Quiz in Literary Criticism

PATRIA SABLE CORPUS COLLEGE Santiago City Quiz in Literary Criticism I.A. MULTIPLE COICES. C!oose t!e "est ans#er among t!e c!oices "e$o#. %rite t!e com&$ete #or' on t!e s&ace &ro(i'e' "e)ore t!e num"er. *+, &ts-

a. ReaderResponse  Approach b. Marxism c. Feminism d. Quee Queerr App Appro roac ach h

e. Form Formal alis isti tic  c   Approach f. HistoricalBiographical   Approach g. Deco Decons nstr truc ucti tion on

h. Moral Moral/ /nt ntel elle lect ctua ual  l   Approach i. !s"ch "chologi ogical   Approach  #. $ociological   Approach

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1. This appr approach oach uses uses “Liter “Literary ary Elemen Elements”. ts”. FA FA 2. It focuses focuses on devices devices such as plot plot characters characters settin! settin! point of vie" vie" theme and conflict. FA #. It is an e$act e$act opposite opposite of %istorical&'io!rap %istorical&'io!raphical hical Approach. Approach. FA( FA( )) )) *. It capital capitali+es i+es on on form rather rather than than conte content. nt. FA FA ,. It advocates advocates reco!n reco!nitio ition n on -oth homose$u homose$ual al and les-ians les-ians as se$ual se$ual preferences or identities not deviant to "hat "e consider as normal and natural. T /. It e$amines e$amines su-0u!a su-0u!ation tion of "omen "omen in the society society and and ho" they "ere "ere personified in literature "hether dependent or independent superior  or inferio inferior r stron! or "eak "eak li-erat li-erated ed or conserva conservative tive assertiv assertive e or  su-missive uncompromisin! or accommodatin! e$pressive or timid. . It defies defies the stereo stereoty type pe that "omen "omen are only second secondary ary to men in terms of their economic social and political roles. F . It ma!nifies ma!nifies ho" “structu “structural ral violence” violence” affect affects s people in their 3uest 3uest for  social 0ustice and e3uality. 4 5. It foc focuses on class ass conflic licts as "ell as clas lass distin tinctions ions -y emphasi+in! social economic and political ine3ualities as e$emplified -y the characters in a literary "ork. 4 16.It concerns itself "ith the ethical !oodness or -adness of a person. 4oral 11. It strive strives s to e$hi-i e$hi-itt that that any te$t is not not a disco disconn nnect ected ed "hole "hole -ut contains numerous conflictin! meanin!s. 7econs 12.Fundamental fi!ures in this criticism include 8i!mund Freud "hose “psychoanalytic theories chan!ed our notions of human -ehavior -y e$plorin! ne" or controversial areas. 9A

1#.This approach “e$amines literature in the cultural and political conte$t in "hich it is "ritten or received” e$plorin! the relationships -et"een the artist and society. 8A 1*.This approach takes as a fundamental tenet that “literature” e$ists not as an artifact upon a printed pa!e -ut as a transaction -et"een the physical te$t and the mind of a reader. )) 1,.:ritics in this approach re!ard lan!ua!e as a fundamentally unsta-le medium;the "ords “tree” or “do!” for instance undou-tedly con0ure up different mental ima!es for different people;and therefore -ecause literature is made up of "ords literature possesses no fi$ed sin!le meanin!. m. .B. n. %raditional  %heor"  o. Formalism and   &e' (riticism  p. Marxism and  (ritical %heor"  ). $tructuralism and  !ost  $tructuralism

r. &e' Historicism and (ultural   Materialism s. *thnic $tudies and !ost   (olonialism t. +ender $tudies and Queer   %heor" 

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$. 1. It is a term coined -y 8tephen e" %istoricism 2. Accordin! to this theory the circulation of literary and non&literary te$ts produces relations of social po"er "ithin a culture. >% #. For the proponent of this all acts of e$pression are em-edded in the material conditions of a culture. >% *. It is sometimes referred as “4inority 8tudies”. E8 ,. It has had a considera-le impact on literary studies in the =8 and 'ritain. In ?.E.'. 7u-ois "e find an early attempt to theori+e the position of African&  Americans "ithin dominant "hite culture throu!h his concept of “dou-le consciousness” a dual identity includin! -oth “American” and “>e!ro”. /. This theory reverses the historical center( mar!in direction of cultural in3uiry. 4oreover theorists like %omi @. 'ha-ha have 3uestioned the -inary thou!ht that produces the dichonomies -y "hich colonial practices are 0ustified. 9ost :olonialism . This theory 3uestions the fi$ed cate!ories of se$ual identity are trans!erred reversed mimicked or criti3ued. ueer  . This theory(study arose 3uite self&consciously in the 6s to provide a means of  analysis of the rapidly e$pandin! !lo-al culture industry that includes entertainment film computers and the internet. :8 5. This approach emphasi+es literary form and the study of literary devices "ithin the te$t. Formalism 16.This literary theory tends to focus on the representation of class conflict as "ell as the reinforcement of class distinctions throu!h the medium of literature. 4 11. :ritics in this theory feel that in order to truly evaluate an authorBs "ork they must kno" some -asic -io!raphical information a-out the "riter. They then look to see ho" that information reflects to "ork. Traditional 12. This literary theory spearheaded -y t"o main -odies "hich focused on understandin! the literary te$t throu!h the te$t itself. Formalism 1#. This theory includes the study of theory and literature as it relates to the coloni+er&coloni+ed e$perience. Ed"ard 8aid is the leadin! theorist in this field "ith :hinua Ache-e -ein! one of its leadin! authors. 9ost:olonialism 1*.It is throu!h the theories of this class stru!!le politics and economics. 4 1,. In this theory "e need to understand the authorBs -io!raphy and social -ack!round ideas circulatin! at a time and the cultural milieu. >% y. I. ESSA. E/&$ain su"stantia$$y. %rite your ans#er on t!e s&ace &ro(i'e'. *01 &ts+. aa.
ad. 1. Is literature important in our lives ?hy or "hy not 2. , 'ould rather be attaced than unnoticed. For the 'orst thing "ou can do to an author is to be silent as to his 'ors. ― Samuel Johnson