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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 "Feminist Criticism" suggests that feminist criticism became much more ________, meaning that it began to draw upon the findings and approaches of other kinds of criticism.

2. The Introduction states that another name for traditional literary criticism is ________.

3. What was the term used in the Introduction that is defined as the science of signs?

4. Who was the major theorist of postmodernism and French writer of the book "Simulations"?

5. What does Peter Barry say is the topic of the book Beginning Theory?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Sigmund Freud's concept of "dream work."

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

3. How is French feminism different from American feminism?

4. Discuss how J.A. Cuddon describes postmodernism in his "Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory."

5. What is the purpose of displacement and condensation?

6. According to the "Introduction," what does the saying that "after the moment of theory comes the 'hour' of theory" mean?

7. What is structuralism? Where and when did it begin?

8. What is a theoretical difference between structuralist and post-structuralist?

9. What are the three stages of the deconstructive process? Explain.

10. Do liberal humanists use the term "human nature"? Explain.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Identify, analyze, and discuss the significance of the ten principles of liberal humanism that Peter Barry summarizes within the book "Beginning Theory."

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss how and why Sigmund Freud is relevant to literary theory. Give at least five supporting examples that indicate that relevance.

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