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Literary Criticism

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

It involves the reading, interpretation, and commentary of a specific text or texts which have been designated as literature

a)

Literary Analysis

b)

Literary Approach

c)

Literary Criticism

d)

Literary Theory

2.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach that is based on the premise that literature is an imitation of life.

a)

Classical Literary Theory

b)

Historical-Biographical Approach

c)

Moral Philosophical Approach

d)

New Criticism

3.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which sees a literary work as a reflection of the author’s life and times or the life and the times of the characters in the work.

a)

Classical Literary Theory

b)

Historical-Biographical Approach

c)

Moral Philosophical Approach

d)

New Criticism

4.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which emphasizes that the larger function of literature is to teach morality and to probe philosophical issues.

a)

Classical Literary Theory

b)

Marxist Literary Theory

c)

Moral Philosophical Approach

d)

Psychoanalytical Theory

5.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which is concerned mainly with the text in itself, language and organization. It involves “close reading” as a way to engage with a text, and paid close attention to the interactions between form and meaning.

a)

Classical Literary Theory

b)

Marxist Literary Theory

c)

Moral Philosophical Approach

d)

New Criticism

6.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which applies the ideas of Freudian psychology to literature.

a)

Classical Literary Theory

b)

Marxist Literary Theory

c)

Moral Philosophical Approach

d)

Psychoanalytical Theory

7.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which is based on Carl Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious. It involves repeated or dominant changes/patterns of human experience.

a)

Marxist Literary Theory

b)

Moral Philosophical Approach

c)

Mythological/Archetypal Approach

d)

Psychoanalytical Theory

8.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which draws from the linguistic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure. It stresses that texts are unavoidably influenced by other texts, in terms of both their formal and conceptual structures,

a)

Deconstruction

b)

Moral Philosophical Approach

c)

Russian Formalism

d)

Structuralist Literary Theory

9.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which exposes the gaps, the contradictions in a discourse, and then revealing the hidden articulations.

a)

Deconstruction

b)

Moral Philosophical Approach

c)

Russian Formalism

d)

Structuralist Literary Theory

10.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which aims to establish a ‘science of literature’ – a complete knowledge of the formal effects (devices, techniques, etc.) which together makes up what is called literature.

a)

Deconstruction

b)

Moral Philosophical Approach

c)

Russian Formalism

d)

Structuralist Literary Theory

11.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which aims to explain literature in relation to society – that literature can only be properly understood within a larger framework of social reality.

a)

Marxist Literary Theory

b)

Moral Philosophical Approach

c)

Mythological/Archetypal Approach

d)

Psychoanalytical Theory

12.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which studies literature for how it addresses or expresses the particularity of women’s lives and experience.

a)

Feminist Criticism

b)

Post-Colonial Criticism

c)

Post-Modern Literary Theory

d)

Reader-Response Criticism

13.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which refers to a historical phase undergone by Third World Countries after the decline of colonialism.

a)

Feminist Criticism

b)

Post-Colonial Criticism

c)

Post-Modern Literary Theory

d)

Reader-Response Criticism

14.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which applies a style or sensibility manifesting itself in any creative endeavor which exhibit some consciousness and reflexibility.

a)

Feminist Criticism

b)

Post-Colonial Criticism

c)

Post-Modern Literary Theory

d)

Reader-Response Criticism

15.

It is a kind of literary theory/approach which stresses the importance of the role of the readers in constructing the meaning of a work of literature.

a)

Feminist Criticism

b)

Post-Colonial Criticism

c)

Post-Modern Literary Theory

d)

Reader-Response Criticism