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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. The chapter titled "Postmodernism" states the term "postmodernism" was used in the 1930s, but its current sense and vogue can be said to have begun with ________'s "The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge."

2. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the ________ probably saw the high-water mark of literary theory.

3. Which of the following terms best fit the following definition: "a form of literary criticism which uses some of the techniques of psychoanalysis in the interpretation of literature"?

4. Who does Peter Barry claim described the feminist change in the late 1970s as a shift of attention from "andro-texts" to "gyno-texts"?

5. According to the narrator in the chapter "Psychoanalytic Criticism," who did Sigmund Freud link the situation of Hamlet in the play to?

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 "ecriture feminine"?

3. Why was Freudian interpretation interesting to literary critics?

4. What are the three particular areas that are debated and disagreed upon when it comes to feminist criticism?

5. In which way is post-structuralism more fundamental than structuralism?

6. Who was I.A. Richards?

7. Explain what Peter Barry means when he informs the reader "that it is much better to read intensely in theory than to read widely".

8. How does Disneyland fit into the concept of hyperreality according to Baurdrillard?

9. What are the five (5) codes identified by Barthes in S/Z? Explain.

10. In the first half of the twentieth century, who, according to Barry, were the critical names in British literary theory? Who were at Cambridge University in the 1920s and 1930s?

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

Describe the "landmarks" in postmodernism as discussed by Peter Barry.

Essay Topic 3

Identify, list, and describe the specific functions ecocritics perform in their analysis of literary text.

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