What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon ?

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1. What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon ?

   A. It includes too few works by non- European writers. B. It includes too few works by non-white writers. C. It includes too few works by women. D. All of the above answers are correct....

2. Some critics of literary theory argue that literary theory is problematic for which reason ?

   A. Literary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text. B. Literary theory depends on specialized knowledge that is outside the realm of literary studies. C. Literary theory is sometimes very abstract and difficult to read. D. All of the above....

3. Some critics of literary theory argue that literary theory is problematic for which reason ?

   A. Literary theory tends to be too political. B. Literary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text. C. Literary theory depends on specialized knowledge that is outside the realm of literary studies. D. All of the above answers are correct....

4. Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?

   A. Aristotle B. Viktor Shklovsky C. Cleanth Brooks D. Stanley Fish...

5. What is problematic about calling Beowulf part of Old English literature ?

   A. There is no firm concept of when English literature began. B. The epic poem is written in a language that is unrecognizable to many English speakers. C. Danish and German scholars first claimed the poem. D. There are no English characters in the poem....

6. Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?

   A. Aristotle B. Viktor Shklovsky C. Stanley Fish D. Toni Morrison...

7. Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and literary theory?

   A. Literary criticism is concerned only with the meaning of a literary work, while literary theory is concerned only with the structure of a literary work. B. Literary criticism draws upon research derived from sources outside literature, while literary theory draws upon sources within a text. C. Literary criticism is concerned with how characters in...

8. As a mode of literary criticism or theory, formalism attempted to bring which of the following to literary studies ?

   A. An awareness of the historical circumstances surrounding a text’s production B. A set of objective criteria for critical analysis C. An awareness of the economic circumstances surrounding a literary text D. Strict criteria for evaluating the quality of a literary text...

9. A work of literary criticism that considers how social and economic power structures are depicted in a 19th-century English novel would be an example of which type of literary criticism ?

   A. Marxist criticism B. Reader-response criticism C. Psychoanalytic criticism D. New Criticism...

10. Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often convenient. The majority of English literary periods are named after_______________?

    A. The leading characteristic of the age B. Monarchs or political events C. The primary author of the age D. The language of the age...