English Literature MCQs

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From whom did New Historicists draw the idea of “self-regulating systems” ?


aTheodor W. Adorno


bClaude Lévi-Strauss


c Julia Kristeva


dJacques Derrida


View Answer Claude Lévi-Strauss

The statements below are steps on “How to Read and Understand an Expository Essay”. Which comes in as an initial thing to do before writing an expository essay ?


aIdentify the Mode of Development


bAnalysis of the Author


cSubsequent Readings/Reviews


dIdentify External Factors Related to the Work



With which theorist is the concept imaginative geography associated ?


aJulia Kristeva


bFredric Jameson


cTerry Eagleton


dEdward Said


View Answer Edward Said

Which literary theory would most directly explore questions of the role of spatial setting in a poem ?


aTrauma theory


bEcotheory


cGame theory


dMarxist theory


View Answer Ecotheory

Which of the following critics preferred Shakespeare’s Comedies to his Tragedies ?


aDryden


bPope


cDr. Johnson


dAddison


View Answer Dr. Johnson

A critic argues that in John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes,” the shearing of Samson’s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ?


aMimetic approach


bFormalist approach


cHistorical approach


dPsychological approach



With which theorist is the term implied reader associated ?


aWolfgang Iser


bWilliam Wimsatt


cCleanth Brooks


dHarold Bloom


View Answer William Wimsatt

What does Elaine Showalter argue about gender in terms of representations of the character of Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?


aOphelia’s madness represents the social oppression of women.


bIt is nearly impossible to represent women as anything other than mad in patriarchal discourses.


cFeminist critics need to re-appropriate Ophelia for their own purposes.


dAll of the above answers are correct.



What is the main function of literary theory ?


aTo understand the importance of the formal elements of literary structure


bTo formulate relationships among an author, a reader, and a literary work


cTo understand the role of sexuality, gender, race, and ethnicity in literary study


dAll of the above answers are correct.



Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?


aNeurotic behavior


bChanges in emotional states


cSlips of the tongue


dAll of the above answers are correct.



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