A. First native american to publish life writing
B. Mentor to other writers
C. Literary Maverick
D. None of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Ralph Waldo Emerson was a mentor for a number of early American writers, including_______________?
A. Hawthrone
B. Stewart
C. Thoreau
D. A and B - This approach provides a universalistic approach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test of time. It works well with works that are highly symbolic.What approach has this advantage ?
A. Mimetic
B. Psychological
C. Historical/Biographical
D. Mythological/Archetypal - What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Emerson ?
A. Father of Free verse
B. Father of american poetry
C. Pro Slavery
D. Father of American Liteature - ‘Picture must not be too picturesque’. Emerson here means pictures must_______________?
A. not be too scenic
B. capture our soul
C. be simple and plain
D. not dazzle - 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. - The characteristic of Naturalism that is most present in the first chapter of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man is_____________?
A. The theme of man against nature.
B. The theme of man against man.
C. The theme of heredity.
D. Nature as an invisible force. - In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, living underground is symbolic of_____________?
A. The narrator’s attempt to stay hidden.
B. The narrator’s desire to be safe.
C. The narrator’s invisibility to society.
D. The narrator’s attempt to stay out of prison. - Fill in the blank. The intellectual and social movement which historians call “___________” is what lies at the base of the period we call the Renaissance ?
A. Socialism
B. Capitalism
C. Humanitarianism
D. Humanism - The “Cycle of American Literature” was written by ?
A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. Thoruau
C. Robert E. Spiller
D. Gustave Falubert - Why is the concept of the sublime important in Gothic literature ?
A. It leads the reader to overlook the beauty of nature.
B. It reminds readers of their civic duties.
C. It causes an experience of elestasis, or transport.
D. It creates a sense of contentment.
