Category: Introduction to Literary Theory

A. Theodor W. Adorno
B. Claude Lévi-Strauss
C. Julia Kristeva
D. Jacques Derrida

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

A. A term that suggests that a critic should study the structural and thematic elements of a poem rather than the effect it has on the emotions of the reader B. A term that describes the confusion between a poem and its result
C. An important term in the field of New Historicism
D. All of the above.

A. The effect of literature in enlightening the human mind
B. The effect of modern society on human suffering
C. The effect of the economy on women’s concerns
D. The effect of the unconscious mind on the conscious self

A. How women really feel about male writers
B. The inscription of womanhood and femininity in texts
C. Second-wave feminism
D. Psychological studies of women

A. Cleanth Brooks
B. Ferdinand de Saussure
C. Karl Marx
D. Sigmund Freud

A. Critics should examine historical information surrounding a literary work.
B. Critics should develop universal readings of texts.
C. Critics should consider evolving notions of a text over time.
D. Critics should attempt to paraphrase texts in order to find out what they mean

A. He considers it to be vital in order to understand literary texts.
B. He considers theory to be the only way that literary texts can be interpreted.
C. He has no misgivings about the practical usability of literary theory.
D. He feels that literary theory is ultimately too limited in scope to serve as a proper method of interpretation.

A. Changes in emotional states
B. Obsessions
C. Slips of the tongue
D. All of the above.

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.