What are the basic questions literary theory asks ?

Related Mcqs:

A play that begins in medias res________________?

A. begins at the apparent end of the story. B. introduces the characters of the play one by one. C. opens by plunging the viewer into a crucial series of events. D. begins with a preview of the play’s conclusion....

In his “Poetics”, Aristotle suggests that tragic literary works should be ?

A. logical in terms of plot and structure. B. complex in terms of plot and structure. C. without any sort of moral insight. D. sad....

Which school of literary theory contends that sexual identity is not fixed and, instead, is generated by cultural forces ?

A. Deconstruction B. Marxist theory C. Reader-response theory D. Queer theory...

Which of the following poetic lines is an example of a couplet ?

A. “Into my head there will come / a beach of cotton, a dock where from.” B. “To kiss the sky / to be the sun / is to live forever.” C. “I heard a car crash / just as I died.” D. “Death comes for all of us / even you.”...

Which of the following statements best exemplifies the main idea put forward by John Milton in book 9 of Paradise Lost ?

A. Satan was ultimately heroic. B. The fall of Adam and Eve was a tragic event. C. Adam and Eve were driven to evil by their children. D. God abandoned the realm of Eden without reason....