Biographical Context in Literature week 7 lit

He was the character in the story who was sent to Manila to study yet went home with a wife.

• Leon

• Baldo

• Labang

• Father

These are the conflicts in the story except;

• Maria is afraid that he might not be accepted or be likened by Nole's parents

• Maria doesn't like to live in the province or barrio

• Leon's father. He does not believe Maria can cope with living in a province after growing up in a city

• Leon is thinking of the possible reactions of his parents when he tells them that he will no longer study in the city for he already had a wife

This was the metaphor Baldo used for Maria.

• She was so annoying, a pest in the field who consumes crops

• She was the stars in the night sky shining bright like a diamond

• She was tall and Lovely and the fragrance of her was like a morning when papayas are in bloom.

• She was the universe for everyone in Nagrebcan.

Which of the following is the goal of biographical criticism?

• Understanding why the author wrote what he or she wrote and how biographical circumstances contributed to the creation of parts of the text

• Understanding why the author utilized the accounts of their lives to understand nuances in their writings.

• Understanding why the author's social structure or way of life of the author's time period gives greater depth from which to draw conclusions and better understand the story.

• Discovering details about the author's life and times also provides a way to further develop ideas about interpreting the story.

Which of the following are reasons for Reading Literature through Biographical Context?

• Understanding the author's life can help you understand his or her work thoroughly.

• Reading the author's biography or autobiography helps you see how much his life shape his or her work directly and indirectly.

• Understanding the author's social life can help you understand his or her work thoroughly.

• Reading the author's biography or autobiography helps you see how much his life shape his or her work directly and indirectly.

Which of the following is the best idea that lead some readers to be tempted to imagine that Poe and his narrators are one in the same?

• Edgar Allan Poe is known as a fascinating person, and has a popular reputation as a creepy guy.

• The Black Cat tells about a man who loved his pet so much, but because the effect of alcoholism, he changed from a lover into a brutal man.

• His habit who loved his wife or cat and popular opinion that say he was an alcoholic.

• All of the above

Which story features a narrator whose experience mirrors Mangansakan's experience in relief work?

• Children of the Ever-Changing Moon

• A Harvest of Sorrows

• An Old Woman in the Village

• Catch a Falling Star

Which is true about Literary Criticism?

• Helps to illuminate the text; provide insight into themes historical references, social oppositions and the creation of fiction characters

• Some biographical details may be irrelevant

• Can overwhelm and distort the work

• All of the Above

If the reader knows the poet's life, the reader

• He/She can make a good and complete interpretation of a poem

• He/She can place allusions in their proper classical, political, or biblical background.

• He/She can understand better the themes, the expressions, the allusions, the structures, the metaphors, etc, that the poet uses in his/her poems.

• All of the above

Which Ilocano culture is emphasized in his short story "How My Brother Leon brought Home a Wife"?

• Maria fondly calling Leon "Noel which also reads as Leon in a reverse manner or simply referring to the author since his first name was "Manuel

• Calling an older woman or man manang or manong respectively

• Calling an elder sibling such as ate or kuya

• None of the above