Jacques Derrida’s concept of différance challenges us to think about language as a system that____________?

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This approach can turn a work into little more than a case study, neglecting to view it as a piece of art. Critics sometimes attempt to diagnose long dead authors based on their works, which is perhaps not the best evidence of their psychology. Critics tend to see sex in everything, exaggerating this aspect of literature. What approach possess this disadvantage ?

A. Moral/Philosophical B. Psychological C. Formalism/New Criticism D. Historical/Biographical...

In her essay “The Laugh of the Medusa,” what does Hélène Cixous suggest for women ?

A. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts. B. Women should write, but they should do so only within the existent male canon. C. Women should primarily dedicate themselves to studying women’s literature from the past. D. All of the above answers are correct....

Which of the following descriptions best defines the literary theory known as formalism ?

A. An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text B. An approach that emphasizes the historical context of a text C. An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text D. An approach that emphasizes racial issues in a text...

Which school of literary theory is associated with the phrase “to make the stones stonier” ?

A. Humanism B. Formalism C. Structuralism D. Marxism...

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...