A. Historically, writers have been considered liars or at the very least irrelevant.
B. Fictionalizing reality is a basic human need.
C. Every text includes traces from the outside world, including social, historical, and literary remnants.
D. All of these.
Related Mcqs:
- How does Wolfgang Iser envision the reader ?
A. The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author’s intention.
B. The reader is sublimated beneath the author.
C. The reader is less important than the author’s context.
D. The reader is totally subject to the author’s intention. - Dr. Allen Shoaf’s essay, “’Hamlet’: Like Mother, Like Son”, argues which of the following points ?
A. Hamlet’s father’s ghost is not really a ghost.
B. Hamlet feels a sense of desire for both his mother and his father.
C. Hamlet is truly insane in the play.
D. Hamlet is an impossible play to truly understand. - In his essay “The Business of Theory,” William Deresiewicz argues which of the following about Terry Eagleton’s book After Theory ?
A. It offers a strong outline for how theory can be conducted in the 21st century.
B. It should not be read or considered by any student or scholar.
C. It offers some valid ideas and critiques, but its author is not entirely trustworthy.
D. It offers a strong counterpoint to Jacques Derrida’s notion of deconstruction. - In his essay “The Business of Theory,” William Deresiewicz argues which of the following about Terry Eagleton’s book After Theory ?
A. It offers a strong outline for how theory can be conducted in the 21st century.
B. It should not be read or considered by any student or scholar.
C. It offers some valid ideas and critiques, but its author is not entirely trustworthy.
D. It offers a strong counterpoint to Jacques Derrida’s notion of deconstruction. - In his essay “The Symbolism of Poetry,” William Butler Yeats argues that which of the following is the purpose of rhythm ?
A. To “amplify and clarify the indistinct emotions created by metaphorical symbols”
B. To “prolong the moment of contemplation”
C. To “counteract the forces of dispersal inherent in metaphorical language”
D. To “make poetry new” - According to Langston Hughes’s essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” (his answer to George Schuyler’s essay “Negro Art Hokum”), what is the “mountain” that stands in the way of “any true Negro art in America” ?
A. It is the racial discrimination endemic in the white community.
B. It is the racial segregation in the South.
C. It is a widespread “urge toward whiteness” among African Americans.
D. It is a widespread “urge to incorporate and neutralize other cultures” among white Americans. - Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?
A. Shelley himself dismissed the poem
B. The poem was incomplete
C. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it
D. Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it - In his essay “The Death of the Author,” Roland Barthes argues what about literature ?
A. Biographical information about the author must be considered when evaluating literature.
B. A text and its author text are unrelated.
C. It is possible to distill meaning from a work based on the author’s politics.
D. Literature is inextricably connected to its creator. - In his essay “The Death of the Author,” Roland Barthes argues what about literature ?
A. Biographical information about the author must be considered when evaluating literature.
B. A text and its author text are unrelated.
C. It is possible to distill meaning from a work based on the author’s politics.
D. Authorial intent must be considered when evaluating literature. - In Dr. R. Allen Shoaf’s article, “’Hamlet’: Like Mother, Like Son”, Shoaf argues which of the following points about the relationship between Hamlet and his mother ?
A. Hamlet is placed in a position that can be conceptualized as feminine.
B. Hamlet despises his mother and suspects she has killed his father.
C. Hamlet is entirely masculinized throughout the play, and thus, is ultimately unlike his mother in terms of his position in the play.
D. Hamlet has a personality disorder.
