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To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer ?
A. An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage
B. The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs
C. The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work
D. All of the above answers are correct
Dryden wrote An Essay of Dramatic Poesy. Is this ?
A. An Essay
B. A Drama
C. A Poetical Work
D. An Interlocution
Philip Sidney’s Apologie for Poetrie is a defence of poetry against the charges brought against it by____________?
A. Henry Howard
B. Roger Ascham
C. John Skelton
D. Stephen Gosson
What is double consciousness _______________?
A. An early aspect of ethnic criticism
B. An understanding of how double experiences create identity
C. A concept developed by W.E.B Du Bois
D. All of the above answers are correct.
Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?
A. Aristotle
B. Viktor Shklovsky
C. Stanley Fish
D. Toni Morrison
What is generally considered to be Theodor W. Adorno’s primary concern as a theorist ?
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. All of the above answers are correct.
Horace was a friend of_______________?
A. Alexander the Great
B. Emperor Augustus
C. Julius Caesar
D. Pompey
Which of the following statements best explains Mikhail Bakhtin’s philosophy of language ?
A. Language includes multiple social dialects and jargons.
B. Language can include socio-ideological contradictions from the past.
C. Language exhibits and is bound up in the social lives and historical context of the people who speak it.
D. Language is loaded with the intentions of others.
What does the term meta-language mean, according to Andrzej Warminski ?
A. A language about another language
B. A supernatural language
C. A language that does not yet constitute a real language
D. All of the above answers are correct.
One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?
A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
D. All of the above answers are correct.
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