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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Judith Butler?

2. According to Culler, what attracts readers to a character?

3. According to Nancy Armstrong, what is a product of 18th century novels?

4. According to Culler, when it comes to performative language, words create their own __________.

5. According to Culler, what power is given to literature by literary performatives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do some theorists believe that popular characterizations in novels create bad influences?

2. According to Chapter 7, what is accomplished by attempting to identify literary performatives?

3. What is the occasional confusion that results from the use of metaphor?

4. What is first-person narration?

5. Who believed that performative language had to be serious in order to set a standard?

6. According to Aristotle, what three points must be contained within a plot?

7. During the Renaissance, what was the definition of rhetoric?

8. What is the function of a narrator within a novel?

9. According to Chapter 5, what is rhetoric?

10. According to Chapter 8, in terms of the "I," what do literary theorists debate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Literary theorists use poetics and hermeneutics to translate the meaning of a text. Write a brief essay examining these two methods and their function in understanding literature.

Essay Topic 2

Within a novel, there are several different forms of narration. Identify one form of narration and answer the following questions:

1) What does this type of narration accomplish?

2) What is the relationship between the reader and this type of narrator?

3) What are the positives and negatives with this form of narration?

Essay Topic 3

Within literature, there are several models of identity. Identify and analyze at least three models of identity, citing examples from the text.

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