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ENG3703: Literary Theory & Critical Concepts (Foundations)
1. What is the primary focus of Formalism?
A) The author's biography
B) The historical context of the work
C) The form and structure of the literary work itself
D) The political message of the work
2. Defamiliarization (ostranenie) is a key concept associated with:
A) Russian Formalism
B) Marxist Criticism
C) Postcolonialism
D) Reader-Response Criticism
3. In New Criticism, the "intentional fallacy" refers to:
A) Judging a work by its author's stated intentions
B) A mistake in the plot
,C) Ignoring the author's background
D) The reader's misinterpretation
4. What does the "affective fallacy" describe?
A) The error of judging a text by its emotional effect on the reader
B) The study of a text's affective imagery
C) A logical fallacy within the narrative
D) The author's emotional state while writing
5. A close reading of a poem's imagery, paradox, and irony is most
characteristic of:
A) Psychoanalytic Criticism
B) New Criticism
C) Cultural Studies
D) Archetypal Criticism
ENG3703: Structuralism & Post-Structuralism
6. Structuralism is heavily influenced by the linguistic theories of:
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Ferdinand de Saussure
,C) Karl Marx
D) Jacques Derrida
7. The distinction between langue (the system of language) and parole (an
individual utterance) is central to:
A) Feminist Theory
B) Structuralism
C) New Historicism
D) Ecocriticism
8. A structuralist analysis of a myth would likely focus on:
A) Its historical accuracy
B) The author's personal beliefs
C) Its underlying binary oppositions
D) Its emotional impact on a modern audience
9. Post-Structuralism fundamentally challenges Structuralism's belief in:
A) The importance of language
B) Stable, universal meanings and structures
C) The need for close reading
D) The existence of binary oppositions
, 10. Deconstruction, associated with Jacques Derrida, primarily seeks to:
A) Find the single, correct meaning of a text
B) Rebuild a better structure for a text
C) Expose and subvert the inherent instability of meaning in texts
D) Promote a specific political ideology
11. Différance refers to the way meaning is endlessly:
A) Differentiated and deferred
B) Different and definitive
C) Difficult and deferred
D) Direct and referential
12. The concept of the "metanarrative" or "grand narrative" is most
famously critiqued by:
A) Michel Foucault
B) Jean-François Lyotard
C) Jacques Lacan
D) Edward Said
ENG3703: Psychoanalytic Criticism
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ENG3703: Literary Theory & Critical Concepts (Foundations)
1. What is the primary focus of Formalism?
A) The author's biography
B) The historical context of the work
C) The form and structure of the literary work itself
D) The political message of the work
2. Defamiliarization (ostranenie) is a key concept associated with:
A) Russian Formalism
B) Marxist Criticism
C) Postcolonialism
D) Reader-Response Criticism
3. In New Criticism, the "intentional fallacy" refers to:
A) Judging a work by its author's stated intentions
B) A mistake in the plot
,C) Ignoring the author's background
D) The reader's misinterpretation
4. What does the "affective fallacy" describe?
A) The error of judging a text by its emotional effect on the reader
B) The study of a text's affective imagery
C) A logical fallacy within the narrative
D) The author's emotional state while writing
5. A close reading of a poem's imagery, paradox, and irony is most
characteristic of:
A) Psychoanalytic Criticism
B) New Criticism
C) Cultural Studies
D) Archetypal Criticism
ENG3703: Structuralism & Post-Structuralism
6. Structuralism is heavily influenced by the linguistic theories of:
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Ferdinand de Saussure
,C) Karl Marx
D) Jacques Derrida
7. The distinction between langue (the system of language) and parole (an
individual utterance) is central to:
A) Feminist Theory
B) Structuralism
C) New Historicism
D) Ecocriticism
8. A structuralist analysis of a myth would likely focus on:
A) Its historical accuracy
B) The author's personal beliefs
C) Its underlying binary oppositions
D) Its emotional impact on a modern audience
9. Post-Structuralism fundamentally challenges Structuralism's belief in:
A) The importance of language
B) Stable, universal meanings and structures
C) The need for close reading
D) The existence of binary oppositions
, 10. Deconstruction, associated with Jacques Derrida, primarily seeks to:
A) Find the single, correct meaning of a text
B) Rebuild a better structure for a text
C) Expose and subvert the inherent instability of meaning in texts
D) Promote a specific political ideology
11. Différance refers to the way meaning is endlessly:
A) Differentiated and deferred
B) Different and definitive
C) Difficult and deferred
D) Direct and referential
12. The concept of the "metanarrative" or "grand narrative" is most
famously critiqued by:
A) Michel Foucault
B) Jean-François Lyotard
C) Jacques Lacan
D) Edward Said
ENG3703: Psychoanalytic Criticism
