quiz ms belocura English 101

One of the important practices of New Criticism is ___________, which is the analysis/reading of the interplay of literary elements.

This is the concept of the new critical approach that considers that every part of literary work contributes to its overall structure and meaning.

_______________ is the fallacy which states that it is irrelevant for a critic to focus on an author's intentions or beliefs when interpreting a literary work.

______________ fallacy states that it is irrelevant for a critic to focus on the emotional impact of a work on the readers.

In the _______________ approach in literary criticism, tragedy reflects:

• the archetype of the fall

• descent from fortune to suffering

• transition from a higher state of being to a lower state of being

• all of the above

• none of the above

The heresy of _________ is the idea that attempting to capture the meaning of a poem through rephrasing in another form like prose is fundamentally flawed.

This is a literary criticism approach which implies a logical, evidence-based argument built on textual details, showing how those details create meaning and artistic writing.Fo

Discuss how a literary criticism using the New Critical/Formalist theory is written. (10 pts.)

In the archetypal/symbolic approach of literary criticism, comedy reflects rebirth or renewal.

• True

• False

The concepts intentional fallacy and affective fallacy emphasize the belief of the New Critical/Formalist approach that literary analysis should remain objective and focused solely on the text.

• True

• False