english literature MCQs – Page 190

Practise multiple-choice questions from english literature for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

english literature Mcqs

1. introduction to literary theory 2. miscellaneous literature 3. famous playwright poet and others 4. introduction to literary studies 5. cultural and literary in modernity 6. ages era period 7. cultural and literary english renaissance 8. modern poetry and poetics 9. medieval literature and culture 10. african american literature 11. the gothic novel 12. american literature 13. language and linguistics 14. english romantic poetry 15. literary theory and criticism 16. cultural and literary 18th 19th centuries

3781. What does Edward Said argue about the concept of the Orient ?
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A. It was produced by Western scholarship.

B. Its literature is less proud that that of the West.

C. It has little relationship to the colonization of Asian countries by the West.

D. It illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.

3782. Which theorist is associated with the idea that art is a copy of a copy ?
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A. Julia Kristeva

B. Claude Lvi-Strauss

C. Plato

D. Walter Benjamin

3783. How are Julia Kristevas psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ?
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A. Kristeva offers a more central place for womens issues within psychological development.

B. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious.

C. Kristeva fundamentally disagrees with the idea of the mirror stage.

D. Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes.

3784. Jacques Derridas concept of diffrance challenges us to think about language as a system that___________?
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A. involves a constant process of deferred meaning.

B. mirrors our physical evolution as human beings.

C. prevents us from communicating through writing or speech.

D. evolved exclusively as a function of our individual psyche.

3785. What is the main goal of ethnic criticism ?
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A. All of the above.

B. To rectify the double experiences of certain racial groups

C. To expand the canon to include works authored by different racial groups

D. To reconcile cultural identity with individual identity

3786. What is affective fallacy ?
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A. An important term in the field of New Historicism

B. All of the above.

C. A term that suggests that a critic should study the structural and thematic elements of a poem rather than the effect it has on the emotions of the reader B. A term that describes the confusion between a poem and its result

3787. What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon ?
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A. It includes too few works by women.

B. It includes too few works by nonwhite writers.

C. All of the above.

D. It includes too few works by non- Western writers.

3788. What did Sigmund Freud believe about the unconscious ?
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A. It has little impact on human behavior.

B. It is the only significant aspect of the human psyche.

C. It can never be accessed.

D. It contains secret instincts and desires that are repressed.

3789. Who coined the term New Historicism ?
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A. Stephen Greenblatt