With what literary critic is the term the author function most closely associated ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. A critic of Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserv’d” wishes to know why the play’s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author’s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?

   A. Historical
   B. Feminist
   C. Tory
   D. Psychological

3. What approach to literary criticism requires the critic to know about the author’s life and times ?

   A. Historical
   B. Formalist
   C. Mimetic
   D. All of these

4. This literary critic coined the term “fancy.” ?

   A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   B. Virginia Woolf
   C. Matthew Arnold
   D. Carl Jung

5. A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?

   A. Reader Response
   B. Feminist
   C. Mimetic
   D. Formalist

6. 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

7. A critic examining Pope’s “An Essay on Man” asks herself: How well does this poem accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is it moral? She is most likely a critic?

   A. Feminist
   B. Reader Response
   C. Formalist
   D. Mimetic

8. Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?

   A. Aristotle
   B. Viktor Shklovsky
   C. Cleanth Brooks
   D. Stanley Fish

9. Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?

   A. Aristotle
   B. Viktor Shklovsky
   C. Stanley Fish
   D. Toni Morrison

10. With which literary form or movement is the Restoration most closely associated ?

    A. Familiar essays
    B. Comedies of manners
    C. Romanticism
    D. Medievalism