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UNIT 37
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1[blank_start]Poetry[blank_end] does not represent the objective external world.
- APoetry
- BProse
- CDrama
2The [blank_start]narrator[blank_end] is what differentiates prose from poetry and drama.
- Anarrator
3[blank_start]Fantasy[blank_end], based on an imaginary setting and involving improbable characters, where the hero is aimed at defeating evil.
- AFantasy
- BScience fiction
- CRealistic fiction
- DHistorical fiction
4Science fiction, an [blank_start]adventure[blank_end] story based on the real world, which involves [blank_start]travel[blank_end] and [blank_start]danger[blank_end], and is set in a [blank_start]future[blank_end] time facing [blank_start]contemporary[blank_end] problems.
- Aadventure
- Btravel
- Cdanger
- Dfuture
- Econtemporary
5It involves believable characters with unique human qualities, and whose endings are not always happy.
- AFantasy
- BScience fiction
- CRealistic fiction
- DHistorical fiction
6Literary theories focusing on the origin
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
7Literary theories focusing on the text
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
8This theory concerns the circumstances surrounding authors, the society they lived in, and the main creative tendencies found at the time.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
9This theory is based on Freudian studies.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
10This theory influenced the Linguistic Circle of Prague.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
11Personal reactions should be excluded from literary criticism, since aesthetic values depend only on structure.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
12It is based on the idea that texts can be used to support irreconcilable positions.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
13This movement focused almost exclusively on the structural form of the literary text, without considering the context of the work or any external factor, either biographical, intellectual or historical.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
14Thus, critics need to make an exhaustive description of elements and functions, which are the nuclear element around which a narration is structured.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
15Hence, critics have to study a poem’s meaning by means of close reading, considered as indivisible works, without separation between form and content.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
16One of the critical concepts of ________ was the term “Intentional Fallacy”, described as the mistake of attempting to understand the author’s intentions when interpreting a literary work.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
17Thus, critics must study the author’s style in order to find the work’s spiritual “etymon”, which is the generating principle of the different aspects of a work.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
18This analysis depends on the critic’s general intuition, so it is linked to their subjective sensitivity.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
19this theory considered literature as a system of signs in which meaning is constructed within a context.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
20Hence, critics have to explore the nature of the creative process and the psychological effects of literature upon readers.
- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-Oriented Criticism
- JFeminist & Gender Criticism
21A literary language is a [blank_start]register[blank_end] of a language which is used in [blank_start]literary writing[blank_end], and which often differs in [blank_start]lexicon[blank_end] and [blank_start]syntax[blank_end] from the language used in speech.
- Aregister
- Bliterary writing
- Clexicon
- Dsyntax
22Characteristics of literary language:
- Afixed and literal structures
- Bstructured and planned beforehand
- Calways practical
- Ddirected towards specific audience
- Eown and precise situation
23The dominant trait of the literary message is the form of expression, which is described as the metalinguistic function of language by Jakobson.
- ATrue
- BFalse
24The poetic function deals with the [blank_start]aesthetic[blank_end] function of language, and it is achieved by means of [blank_start]rhetorical[blank_end] figures or [blank_start]intonation[blank_end]. The poetic function of language is characterised by the fact that each message creates its own [blank_start]reality[blank_end]. Therefore, language can be explained, but not [blank_start]verified[blank_end]. In addition, literary language is highly [blank_start]connotative[blank_end], as it can be appreciated by the exploration of new meaningful possibilities of the language.
- Aaesthetic
- Brhetorical
- Cintonation
- Dreality
- Everified
- Fconnotative
25Literary genre refers to a [blank_start]category[blank_end] of literary [blank_start]composition[blank_end], which may be determined by literary t[blank_start]echnique[blank_end], tone, c[blank_start]ontent[blank_end], or even l[blank_start]ength[blank_end].
- Acategory
- Bcomposition
- Cechnique
- Dontent
- Eength
26Poetry often uses particular forms and conventions to suggest alternative meanings in words:
- [blank_start]assonance[blank_end], alliteration, onomatopaeia and rhythm -> musical/incantatory effects
[blank_start]ambiguity[blank_end], symbolism, irony -> multiple interpretations
- figures of speech -> [blank_start]aesthetic[blank_end] value- Aassonance
- Bconsonance
- Ccollocation
- Dmetonymy
- Eambiguity
- Freiteration
- Gambiguity
- Hassonance
- Imetonymy
- Jconsonance
- Kcollocation
- Lallegory
- Mmetaphor
- Naesthetic
- Opoetic
- Pconnotative
27Poetry is subdivided into [blank_start]lyric[blank_end], [blank_start]narrative[blank_end] and [blank_start]dramatic[blank_end] poetry.
- Alyric
- Bnarrative
- Cdramatic
28Drama is subdivided into [blank_start]tragedy[blank_end] and [blank_start]comedy[blank_end].
- Atragedy
- Bcomedy
29Literary criticism started in
- A18th century
- B19th century
- C20th century
- D21st century
30Literary theories focusing on the origin: [blank_start]Historicism[blank_end], [blank_start]Marxist Criticism[blank_end] and [blank_start]Psychoanalytic Criticism[blank_end].
Literary theories focusing on the text: [blank_start]Russian Formalism[blank_end], [blank_start]New Criticism[blank_end], [blank_start]Stylistics[blank_end], [blank_start]Structuralism[blank_end], [blank_start]Deconstruction[blank_end].
Literary theories focusing on the goal: [blank_start]Reader-oriented Criticism[blank_end], and [blank_start]Gender and Feminist Criticism[blank_end]- AHistoricism
- BMarxist Criticism
- CPsychoanalytic Criticism
- DRussian Formalism
- ENew Criticism
- FStylistics
- GStructuralism
- HDeconstruction
- IReader-oriented Criticism
- JGender and Feminist Criticism
31New Criticism was developed in the USA by [blank_start]Ransom[blank_end], which insisted on the [blank_start]intrinsic value[blank_end] of a work of art and focused on the individual work alone as an [blank_start]independent[blank_end] unit of meaning.
- ARansom
- Bintrinsic value
- Cindependent
32In addition, [blank_start]psychology[blank_end] pervades stylistics, due to the direct link between a stylistic element and the author’s inner world.
- Apsychology
33Deconstruction places great emphasis on [blank_start]appearance[blank_end], since any text has the potential to be different any time which it is read.
- Aappearance
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