What do structuralist and formalist critics have in common ?

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How do Marxist theorists react to ideology ?

A. They accept ideology as an essential, although sometimes problematic, part of society. B. They subject all ideologies to critique in order to expose biased interests. C. They reject the idea that ideology has real effects on social progress. D. They promote ideology because it helps to create a dominant social order...

What is the purpose of feminist theory ?

A. To create literary subjects with which female readers can identify B. To critique phallocentric assumptions about literature C. To counter stereotypes about women D. All of the above....

In his essay “What Is an Author?” what position(s) on authorship does Michel Foucault take ?

A. The names of authors serve a classificatory function. B. The author is not a source of infinite meaning. C. The author may not always exist. D. All of the above....

Which is a common postcolonial critique of the West ?

A. TheWest spends too much time trying to consider an Asian perspective. B. The West tends to look at Asian countries as individual units rather than lump them together. C. The West views matters through its own limited historical position. D. The West refuses to apply economic and political coercion to Asian writers....

In his essay “The Death of the Author,” Roland Barthes argues what about literature ?

A. Biographical information about the author must be considered when evaluating literature. B. A text and its author text are unrelated. C. It is possible to distill meaning from a work based on the author’s politics. D. Authorial intent must be considered when evaluating literature....