A. Sophocles
B. Plautus
C. Plato
D. Critus
Related Mcqs:
- Who was the most illustrious pupil of Plato ?
A. Aristotle
B. Longinus
C. Aristophanes
D. Socrates - Which of the following statements offers the best definition of the concept of strange attractors in chaos theory ?
A. Strange attractors are mysterious forces that are entirely random.
B. Strange attractors are complex forces that are determined by the laws of physics.
C. Strange attractors are mysterious forces that are both random and determined.
D. Strange attractors are complex forces that are entirely random - Trauma theory is tremendously influenced by which theoretical school ?
A. Psychoanalysis
B. Marxism
C. Feminism
D. Deconstruction - Michael Foucault was the major practitioner of this school of criticism?
A. Formalist Criticism
B. Deconstructionism
C. Structuralism
D. Mimetic Criticism - How are Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ?
A. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious.
B. Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes.
C. Kristeva offers a more central place for women’s issues within psychological development.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - The probable date of composition of Ars Poetica is_______________?
A. 100 BC
B. 12 to 8 BC
C. 15 AD
D. 20 AD - With what literary critic is the term the author function most closely associated ?
A. Claude Lévi-Strauss
B. Jacques Derrida
C. Jacques Lacan
D. Michel Foucault - What is the meaning of the term Anagnorisis as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy ?
A. The hero’s recognition of his tragic flaw
B. The hero’s ignorance about his tragic flaw
C. The hero’s recognition of his adversary
D. The hero’s recognition of his tragic end - A critic argues that in John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes,” the shearing of Samson’s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ?
A. Mimetic approach
B. Formalist approach
C. Historical approach
D. Psychological approach - In a Freudian approach to literature, concave images are usually seen as____________?
A. Female symbols
B. Phallic symbols
C. Male symbols
D. Evidence of an Oedipus complex