A. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style
B. a lyric poem written in the first person
C. a comedy of manners
D. a political tract demanding labor reform
Related Mcqs:
- Romantic poetry about the natural world uses descriptions of nature _______________?
A. to depict a metaphysical concept of nature by endowing it with traits normally associated with humans
B. as a means to demonstrate and discuss the processes of human thinking
C. symbolically to suggest that natural objects correspond to an inner,
D. All the above - Which of the following would not have been an appropriate protagonist for a Romantic literary text ?
A. a French revolutionary
B. a Greek or Roman mythological figure
C. a monster fabricated in a laboratory
D. All would have been appropriate protagonists for a Romantic literary text. - Who is known as an anti-romantic novelist in the Romantic Age ?
A. Charles Lamb
B. Jane Austen
C. William Hazlitt
D. Oliver Goldsmith - Who applied the term “Romantic” to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?
A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien régime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. “The Satanic School” of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)
- Who applied the term \Romantic\to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?
A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien r´gime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. The Satanic School\of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770) - 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. - Which of the following descriptions best defines the literary theory known as formalism ?
A. An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text
B. An approach that emphasizes the historical context of a text
C. An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text
D. An approach that emphasizes racial issues in a text - Which of the following descriptions of Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” seems most appropriate ?
A. It offers a critique of Romantic poetry and ideology.
B. It serves to parody gothic novels.
C. It is a horror novel.
D. It is a memoir based on Jane Austen’s childhood. - Which of the following descriptions accurately describes Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” ?
A. The end of the novella depicts Marlow’s conversation with the Kurtz’s Intended.
B. The work considers the dark side of European colonialism.
C. Marlow comes to understand the necessity of European leadership in Africa.
D. Both A and B - Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” is a novel characterized by which of the following descriptions ?
A. It is an excellent example of “Magical Realism.”
B. It is concerned with the post-colonial situation of India before and after its partitioning into India and Pakistan.
C. It is a book that tells the story of the Sinai family.
D. All of the above
