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 ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. What approach is described by the paragraph? Those who apply this approach believe it is necessary to know about the author and the political, economical, and sociological context of his times in order to truly understand his works ?

   A. Historical/Biographical Approach
   B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach
   C. Formalism
   D. Psychological Approach

3. What approach is described by the paragraph? Users of this approach believe that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself; there is no need to bring in outside information about the history, politics, or society of the time, or about the author’s life ?

   A. Historical/Biographical Approach
   B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach
   C. Formalism
   D. Psychological Approach

4. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

5. Detractors argue that such an approach can be too “judgmental.” Some believe literature should be judged primarily (if not solely) on its artistic merits. What approach possess this disadvantage ?

   A. Psychological
   B. Formalism/New Criticism
   C. Moral/Philosophical
   D. Historical/Biographical

6. Which of the following is NOT a tenet of F.T. Marinetti’s “Futurist Manifesto” ?

   A. “We want to sing the love of danger, the habit of danger and of temerity.”
   B. “The essential elements of our poetry will be courage, daring, and revolt.”
   C. “We want to sing the man who holds the steering wheel, whose ideal stem pierces the Earth, itself launched on the circuit of its orbit.”
   D. “We want never to glorify war, the scourge of the planet.”

7. The most important tenet of the Black Arts Movements is________________?

   A. African American art should exclude women.
   B. African American images should inspire African Americans.
   C. African American art should subvert the art of Europeans and White Americans.
   D. African American literature should replicate educated White language.

8. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

9. Which of the following terms is defined as the application of a scientific attitude of mind toward studying the Bible, seen as a mere text of history and not an infallibly sacred document?

   A. New Criticism
   B. Critical Inquiry
   C. Scientific Bibliology
   D. Higher Criticism

10. 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