Which of the following statements best describes Cleanth Brooks’s attitude towards studying literature ?

A. Critics should examine historical information surrounding a literary work.
B. Critics should develop universal readings of texts.
C. Critics should consider evolving notions of a text over time.
D. Critics should attempt to paraphrase texts in order to find out what they mean

Trauma theory is tremendously influenced by which theoretical school ?

A. Psychoanalysis
B. Marxism
C. Feminism
D. Deconstruction

Which of the following figures is considered to be the father of the linguistic theory known as structuralism ?

A. Cleanth brooks
B. Ferdinand de saussure
C. Karl marx
D. Sigmund freud

The concept of otherness is related to which of the following theories ?

A. Feminist theory
B. Ethnic criticism
C. Postcolonial theory
D. All of the above.

Which school of literary theory shows a particular interest in the role of testimony in literature ?

A. Trauma theory
B. Ecotheory
C. Chaos theory
D. Formalism

Which of the following offers the best definition of écriture féminine ?

A. How women really feel about male writers
B. The inscription of womanhood and femininity in texts
C. Second-wave feminism
D. Psychological studies of women

A work of criticism that considers how English imperialism affected native Indian authors would be an example of_______________?

A. Marxist theory
B. Psychoanalytic theory
C. Postcolonial theory
D. Deconstruction

What are the basic questions literary theory asks ?

A. What is literature?
B. Why do people write literature?
C. What are the effects of literature?
D. All of these.

Which of the following offers the best definition of the theatrical concept of a chorus ?

A. Members of the audience who comment on the play’s actions
B. Characters who remind the audience that the play is fictional
C. A group of characters who comment
On The actions of the play while participating in them

In “Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays”, what does William Hazlitt mean when he states the following: “We do not like to see our author’s plays acted, and least of all, ’Hamlet’. There is no play that suffers so much in being transferred to the stage” ?

A. Hamlet cannot be staged properly because of the complexity of the play’s use of language.
B. Hamlet is not relevant to the romantic age.
C. The role of hamlet cannot be properly played by any actor.
D. Hamlet is a work that was written to be read, not performed.