A. Female symbols
B. Phallic symbols
C. Male symbols
D. Evidence of an Oedipus complex
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - What approach is described by the paragraph? This approach takes as a fundamental tenet that “literature” exists not as an artifact upon a printed page but as a transaction between the physical text and the mind of a reader ?
A. Historical/Biographical Approach
B. Reader Response Approach
C. Formalism
D. Mimetic Approach - Detractors argue that such an approach can be too “judgmental.” Some believe literature should be judged primarily (if not solely) on its artistic merits. What approach possess this disadvantage ?
A. Psychological
B. Formalism/New Criticism
C. Moral/Philosophical
D. Historical/Biographical - How are Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ?
A. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious.
B. Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes.
C. Kristeva offers a more central place for women’s issues within psychological development.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?
A. Neurotic behavior
B. Changes in emotional states
C. Slips of the tongue
D. All of the above answers are correct. - One of the potential disadvantages of this approach to literature is that it can reduce meaning to a certain time frame, rather than making it universal throughout the ages ?
A. Formalist
B. Historical
C. Feminist
D. Mimetic - What does gynocriticism recommend as an approach to literature ?
A. Examining only female-authored literature more critically
B. Considering women’s literature outside of its historical context
C. Becoming more familiar with the history of women and women’s writing
D. All of the above answers are correct. - The Freudian concept of “the uncanny” refers to_________________?
A. a feeling of being disconnected from the world.
B. a sense of something being familiar and foreign at once.
C. terror at the thought of death.
D. a realization of one’s empowered position in the world. - Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?
A. Changes in emotional states
B. Obsessions
C. Slips of the tongue
D. All of the above. - How are Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ?
A. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious.
B. Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes.
C. Kristeva offers a more central place for women’s issues within psychological development.
D. Kristeva fundamentally disagrees with the idea of the mirror stage.
