Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory Test | Final Test - Medium

Peter Barry
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Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory Test | Final Test - Medium

Peter Barry
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A poem of which author is provided by Peter Barry as an example of ecocriticism?
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(b) Vladimir Nabokov.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.

2. Which of the following people broke away from feminism and made new allegiances, in particular, with gay men rather than with other women?
(a) Bonnie Zimmerman.
(b) Muriel Spark.
(c) Anne Koedt.
(d) Paulina Palmer.

3. Ecocriticism was a term that was applied to the work previously known as what form of writing?
(a) Nurture.
(b) Biological.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Nature.

4. The chapter "Stylistics" states that the stop-start quality can be removed and cohesion achieved by what linguists call "pronominalization," using ________.
(a) Pronouns.
(b) Verbs.
(c) Nouns.
(d) Adjectives.

5. What is the term used to describe the study of narrative structures that combines characteristics and is derived from structuralism and linguistic theory?
(a) Narratology.
(b) Semiology.
(c) Ideology.
(d) Scientology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter Barry affirms that Friedrich Engels was a German ________.

2. According to the chapter "Stylistics," in medieval times rhetoric played an important part in training people for the ________, the legal profession, and political or diplomatic life.

3. According to Peter Barry, the aim of Marxism was to bring about a ________ society, based on the common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.

4. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the join founders of the school of________ according to the Chapter titled "Marxist Criticism."

5. Karl Marx is described by Peter Barry as being a German ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is lesbian feminism?

2. What is the purpose of lesbian/gay criticism according to the "Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader"?

3. Is stylistics confined to just the analysis of literature? Explain.

4. Briefly discuss what post-colonial critics do according to the narrator.

5. Briefly explain new historicism as it is described by the author.

6. Who are Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromm? Explain the ecocriticism movement.

7. What is narratology?

8. What are the ambitions of stylistics as defined by Peter Barry?

9. Discuss the three elements Aristotle identified in a plot. What key point does Barry suggest about timing as it relates to plot?

10. Explain what liberal humanism and stylistics have in common.

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