English Literature MCQs

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In his essay “The Death of the Author,” Roland Barthes argues what about literature ?


aBiographical information about the author must be considered when evaluating literature.


bA text and its author text are unrelated.


cIt is possible to distill meaning from a work based on the author’s politics.


dLiterature is inextricably connected to its creator.



How many principal sources of sublimity are there according to Longinus ?


aThree


bFour


cFive


dSix


View Answer Five

Which of the following best defines the work of a deconstructionist critic ?


aCalling into question the possibility of the coherence of discourse


bSuggesting that the study of literature is based on the breakdown of language into signs


cArguing that language, and therefore literary texts, relies on the difference between terms and therefore constantly defers meaning.


dAll of the above answers are correct.



In what way does Julia Kristeva build on Jacques Lacan’s theory of psychosexual development ?


aKristeva wholly rejects Lacan’s theory of psychosexual development.


bKristeva centralizes the maternal and the feminine in her revisions of Lacan’s theory.


cKristeva argues that the mirror stage does not occur until the individual embraces a distinct gender role.


dAll of the above answers are correct.



According to trauma theorists, a testifying subject needs which of the following to deliver a successful testimony ?


aA figure of judgment


bReligious belief


cA witness


dPsychological treatment


View Answer A witness

What does hermeneutic theory suggest about how readers view literature ?


aIt is impossible to view a piece of literature as its author intended.


bIt is impossible to divorce a text from capitalist ideology.


cIt is impossible to view a piece of literature correctly, because we can only work within the hetero-normative paradigm.


dIt is impossible to separate a text from the linguistics that compose it.



‘Gynocriticism’ is associated with_________________?


aElaine Showalter


bEllen Moors


cJulia Kristeva


dKate Millet


View Answer Elaine Showalter

Some critics of literary theory argue that literary theory is problematic for which reason ?


aLiterary theory tends to be too political.


bLiterary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text.


cLiterary theory depends on specialized knowledge that is outside the realm of literary studies.


dAll of the above answers are correct.



Which school of literary theory is associated with the phrase “to make the stones stonier” ?


aHumanism


bFormalism


cStructuralism


dMarxism


View Answer Formalism

What is generally considered to be Theodor W. Adorno’s primary concern as a theorist ?


aThe effect of literature in enlightening the human mind


bThe effect of modern society on human suffering


cThe effect of the economy on women’s concerns


dAll of the above answers are correct.



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