English Literature MCQs

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Arnold summarises the rule of English criticism in one word, in The Function Of Criticism. What is the word ?


aDisintrestedness


bIntresedness


cPurification


dCivilization


View Answer Disintrestedness

What is the central idea of Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics ?


aLanguage is inseparable from its historical context.


bThere are five phases of linguistic development.


cLanguage can be analyzed as a formal system of elements.


dAll of the above answers are correct.



What is Christopher Ricks’s attitude toward literary theory ?


aHe considers it to be vital in order to understand literary texts.


bHe considers theory to be the only way that literary texts can be interpreted.


cHe has no misgivings about the practical usability of literary theory.


dHe feels that literary theory is ultimately too limited in scope to serve as a proper method of interpretation.



“The tragic-comedy which is the product of the English theatre is one the most monstrous inventions that ever entered into a poet’s thought.” Whose view is this ?


aJohn Dryden’s


bAlexander Pope’s


cJoseph Addison’s


dDr. Johnson’s


View Answer Joseph Addison’s

This approach can turn a work into little more than a case study, neglecting to view it as a piece of art. Critics sometimes attempt to diagnose long dead authors based on their works, which is perhaps not the best evidence of their psychology. Critics tend to see sex in everything, exaggerating this aspect of literature. What approach possess this disadvantage ?


aMoral/Philosophical


bPsychological


cFormalism/New Criticism


dHistorical/Biographical


View Answer Psychological

Aristotle said of chorus in Greek tragedy that_____________?


aIt is only lyrical songs in the play


bIt should be regarded as one of the actors


cIt should make only reports


dIt should only comment on the action



‘Preface to the Lyrical Ballads’ was published in______________?


a1798


b1800


c1802


d1815


View Answer 1800

Which of the following is a theme of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s book Epistemology of the Closet ?


aUnderstanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture.


bUnderstanding homosexuality has little effect on understanding culture.


cLiterary study is unaffected by a lack of interest in sexuality.


dAll of the above answers are correct.



The Lyrical Ballads was published in____________________?


a1780


b1798


c1815


d1805


View Answer 1798

Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria appeared in the year ?


a1817


b1818


c1718


d1717


View Answer 1817

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