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
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - What is hermeneutics ?
A. A system for categorizing books
B. The psychological study of authors
C. The study of textual interpretation
D. A reader-response test - How do Marxist theorists react to ideology ?
A. They accept ideology as an essential, although sometimes problematic, part of society.
B. They subject all ideologies to critique in order to expose biased interests.
C. They reject the idea that ideology has real effects on social progress.
D. They promote ideology because it helps to create a dominant social order - Which literary theorist argues that “there is nothing outside the text” ?
A. T.S. Eliot
B. Jacques Lacan
C. Jacques Derrida
D. Stanley Fish - What is the main goal of ethnic criticism ?
A. To rectify the double experiences of certain racial groups
B. To reconcile cultural identity with individual identity
C. To expand the canon to include works authored by different racial groups
D. All of the above. - What is the main function of postcolonial criticism ?
A. To represent the relationship between colonizers and the colonized
B. To draw attention to the positive effects of colonization on literature
C. To explain why there are few examples of successful non-Western literature
D. To show the ways in which mostWestern literature is superior - Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?
A. Changes in emotional states
B. Obsessions
C. Slips of the tongue
D. All of the above. - According to trauma theorists, a testifying subject needs which of the following to deliver a successful testimony ?
A. A figure of judgment
B. Religious belief
C. A witness
D. Psychological treatment - Which school of theorists is most closely associated with phenomenology ?
A. The Moscow School
B. The Chicago School
C. The Frankfurt School
D. The Geneva School - Which of the following statements best explains Mikhail Bakhtin’s philosophy of language ?
A. Language includes multiple social dialects and jargons.
B. Language can include socioideological contradictions from the past.
C. Language exhibits and is bound up in the social lives and historical context of the people who speak it.
D. Language is loaded with the intentions of others.
