Critical Lenses Review

What do you call the way of looking at a particular work of literature by focusing on a particular perspective and types of questions?

• Critical lens

• Criticism

• Critical Essay

• Critic

Which of the following is NOT an indicator of the best “lens” to use in analyzing literature?

• Depends on what you want to look for

• No one lens gives the clearest view

• All lens is unlimited

• Applying different lenses to the same text can reveal different features of that text.

What does a magnifying glass refer to when we analyze a text?

• A. Critical lens

• Glasses

• Meaning

• Audience

What is an interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within the text?

• Marxism

• Structuralism

• New Historicism

• Formalism

Which literary theory tend to focus on the representation of class conflict as well as the reinforcement of class distinctions through the medium of literature?

• Structuralism

• Marxism

• Ethnic Studies

• Gender Studies

What do you call the study of structure of literature itself rather than its social context?

• New Historicism

• Structuralism

• Masculine Gender Theory

• Post-colonial Criticism

All are fundamentals of literary criticism except ____________.

• The way we read is a choice.

• Meaning is not absolute, it’s constructed.

• There is a definite meaning of a certain literary text.

• We can choose what lenses we apply and explore how each lens influences our interpretation of a text.

Which of the following is TRUE?

• There is one perfect analysis, you just got to look for it.

• There is no one perfect analysis because of the meaning of the text depends on the lens of the reader.

• The author’s opinion about the text is greatly important before you analyze a text.

• The meaning of the should be based on the interpretation of the author otherwise, it is invalid.

Which of the following is NOT a goal in teaching in learning literary theory?

• To have tools to practice looking at texts in different ways.

• To see what happens to meaning when you ask certain questions.

• To focus less on being right, and more on being curious.

• To set one standard analysis of one text.

Which critical approach is most appropriate if you want to focus on the length of the text?

• Formalist

• New Criticism

• Feminism

• Marxism