A. The ability of a text to contain truth
B. The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text
C. The idea that a text has a specific meaning that can be understood through a process of deconstruction
D. Jacques Derrida’s style of writing
Related Mcqs:
- To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer ?
A. An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage
B. The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs
C. The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work
D. The formulaic shift between economic and political themes - To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer ?
A. An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage
B. The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs
C. The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work
D. All of the above answers are correct - Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that___________?
A. texts are always heterogeneous.
B. the instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself.
C. any system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet also limitless.
D. All of the above. - Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that ?
A. the meaning of a text always relies on context.
B. texts are always heterogeneous.
C. any system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet also limitless.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - To whom does the Ancient Mariner tell his story in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” ?
A. Coleridge
B. Dorothy Wordsworth
C. The Wedding Guest
D. Life-in-Death - Which of the following authors is considered a major theorist of deconstruction ?
A. Raymond Williams
B. Jacques Derrida
C. Fredric Jameson
D. Both A and B - Complete the following sentence. Keats’s idea of “negative capability” refers to the idea that______________?
A. certain people are simply incapable of understanding poetry.
B. the true poet must be comfortable with balancing conflicting ideas.
C. the poet cannot express anything beyond his own experience.
D. it is only in the absence of experience that true poetry can emerge. - The term “Agonistes” is Greek and it means______________?
A. one who is in agony.
B. one who inflicts agony.
C. one who struggles for or champions a cause.
D. one who predicts the future. - The term Implicature might refer to_________?
A. Text Structure
B. Double meaning
C. Conversational structure
D. None of theseSubmitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo
- In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” what kind of animal does the Mariner kill ?
A. A hawk
B. A nightingale
C. A dove
D. An albatross
