A. It includes too few works by nonwhite writers.
B. It includes too few works by women.
C. It includes too few works by non- Western writers.
D. All of the above.
Related Mcqs:
- 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. - 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. - 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. - 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 - 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. - 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 - 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 a text act, while literary theory is concerned with why characters act.
D. Literary theory is concerned with the method used to interpret a work, while literary criticism is the application of literary theory. - 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 - 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 - 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
