How does Virginia Woolf’s essay “A Room of One’s Own” contribute to feminist theory ?
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.
According to the Geneva School, what is the function of the reader ?
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.
With which theorist is phenomenology associated ?
A. Wolfgang Iser
B. Jean-Paul Sartre
C. Emmanuel Lévinas
D. All of the above.
What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon ?
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.
According to Jacques Lacan, the mirror stage is the point at which a child_________________?
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