New trends in literary theory tend to do which of the following ?

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Which of the following is a theme of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s book Epistemology of the Closet ?

A. Understanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture. B. Understanding homosexuality has little effect on understanding culture. C. Literary study is unaffected by a lack of interest in sexuality. D. Understanding homosexual themes in novels has become too routine...

Modern literary theory began with the work of which theorist ?

A. Claude Lévi-Strauss B. Ferdinand de Saussure C. Viktor Shklovsky D. Roland Barthes...

Which literary theory would most directly explore questions of the role of spatial setting in a poem ?

A. Trauma theory B. Ecotheory C. Game theory D. Marxist theory...

In his essay “The Business of Theory,” William Deresiewicz argues which of the following about Terry Eagleton’s book After Theory ?

A. It offers a strong outline for how theory can be conducted in the 21st century. B. It should not be read or considered by any student or scholar. C. It offers some valid ideas and critiques, but its author is not entirely trustworthy. D. It offers a strong counterpoint to Jacques Derrida’s notion of … In his essay “The Business of Theory,” William Deresiewicz argues which of the following about Terry Eagleton’s book After Theory ?Read More...

In what way does Julia Kristeva build on Jacques Lacan’s theory of psychosexual development ?

A. Kristeva wholly rejects Lacan’s theory of psychosexual development. B. Kristeva centralizes the maternal and the feminine in her revisions of Lacan’s theory. C. Kristeva argues that the mirror stage does not occur until the individual embraces a distinct gender role. D. All of the above....