IHSS ( week 8 )
Literary theory - correct answer A systematic study of literature using various
methods to analyze texts.
Authorial intent - correct answer Author is the supreme source of (authority)
meaning in a work of literature
Formalism - correct answer Author and historical context are not important,
what matters is the words on the page themselves .
historical context - correct answer What matters when looking at the meaning
of a text is the historical context ( in which the work was written)
Reader Response Criticism - correct answer analyzing a text based on the
reader's own experiences, social ethics, moral values, and general views of the world .
Marxism - correct answer The material concerns drive conflict between
classes ( not ideas )
Postmodernism - correct answer A philosophical movement and aesthetic
movement, it is characterised by scepticism, subjectivism is amore relativism . A general suspicion of
reason and sensitivity to the role of ideology in asserting and maintaining political and economic power.
Literary theory - correct answer A systematic study of literature using various
methods to analyze texts.
Authorial intent - correct answer Author is the supreme source of (authority)
meaning in a work of literature
Formalism - correct answer Author and historical context are not important,
what matters is the words on the page themselves .
historical context - correct answer What matters when looking at the meaning
of a text is the historical context ( in which the work was written)
Reader Response Criticism - correct answer analyzing a text based on the
reader's own experiences, social ethics, moral values, and general views of the world .
Marxism - correct answer The material concerns drive conflict between
classes ( not ideas )
Postmodernism - correct answer A philosophical movement and aesthetic
movement, it is characterised by scepticism, subjectivism is amore relativism . A general suspicion of
reason and sensitivity to the role of ideology in asserting and maintaining political and economic power.
