A. FR Leavis
B. Harold Bloom
C. William Empson
D. Mariella Frostrup
Related Mcqs:
- A critic argues that in John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes,” the shearing of Samson’s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ?
A. Mimetic approach
B. Formalist approach
C. Historical approach
D. Psychological approach - How has Stephen Dunn been described in ’the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry ?
A. A poet of middleness
B. Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness
C. One of the leading prairie poets
D. Has some distinction as a critic - In analyzing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Professor Hammer argues that Eliot creates something that might be called which of the following ?
A. “A meditation on contradictions”
B. “Overheard inner speech”
C. “Implicit dialogue with the future”
D. “Objective correlative” - A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?
A. Reader Response
B. Feminist
C. Mimetic
D. Formalist - A critic of Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserv’d” wishes to know why the play’s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author’s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?
A. Historical
B. Feminist
C. Tory
D. Psychological - 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 - This work was NOT originally published in the 20th Century ?
A. Henry James’s “The Ambassadors”
B. Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”
C. E.M. Forster’s “A Room With A View”
D. Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” - I knew him, however, as both mathematician and poet, and my measures were adapted to his capacity, with reference to the circumstances by which he was surrounded. I knew him as a courtier, too, and as a bold intriguant. Such a man, I considered, could not fail to be aware of the ordinary political modes of action. Who is speaking ?
A. Brown
B. Brom Bones
C. Rip
D. Dupin - Carl Sandburg ’Planked whitefish’ contains what kind of imagery ?
A. Sea scenes
B. Rural Idyll
C. War
D. Innocent childhood - In what way does the Gothic novel of the 18th century differ from the modern English novel that began to emerge in the 17th century and flourished in the 18th century ?
A. The focus on the middle and working classes
B. The consideration of the sensibilities of the protagonists
C. Plots taken from everyday life
D. The exploration of cultural taboos
