A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. Thoruau
C. Robert E. Spiller
D. Gustave Falubert
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 - Why do we call Ralph Waldo Emerson the “Father of American Literature” ?
A. First native american to publish life writing
B. Mentor to other writers
C. Literary Maverick
D. None of the above - The American Renaissance overlapped the time period, in which American writers were trying to____________?
A. Postmodern; end slavery.
B. Colonial; end patriotism for England.
C. Modernism; end individualism.
D. Romanticism; define themselves and their writing style as independent from England. - In literature, some of Shakespeare’s most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ______________?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Ben Jonson
C. Ben Jonson folios
D. English Renaissance theatre - Which of the following describes the precolonial era’s literature styles ?
A. Pamphlets, poetry, novels, short stories
B. Novels, poetry, dramas, histories
C. Literary magazines, poetry, novels, short stories
D. Narratives and poetry - when did william Faulkner get nobel prize for literature ?
A. A-1941
B. B-1949
C. C-1945
D. D-1938 - When did Hemingway receive the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
A. 1952
B. 1954
C. 1956
D. 1958 - Who was the first black woman who win the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
A. Toni Morrison
B. Jane Austin
C. Ann Petry
D. Frances Harper - Themes in modern literature are_____________?
A. pretension
B. nostalgia
C. national identity
D. All the above - 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
