Which theorist is most closely associated with the idea of art as imitation ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which theorist is most closely associated with the idea of art as imitation ?

   A. Jacques Lacan
   B. Edward Said
   C. Stephen Greenblatt
   D. Plato

2. Which theorist is associated with the idea that art is a copy of a copy ?

   A. Plato
   B. Julia Kristeva
   C. Walter Benjamin
   D. Louis Althusser

3. Which theorist is associated with the idea that art is a copy of a copy ?

   A. Plato
   B. Claude Lévi-Strauss
   C. Julia Kristeva
   D. Walter Benjamin

4. With which theorist is the term identity thinking most closely associated ?

   A. Sigmund Freud
   B. Carl Jung
   C. William James
   D. Theodor W. Adorno

5. With which feminist theorist is gynocriticism most closely associated ?

   A. Elaine Showalter
   B. Julia Kristeva
   C. Lucy Irigaray
   D. Louise M. Rosenblatt

6. With which theorist is the term identity thinking most closely associated ?

   A. Sigmund Freud
   B. Carl Jung
   C. William James
   D. Theodor W. Adorno

7. With which feminist theorist is gynocriticism most closely associated ?

   A. Elaine Showalter
   B. Julia Kristeva
   C. Lucy Irigaray
   D. Hélène Cixous

8. The motto “art for art’s sake” means that artists began to do which of the following ?

   A. Produce works of art that were meaningless
   B. Reject artistic production that was obligatorily moral in character
   C. Avoid all forms of prose
   D. Make art profitable above all else

9. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?

   A. Sexuality
   B. Criticism of the queen
   C. Murder
   D. Witchcraft

10. According to Langston Hughes’s essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” (his answer to George Schuyler’s essay “Negro Art Hokum”), what is the “mountain” that stands in the way of “any true Negro art in America” ?

    A. It is the racial discrimination endemic in the white community.
    B. It is the racial segregation in the South.
    C. It is a widespread “urge toward whiteness” among African Americans.
    D. It is a widespread “urge to incorporate and neutralize other cultures” among white Americans.