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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Post-structuralism and deconstruction.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What term suggests a range of negative attributes, such as "non-Marxist" and "non-feminist," and "non-theoretical"?
(a) Dialogism.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Modernism.
(d) Absurdism.
2. From which of Babara Johnson's literary pieces can the following definition of deconstructive reading be found according to author Peter Barry: "Deconstruction is not synonymous with 'destruction.' It is in fact much closer to the original meaning of the word 'analysis,' which etymologically means 'to undo'"?
(a) Trustee from the Toolroom.
(b) The Age of Innocence.
(c) The Critical Difference.
(d) Of Grammatology.
3. What was the term used in the Introduction that is defined as the science of signs?
(a) Semiotics.
(b) Logocentrism.
(c) Mimesis.
(d) Phenomenology.
4. ________ was probably the most influential figure in twentieth-century British criticism according to author Peter Barry.
(a) F.R. Leavis.
(b) Edward Jablonski.
(c) Douglas Adams.
(d) Patrick Tilley.
5. Which of F.R. Leavis's teachings was essentially a syllabus, manageable within a year-long undergraduate course?
(a) Great Tradition.
(b) Great American Literature.
(c) Great Expectations.
(d) Great Explorations.
Short Answer Questions
1. The crucial essay "The Death of the Author" written in 1968 was the "hinge" around which ________ turned from structuralism to post-structuralism.
2. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Shelley are authors of what form of writing, according to the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism?
3. What language does the narrator describe as being a Romance language that takes most of its words directly from Latin, and lacks the reassuring Anglo-Saxon layer of vocabulary?
4. ________ is defined as the meanings of words according to Saussure.
5. Who was the first critic to develop a "reader-centered" approach to literature?
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