literary theory and criticism Mcqs
201. In which book of the Republic did Plato ban poets from his ideal world ?
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A. Book 5

B. Book 7

C. Book 10

D. Book 1

202. What approach is described by the paragraph? This approach takes as a fundamental tenet that literature exists not as an artifact upon a printed page but as a transaction between the physical text and the mind of a reader ?
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A. Historical/Biographical Approach

B. Mimetic Approach

C. Formalism

D. Reader Response Approach
203. Aristotle and Plato belong to phase of criticism ?
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A. Hellenic

B. Graeco-Roman

C. Hellenistic

D. Renaissance

204. What is the meaning of the term Hamartia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy ?
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A. A weak trait in the character of the hero

B. A strong quality in the character of the hero

C. Tragic end of the tragedy

D. Working of fate against the hero

205. What does Edward Said argue about the concept of the Orient ?
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A. It illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. It was produced by Western scholarship.

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

206. Biographia Literaria was written by_________________?
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A. Wordsworth

B. Coleridge

C. Keats

D. Charles Lamb

207. What is hermeneutics ?
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A. A term that describes the effect of autobiography on text

B. A term that describes the absence of racial others in the canon

C. A term that describes the attempt to read homosexuality into literature

D. A term that describes the interpretation of meaning
208. Formalist critics believe that the value of a work cannot be determined by the authors intention. What term do they use when speaking of this belief ?
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A. The affective fallacy

B. The objective correlative

C. The intentional fallacy

D. The pathetic fallacy

209. Horace was a friend of_______________?
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A. Julius Caesar

B. Pompey

C. Emperor Augustus

D. Alexander the Great

210. Who coined the term New Historicism ?
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A. Jacques Derrida

B. Terry Eagleton

C. Fredric Jameson

D. Stephen Greenblatt
211. Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and literary theory ?
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A. Literary criticism draws upon research derived from sources outside literature, while literary theory draws upon sources within a text.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

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

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

212. Of all philosophers Plato is the most poetic. Who said this______________?
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A. Aristlotle

B. Keats

C. Shelley

D. Philiph Sidney
213. In her essay The Laugh of the Medusa, what does Hlne Cixous suggest for women ?
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A. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts.

B. Women should primarily dedicate themselves to studying womens literature from the past.

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. Women should write, but they should do so only within the existent male canon.

214. Who remarked, Spenser write no language. ?
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A. Arnold

B. Ben Jonson

C. Pope

D. Dr. Jhonson

215. One of the potential disadvantages of this approach to literature is that it can reduce meaning to a certain time frame, rather than making it universal throughout the ages ?
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A. Feminist

B. Formalist

C. Mimetic

D. Historical
216. Aristotle discusses the theory of Tragedy in _______________?
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A. Ars Poetica

B. Poetics

C. Art Poetique

D. Rhetoric

217. To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct

B. An infants inability to speak prior to the mirror stage

C. The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs

D. The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work
218. Which text argues that, as infants, human beings begin to define their identities against the identities of others ?
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A. Roland Barthess The Death of the Author

B. W.E.B. Du Boiss The Souls of Black Folk

C. Jacques Lacans The Mirror Stage . . .

D. Judith Butlers Gender Trouble

219. Which of the following is a critical work of Ben Jonson ?
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A. An Apologie for Poetrie

B. Discoveries

C. Arte of English Poesie

D. Discourse of English Poetry

220. Coleridges Biographia Literaria appeared in the year ?.
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A. 1818

B. 1817

C. 1717

D. 1718

221. Trauma theory is tremendously influenced by which theoretical school ?
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A. Feminism

B. Marxism

C. Psychoanalysis

D. Deconstruction

222. Trauma theory primarily developed out of the work of which psychoanalyst ?
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A. Jacques Derrida

B. Michel Foucault

C. Sigmund Freud

D. Carl Jung

223. Who is the author of Ars Poetica ?
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A. Aristotle

B. Horace

C. Longinus

D. Plato

224. Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility. Who has defined poetry in these words ?
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A. Wordsworth

B. Shelley

C. Coleridge

D. Matthew Arnold

225. Who was the originator of the Theory of Imitation in Literature ?
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A. Longinus

B. Aristotle

C. Horace

D. Plato
226. Wordsworths Preface to the Lyrical Ballads is believed to be the Preamble to Romantic Criticism. In which year was it published ?
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A. 1798

B. 1801

C. 1800

D. 1802

227. The phrase willing suspension of disbelief applies to which poet/critic ?
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A. Charles Lamb

B. Coleridge

C. Wordsworth

D. Joseph Conrad

228. Who was the most illustrious pupil of Plato ?
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A. Aristophanes

B. Longinus

C. Aristotle

D. Socrates

229. On the Sublime is considered ______________?
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A. Romantic approach

B. A classical approach

C. None of these

D. Neo-classical approach