Formalist critics believe that the value of a work cannot be determined by the author’s intention. What term do they use when speaking of this belief ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What do structuralist and formalist critics have in common ?

   A. Both sets of critics reject the importance of historical context in studying literature.
   B. Both sets of critics look for an objective way to view texts.
   C. Both sets of critics focus on evaluating literature in a scientific manner.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

2. 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

3. What do structuralist and formalist critics have in common ?

   A. Both sets of critics look for an objective way to view texts.
   B. Both sets of critics study the underlying forms of texts.
   C. Both sets of critics focus on evaluating literature in a scientific manner.
   D. All of the above.

4. What approach is described by the paragraph? Users of this approach believe that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself; there is no need to bring in outside information about the history, politics, or society of the time, or about the author’s life ?

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

5. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

6. Who originated the term “objective correlative,” which is often used in formalist criticism ?

   A. C.S. Lewis
   B. Virginia Woolf
   C. Matthew Arnold
   D. T.S. Eliot

7. In The Divine Comedy, what do many critics believe Beatrice allegorically represents ?

   A. Natural light
   B. Revelations
   C. The light of grace
   D. All of the above

8. How do most critics believe Joyce’s exile affected his use of language ?

   A. After his exile, he only used one “voice” in his works
   B. After his exile, he disliked the intricacy of language
   C. After his exile, he never used split narratives
   D. After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works

9. What do most critics believe the “rose” of The Romance of the Rose symbolizes ?

   A. justice
   B. piety
   C. sexuality
   D. education

10. 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