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What does the critical term ’esemplatic’ mean ?
A. The unifying power
B. Ability to coin new word
C. Power of imagination
D. Negative capability
What has Dryden to say about the observance of the three Classical Dramatic Unities ?
A. He advocates their strict observance
B. He does not advocate their strict observance
C. He says that every dramatist should decide it for himself
D. He is silent about this issue
What is humanism ?
A. An idea traditionally associated with the Renaissance
B. A humanity-centered view of the universe
C. A theory that values restraint, form, and imitation
D. All of the above answers are correct.
Some critics of literary theory argue that literary theory is problematic for which reason ?
A. Literary theory tends to be too political.
B. Literary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text.
C. Literary theory depends on specialized knowledge that is outside the realm of literary studies.
D. All of the above answers are correct.
How many poets were included in Jhonson’s ‘The Lives of Most Eminent English Poets’ ?
A. 48
B. 50
C. 52
D. 54
The Frankfurt School of literary theory was most greatly influenced by which of the following schools of thought ?
A. Formalism
B. Structuralism
C. Poststructuralism
D. Marxism
Reader-response theory is focused on considering which of the following ?
A. How readers learn to read
B. How readers imagine visual images in a text
C. How readers participate in creating the meaning of a text
D. How readers regard critics
A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?
A. Reader Response
B. Feminist
C. Mimetic
D. Formalist
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