Which of the following statements best explains the main objective of New Historicism ?

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1. Which of the following statements best explains the main objective of New Historicism ?

   A. Texts are examined to see how colonizers and the colonized interact.
   B. Texts are examined to see how the formal aspects of the text create meaning.
   C. Texts are examined to determine how they reveal social realities.
   D. Texts are examined to determine the author’s intent.

2. How does New Historicism differ from traditional historicism ?

   A. New Historicism does not make strict delineations between literary and nonliterary texts.
   B. New Historicism takes a particular interest in marginalized peoples.
   C. New Historicism is interested in how texts help us understand economic realities.
   D. All of the above.

3. How does New Historicism differ from traditional historicism ?

   A. New Historicism rejects the idea that history is neutral.
   B. New Historicism does not make strict delineations between literary and non-literary texts.
   C. New Historicism takes a particular interest in marginalized peoples.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

4. 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.

5. 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 socio-ideological 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.

6. Who coined the term New Historicism ?

   A. Jacques Derrida
   B. Terry Eagleton
   C. Fredric Jameson
   D. Stephen Greenblatt

7. What is New Historicism ?

   A. A theory that abandons the idea of history as an imitation of events
   B. A theory that regards history as a series of narratives
   C. A theory that capitalizes on the interplay between literature and history
   D. All of the above

8. Who coined the term New Historicism ?

   A. Jacques Derrida
   B. Terry Eagleton
   C. Fredric Jameson
   D. Stephen Greenblatt

9. What is New Historicism ?

   A. A theory that sees history as a form of writing and discourse
   B. A theory that abandons the idea of history as an imitation of events
   C. A theory that regards history as a series of narratives
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

10. What is the relationship between the practices of New Historicism and New Criticism ?

    A. New Historicism was a reaction against New Criticism, which was seen as too narrowly focused on text rather than context.
    B. Both fields of literary study are American in origin.
    C. New Historicism is simply an early form of Cultural Materialism.
    D. Both fields of study are strictly focused on how readers interpret and invent meanings for literary texts.