English Literature MCQs

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This approach provides a universalistic approach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test of time. It works well with works that are highly symbolic.What approach has this advantage ?


aMimetic


bPsychological


cHistorical/Biographical


dMythological/Archetypal



Christopher Ricks would most likely DISAGREE with which of the following claims about literary theory ?


aLiterary theory is limited in its ability to interpret a text.


bLiterary theory often depends on esoteric knowledge to be properly understood.


cLiterary theory is employed mostly by academics.


dLiterary theory is the only proper way to conceptualize literary texts.



This critical approach assumes that language does not refer to any external reality. It can assert several, contradictory interpretations of one text ?


aDeconstructionism


bFormalist Criticism


cStructuralism


dMimetic Criticism


View Answer Deconstructionism

In which the following works Plato discusses his Theory of Poetry ?


aApology


bIon


cThe Republic


dPhaedrus


View Answer The Republic

The term Electra Complex has originated from a tragedy entitled Electra. Who is the author of his tragedy ?


aAeschylus


bSophocles


cEuripides


dSeneca


View Answer Sophocles

Aristotle and Plato belong to phase of criticism ?


aHellenic


bHellenistic


cRenaissance


dGraeco-Roman


View Answer Hellenic

In which essay did Arnold say that for good literature to flourish two powers are necessary – creative and the critical ?


aThe Function of Criticism


bThe Study of Poetry


cPreface to Eighteen Fifty Three poems


dEssay on Wordsworth



Who considers poetry ‘a mother of lies’ ?


aAristotle


bPlato


cPope


dStephen Gosson


View Answer Stephen Gosson

Michael Foucault was the major practitioner of this school of criticism?


aFormalist Criticism


bDeconstructionism


cStructuralism


dMimetic Criticism


View Answer Structuralism

Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and literary theory ?


aLiterary criticism is concerned only with the meaning of a literary work, while literary theory is concerned only with the structure of a literary work.


bLiterary criticism draws upon research derived from sources outside literature, while literary theory draws upon sources within a text.


cLiterary theory is concerned with the method used to interpret a work, while literary criticism is the application of literary theory.


dAll of the above answers are correct.



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