Literary Theory and Criticism Mcqs for Preparation

A critic examining Pope’s “An Essay on Man” asks herself: How well does this poem accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is it moral? She is most likely a critic?

A. Feminist
B. Reader Response
C. Formalist
D. Mimetic

The statements below are steps on “How to Read and Understand an Expository Essay”. Which comes in as an initial thing to do before writing an expository essay ?

A. Identify the Mode of Development
B. Analysis of the Author
C. Subsequent Readings/Reviews
D. All of the above answers are correct.

This literary critic warned: “We must remember that the greater part of our current reading matter is written for us by people who have no real belief in a supernatural order . . . And the greater part . . . is coming to be written by people who not only have no such belief, but are even ignorant of the fact that there are still people in the world so ’backward’ or so ’eccentric’ as to continue to believe.” ?

A. C.S. Lewis
B. T.S. Eliot
C. G.K. Chesterton
D. Matthew Arnold

New trends in literary theory tend to do which of the following ?

A. Reject all previous modes of literary theory
B. Focus on a return to traditional critical methods
C. Make use of different literary theories in order to develop new theories
D. Work only with ideas developed by post- Marxist theorists

In Dryden’s Essay of Dramatic Poesy there are four interlocuters representing four different ideologies. Which of them expresses Dryden’s own views ?

A. Lisideius
B. Eugenius
C. Neander
D. Crites

What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon ?

A. It includes too few works by non- European writers.
B. It includes too few works by non-white writers.
C. It includes too few works by women.
D. All of the above answers are correct.

How does literary theory resemble the practice of philosophy as it was developed by Plato and Aristotle ?

A. Literary theory engages with theoretical rather than real-world issues.
B. Literary theory asks fundamental questions about literary interpretation, and at the same time builds specific systems of literary interpretation.
C. Literary theory relies totally on speculation rather than history.
D. All of the above answers are correct.

What did Sigmund Freud believe about the unconscious?

A. a. It contains secret instincts and desires that are repressed.
B. It is the only significant aspect of the human psyche.
C. It can never be accessed.
D. All of the above answers are correct.

What approach is described by the paragraph? Those who apply this approach believe it is necessary to know about the author and the political, economical, and sociological context of his times in order to truly understand his works ?

A. Historical/Biographical Approach
B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach
C. Formalism
D. Psychological Approach

In her essay “The Poem as Event,” Louise M. Rosenblatt sees the reader as performing what function ?

A. The reader participates in a transaction with the text.
B. The reader is acted upon by the text.
C. The reader acts upon the text.
D. All of the above answers are correct.

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