What does hermeneutic theory suggest about how readers view literature ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What does hermeneutic theory suggest about how readers view literature ?

   A. It is impossible to view a piece of literature as its author intended.
   B. It is impossible to divorce a text from capitalist ideology.
   C. It is impossible to view a piece of literature correctly, because we can only work within the hetero-normative paradigm.
   D. It is impossible to separate a text from the linguistics that compose it.

2. In Fredric Jameson’s book The Political Unconscious, what does Jameson suggest about literature ?

   A. History comprises the essential framework for the performance of literary analysis
   B. Politics and the economy are the most important factors in literary analysis
   C. Biography is essential to literary analysis
   D. Psychoanalysis is critical to literary analysis

3. In Fredric Jameson’s book The Political Unconscious, what does Jameson suggest about literature ?

   A. History comprises the essential framework for the performance of literary analysis
   B. Politics and the economy are the most important factors in literary analysis
   C. Biography is essential to literary analysis
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

4. Professor Hammer argues that in Hart Crane’s poem “Legend,” Crane introduces himself to his readers. The poem opens with the lines: “As silent as a mirror is believed/ Realities plunge in silence by …/I am not ready for repentance;” according to Professor Hammer, Crane’s refusal to repent is an assertion of which of the following ?

   A. His political views
   B. His will to imaginative freedom
   C. His will to sexual freedom
   D. Both B and C

5. This approach provides a universalistic approach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test of time. It works well with works that are highly symbolic.What approach has this advantage ?

   A. Mimetic
   B. Psychological
   C. Historical/Biographical
   D. Mythological/Archetypal

6. How did the New Critics view literature ?

   A. As an aesthetic object that is independent of historical context
   B. As an aesthetic object that is influenced by historical context
   C. As a historical object that is also aesthetic
   D. As a historical object that is not necessarily aesthetic

7. How did the New Critics view literature ?

   A. As an aesthetic object that is independent of historical context
   B. As an aesthetic object that is influenced by historical context
   C. As a historical object that is also aesthetic
   D. As a historical object that is not necessarily aesthetic

8. In her essay “The Laugh of the Medusa,” what does Hélène Cixous suggest for women ?

   A. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts.
   B. Women should write, but they should do so only within the existent male canon.
   C. Women should primarily dedicate themselves to studying women’s literature from the past.
   D. Women should be unconcerned with the struggle for identity.

9. In her essay “The Laugh of the Medusa,” what does Hélène Cixous suggest for women ?

   A. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts.
   B. Women should write, but they should do so only within the existent male canon.
   C. Women should primarily dedicate themselves to studying women’s literature from the past.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

10. In “Dracula” what does the death of Lucy suggest ?

    A. That sexual purity was less important than society’s safety
    B. That female sexuality is dangerous and must be destroyed
    C. That women are not one-dimensional
    D. That men consider themselves responsible for their own fates