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Wordsworth’s theory of poetry appears in_____________?
A. Excursion
B. Tintern Abbey Lines
C. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
D. Immortality Ode
Who is the writer of ‘Hamlet and Oedipus’ (1949) ?
A. Carl Jung
B. Harold Bloom
C. Ernest Jones
D. Erik Erikson
Aristotle’s critical work is entitled_______________?
A. Ars Poetica
B. Poetics
C. De Arte Poetica
D. Art Poetique
According to the Geneva School, what is the function of the reader ?
A. Understanding the author’s ideas in the context of the real world
B. Entering the author’s mind through his or her literary works
C. Reproducing the author’s thoughts in a critical context
D. All of the above answers are correct.
Who accused Aristotle of social snobbishness and arrogance ?
A. Willy Loman
B. Arthur Miller
C. Henry James
D. David
What does Sidney say about the observance of the three Dramatic Unities in drama ?
A. They must be observed
B. It is not necessary to observe them
C. He favours the observance of the Unity of Action only
D. Their observance depends upon the nature of the theme of the play
The term Electra Complex has originated from a tragedy entitled Electra. Who is the author of his tragedy ?
A. Aeschylus
B. Sophocles
C. Euripides
D. Seneca
Which school of literary theory is associated with the phrase “to make the stones stonier” ?
A. Humanism
B. Formalism
C. Structuralism
D. Marxism
How did the New Critics view literature ?
A. As an aesthetic object that is independent of historical context
B. As an aesthetic object that is influenced by historical context
C. As a historical object that is also aesthetic
D. As a historical object that is not necessarily aesthetic
With which theorist is phenomenology associated ?
A. Edmund Husserl
B. Wolfgang Iser
C. Jean-Paul Sartre
D. All of the above answers are correct.
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