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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. Who does the narrator say was the founder of a method of studying English which is still the norm today?
2. Which modern architect proclaimed that "decoration is a crime" in the chapter titled "Postmodernism"?
3. In what decade did "postmodernism" become current according to the author?
4. ________ is defined as the meanings of words according to Saussure.
5. The chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism states that the conventional reading of the origins of the subject of English is that this kind of thinking begins with who?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the purpose of displacement and condensation?
2. Explain F.D. Maurice's opinions of literature as detailed in the chapter "Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism."
3. Explain how literary theory, after Sir Phillip Sydney, was significantly advanced in the eighteenth century.
4. What are the five (5) codes identified by Barthes in S/Z? Explain.
5. What are the three stages of the deconstructive process? Explain.
6. What are the three particular areas that are debated and disagreed upon when it comes to feminist criticism?
7. Briefly explain what post-structuralist critics do.
8. What did Ferdinand de Saussure say about linguistic structures which the structuralists found so interesting?
9. What does the formula SQ3R mean? Explain.
10. Explain what author Peter Barry means when he says the frame of mind he would recommend his readers is threefold.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss how and why Sigmund Freud is relevant to literary theory. Give at least five supporting examples that indicate that relevance.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and describe Jacques Lacan's impact and purpose in psychoanalytic criticism.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the ambitions of stylistics as described by Peter Barry.
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