A. Discourse
B. Constitution
C. Language
D. Connotation
Related Mcqs:
- Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language ?
A. Language
B. Parole
C. Competence
D. Both langue and Competence - Who has defined ’poetry’ as a fundamental creative act using languages ?
A. H. W. Longfellow
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Dylan Thomas
D. William Wordsworth - 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 - What fundamental idea does psychoanalytic criticism hold about literary texts ?
A. Literary texts should not be read as a projection of the author’s psyche.
B. Literary texts solely reflect an author’s intentions.
C. Literary texts reveal secret elements of an author’s unconscious.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - What fundamental idea does psychoanalytic criticism hold about literary texts ?
A. Literary texts should not be read as a projection of the author’s psyche.
B. Literary texts solely reflect an author’s intentions.
C. Literary texts are unlike dreams because they have a system of order and produce meaning.
D. Literary texts reveal secret elements of an author’s unconscious. - What author speaks of the exemplary story as a fundamental narrative unit in which it is important to follow chronological order ?
A. John Foxe
B. John Lyly
C. Sir Thomas More
D. Sir Walter Raleigh - How did the Christian laws about marriage differ from those of Germanic tribes’ customs ?
A. the Germanic tribes allowed relationships between family members, while the Church prohibited marriage between relatives
B. the Church outlawed marriages between children, while Germanic tribes tolerated them
C. the Germanic tribes tolerated polygamy, while the Church made monogamy the only acceptable type of union
D. All of the Above - Which social philosophy, dominant during the Industrial Revolution, dictated that only the free operation of economic laws would ensure the general welfare and that the government should not interfere in any person’s pursuit of their personal interests ?
A. economic independence
B. the Rights of Man
C. laissez-faire
D. enclosure - Which social philosophy, dominant during the Industrial Revolution, dictated that only the free operation of economic laws would ensure the general welfare and that the government should not interfere in any person’s pursuit of their personal interests ?
A. economic independence
B. the Rights of Man
C. laissez-faire
D. enclosure - “But God’s eternal Laws are kind And break the heart of stone.” In which poem do these lines appear ?
A. We Are Seven (Wordsworth)
B. Ballad of Reading Goal (Oscar Wilde)
C. Prisoner of Chillon (Byron)
D. None of these
