What is hermeneutics ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What is hermeneutics ?

   A. A term that describes the absence of racial others in the canon
   B. A term that describes the attempt to read homosexuality into literature
   C. A term that describes the effect of autobiography on text
   D. A term that describes the interpretation of meaning

2. What is hermeneutics ?

   A. A term that describes the absence of racial others in the canon
   B. A term that describes the attempt to read homosexuality into literature
   C. A term that describes the effect of autobiography on text
   D. A term that describes the interpretation of meaning

3. Which of the following offers the best definition of the literary term motif ?

   A. A recurring element in a story that is symbolically significant
   B. A character’s fatal flaw
   C. A rhyme scheme
   D. A character’s moment of selfrealization in a narrative

4. What is the difference between traditional literary criticism and post-New Criticism literary theory ?

   A. Traditional literary criticism is mainly focused on exploring gender issues.
   B. Traditional literary criticism only examines pre-20th-century literary texts.
   C. Traditional literary criticism focused on tracking influences and textual allusions and considering the historical contexts of literary texts.
   D. Traditional literary criticism attempted to consider the psychological aspects of literary texts.

5. Reader-response theory focuses on considering how ?

   A. readers choose their favorite works of literature.
   B. readers experience a literary work.
   C. readers decide which works of literature to read.
   D. readers develop their own unique and personal critical discourses.

6. Which of the following may be an antagonist to the protagonist of a novel ?

   A. Another character
   B. The protagonist
   C. Society
   D. All of these

7. Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” pursues which of the following themes ?

   A. The conflict between marriages based on love and those based on money
   B. The ways in which appearances don’t always match realities
   C. The danger in not recognizing the difference between reality and fiction
   D. All of these

8. A postmodern play would most likely not make use of which of the following theatrical traditions ?

   A. A minimalist stage and strict adherence to the script
   B. Video clips and the use of popular music
   C. Nonlinear storytelling and the embracement of popular culture
   D. A pastiche of different literary and historical sources

9. Which of the following statements best describes Catherine Moreland in “Northanger Abbey” ?

   A. She is mature and realistic.
   B. She is immature and has difficulty recognizing the difference between fact and fiction.
   C. She is a matchmaker trying to set up romances between her friends, all the while unable to find true love herself.
   D. B and C

10. Which of the following are examples of poetic structures ?

    A. Lines of text with words that rhyme at the end
    B. A continuous block of text
    C. Unrhymed lines
    D. All of these