Who considers poetry ‘a mother of lies’ ?

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To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer ?

A. An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage B. The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs C. The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work D. All of the above answers are correct...

“Of all philosopher’s Plato is the most poetic.” Who said this______________?

A. Philiph Sidney B. Shelley C. Aristlotle D. Keats...

Who said that Arnold was a propagandist for literature rather than a critic ?

A. Carlyle B. Ruskin C. T. S. Eliot D. F. R. Leavis...

‘Gynocriticism’ is associated with_________________?

A. Elaine Showalter B. Ellen Moors C. Julia Kristeva D. Kate Millet...

What does Elaine Showalter argue about gender in terms of representations of the character of Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?

A. Ophelia’s madness represents the social oppression of women. B. It is nearly impossible to represent women as anything other than mad in patriarchal discourses. C. Feminist critics need to re-appropriate Ophelia for their own purposes. D. All of the above answers are correct....