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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. According to the narrator in the Introduction, what two introductions to theory sources deal with the problems of teaching or learning theory?
2. In what decade did "postmodernism" become current according to the author?
3. ________ was probably the most influential figure in twentieth-century British criticism according to author Peter Barry.
4. Author Peter Barry explains that all of the following are part of the three stages of the deconstructive process except for which one?
5. The narrator explains that the first prestigious name in English writing about literature was that of ________, who wrote his "Apology for Poetry" in about 1580.
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare post-colonialism to postmodernism as discussed in the chapter "Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism."
2. Briefly summarize author Peter Barry's own introduction to literary theory as seen in "My own stock-taking" found within the "Introduction."
3. In which way is post-structuralism more fundamental than structuralism?
4. According to the "Introduction," what does the saying that "after the moment of theory comes the 'hour' of theory" mean?
5. What does the formula SQ3R mean? Explain.
6. Discuss what higher education was like in England until the first quarter of the nineteenth century, according to the chapter titled "Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism."
7. Why was Freudian interpretation interesting to literary critics?
8. 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?
9. How does Disneyland fit into the concept of hyperreality according to Baurdrillard?
10. Who was Jean Baudrillard? How was he associated with "the loss of the real"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how Peter Barry draws a parallel between gay and lesbian theory.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and describe the organizational structure of New Historicism theory.
Essay Topic 3
Identify, list, and describe the specific functions ecocritics perform in their analysis of literary text.
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