Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Introduction to Literary Theory Mcqs

A. Entering the author’s mind through his or her literary works

B. Understanding the author’s consciousness

C. Reproducing the author’s thoughts in a critical context

D. All of the above.

A. Wolfgang Iser

B. Jean-Paul Sartre

C. Emmanuel Lévinas

D. All of the above.

A. It includes too few works by nonwhite writers.

B. It includes too few works by women.

C. It includes too few works by non- Western writers.

D. All of the above.

A. It suggests that the suppression of women is part of a historical climate that will naturally fade away.

B. It suggests that gender roles are conditioned by the possession of money and power.

C. It suggests that gender has power over class.

D. It suggests that education, rather than money, is needed for the liberation of women.

A. refuses maternal bonds.

B. is able to separate the “I” from the “Other.”

C. looks into a mirror for the first time.

D. first engages with speech.

A. A theory that abandons the idea of history as an imitation of events

B. A theory that regards history as a series of narratives

C. A theory that capitalizes on the interplay between literature and history

D. All of the above

A. The ability of a text to contain truth

B. The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text

C. The idea that a text has a specific meaning that can be understood through a process of deconstruction

D. Jacques Derrida’s style of writing

A. Literary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text.

B. Literary theory depends on specialized knowledge that is outside the realm of literary studies.

C. Literary theory is sometimes very abstract and difficult to read.

D. All of the above.

A. A concept associated with Russian formalism

B. An idea explored by Viktor Shklovsky

C. A term that describes the capacity of art to counter the effects of habit

D. All of the above.

A. A term that suggests that a critic should study the structural and thematic elements of a poem rather than the effect it has on the emotions of the re

B. A term that describes the confusion between a poem and its result

C. An important term in the field of New Historicism

D. All of the above.