• Biographical
• Historical
• Formalism
• Post-colonialism

Which of the following schools of literary criticism will you primarily be using to write your research paper?

• Historical
• Biographical
• Psychoanalytical
• Post-Colonial