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

In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida argues what about literature ?

A. No fixed, stable meaning is possible.
B. Language must be studied in conjunction with history in order to create meaning.
C. There is no potential for multiple and differing meanings in a work of literature.
D. Literature is timeless, and thus meaning does not change.

With which theorist is the concept imaginative geography associated ?

A. Julia kristeva
B. Fredric jameson
C. Terry eagleton
D. Edward said

Which of the following texts is considered the first example of postcolonial criticism ?

A. Harold bloom’s “an elegy for the canon”
B. Jacques lacan’s “the mirror stage … ”
C. Cleanth brooks’s “keats’s sylvan historian”
D. Edward said’s orientalism

Jacques Derrida’s concept of différance challenges us to think about language as a system that___________?

A. Mirrors our physical evolution as human beings.
B. Prevents us from communicating through writing or speech.
C. Involves a constant process of deferred meaning.
D. Evolved exclusively as a function of our individual psyche.

Which literary theory would most directly explore questions of the role of spatial setting in a poem ?

A. Trauma theory
B. Ecotheory
C. Game theory
D. Marxist theory

What is the central idea of Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics ?

A. Language is inseparable from its historical context.
B. There are five phases of linguistic development.
C. Language can be analyzed as a formal system of elements.
D. Linguistics is too complicated to be distilled to a formula.

With which theorist is the term identity thinking most closely associated ?

A. Sigmund freud
B. Carl jung
C. William james
D. Theodor w. adorno

From whom did New Historicists draw the idea of “self-regulating systems” ?

A. Theodor w. adorno
B. Claude lévi-strauss
C. Julia kristeva
D. Jacques derrida

Which theorist is most closely associated with the idea of art as imitation ?

A. Jacques lacan
B. Edward said
C. Stephen greenblatt
D. Plato