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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. Barry states in the chapter titled "Feminist Criticism" that the British "socialist feminist" tradition produced its key works in the ________.
2. Who presented I.A. Richard with the manuscript of the book which was published in 1930 with the title Seven Types of Ambiguity?
3. The narrator reveals that the modern period began with the ________.
4. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Shelley are authors of what form of writing, according to the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism?
5. According to Peter Barry, the ________ aspect of discourse is characterized not by logic and order, but by "displacement, slippage, condensation."
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the "Introduction," what does the saying that "after the moment of theory comes the 'hour' of theory" mean?
2. What is structuralism? Where and when did it begin?
3. What did Ferdinand de Saussure say about linguistic structures which the structuralists found so interesting?
4. Compare post-colonialism to postmodernism as discussed in the chapter "Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism."
5. Explain how literary theory, after Sir Phillip Sydney, was significantly advanced in the eighteenth century.
6. Briefly summarize author Peter Barry's own introduction to literary theory as seen in "My own stock-taking" found within the "Introduction."
7. What are the three particular areas that are debated and disagreed upon when it comes to feminist criticism?
8. What are the three stages of the deconstructive process? Explain.
9. What are the five (5) codes identified by Barthes in S/Z? Explain.
10. Discuss Sigmund Freud's concept of "dream work."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify, discuss, and analyze the history of English studies as foretold by Peter Barry.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss Peter Barry's instructional approach to literary theory.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the "landmarks" in postmodernism as discussed by Peter Barry.
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