English Literature Mcqs — Test 40

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Question 1

In his essay “The Death of the Author,” Roland Barthes argues what about literature ?

Question 2

What does Edward Said argue about the concept of the Orient ?

Question 3

The Frankfurt School of literary theory was most greatly influenced by which of the following schools of thought ?

Question 4

In Fredric Jameson’s book The Political Unconscious, what does Jameson suggest about literature ?

Question 5

What is defamiliarization ?

Question 6

According to trauma theorists, a testifying subject needs which of the following to deliver a successful testimony ?

Question 7

What is generally considered to be Theodor W. Adorno’s primary concern as a theorist ?

Question 8

New trends in literary theory tend to do which of the following ?

Question 9

Which of the following statements offers the best definition of the concept of strange attractors in chaos theory ?

Question 10

In his essay “The Business of Theory,” William Deresiewicz argues which of the following about Terry Eagleton’s book After Theory ?