In his essay “The Death of the Author,” Roland Barthes argues what about literature ?

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1. 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.

2. According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s “General Introduction to Postmodernism,” Roland Barthes, in his work “The Death of the Author,” argues which of the following points ?

   A. “The modern writer (scriptor) is born simultaneously with his text.”
   B. “Once the Author is gone, the claim to “decipher” a text is quite simple.”
   C. “A text never consists of multiple writings, it is always the product of a monolithic culture.”
   D. Both A and B

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. In his essay, “The Significance of Fictionalizing”, Wolfgang Iser argues which of the following points ?

   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.

7. 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.

8. 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”

9. In his essay “What Is an Author?” what position(s) on authorship does Michel Foucault take ?

   A. The idea of the author came into being at a certain point in history.
   B. The names of authors serve a classificatory function.
   C. The author may not always exist.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

10. The statements below are parts of the steps on “How to Write an Analytical Essay about Short Fiction”. Which comes in as the last thing to do in the writing an essay about short fiction ?

    A. Begin your paper with an introduction that identifies the purpose of the paper and the text you are addressing.
    B. Compose topic sentences (four or five, perhaps) that support, explore, demonstrate, or illustrate your thesis.
    C. Select specific passages in the text of the story that help you to develop each topic sentence.
    D. Build your paper to a climax; save your most engaging or important topic sentence for discussion last.