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Literary Criticism and Theory

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a major school of literary criticism?

  1. New Criticism
  2. Formalism
  3. Structuralism
  4. Marxism
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main focus of New Criticism?

  1. The author's intention
  2. The reader's response
  3. The historical context
  4. The text itself
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a key concept in Formalism?

  1. Defamiliarization
  2. Structuralism
  3. Meter
  4. Rhyme
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main focus of Structuralism?

  1. The author's intention
  2. The reader's response
  3. The historical context
  4. The underlying structure of the text
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a key concept in Post-Structuralism?

  1. Deconstruction
  2. Intertextuality
  3. Authorial intention
  4. Reader-response criticism
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main focus of Deconstruction?

  1. The author's intention
  2. The reader's response
  3. The historical context
  4. The instability of meaning
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a key concept in Reader-Response Criticism?

  1. The reader's experience
  2. The reader's interpretation
  3. The author's intention
  4. The historical context
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main focus of Feminist Criticism?

  1. The role of women in literature
  2. The representation of women in literature
  3. The impact of literature on women
  4. All of the above
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a key concept in Marxist Criticism?

  1. Class struggle
  2. Economic determinism
  3. Historical materialism
  4. The author's intention
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main focus of Psychoanalytic Criticism?

  1. The author's unconscious mind
  2. The reader's unconscious mind
  3. The characters' unconscious minds
  4. All of the above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a key concept in New Historicism?

  1. The historical context of the text
  2. The relationship between the text and its historical context
  3. The author's intention
  4. The reader's response
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main focus of Cultural Studies?

  1. The relationship between culture and literature
  2. The impact of culture on literature
  3. The impact of literature on culture
  4. All of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a key concept in Postcolonial Criticism?

  1. Colonialism
  2. Imperialism
  3. Orientalism
  4. The author's intention
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main focus of Queer Theory?

  1. The representation of LGBTQ+ people in literature
  2. The impact of literature on LGBTQ+ people
  3. The relationship between literature and LGBTQ+ culture
  4. All of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a key concept in Ecocriticism?

  1. The relationship between literature and the environment
  2. The impact of literature on the environment
  3. The impact of the environment on literature
  4. The author's intention
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