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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. Which of the following realism terms best illustrates the straight realism which was imposed in the 1930s?
2. Author Peter Barry explains that post-colonial critics reject the claims to universalism made on behalf of canonical _________ literature and seek to show its limitations of outlook.
3. In the chapter titled "Lesbian / Gay Criticism," it states that lesbian and gay literary theory emerged prominently as a distinct field only in the ________.
4. According to Peter Barry at the beginning of the book "Beginning Theory," many of the chapters in the book were based on material Barry has used in the "Introduction to Literature" courses at what university?
5. According to Peter Barry, what is the subject of narratology common to all story-telling?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the three elements Aristotle identified in a plot. What key point does Barry suggest about timing as it relates to plot?
2. Briefly discuss what post-colonial critics do according to the narrator.
3. According to the narrator, what is one significant effect of post-colonial criticism?
4. Briefly explain new historicism as it is described by the author.
5. In what way does the narrator say queer theory differs from lesbian feminism?
6. What was the "Vulgar Marxism"?
7. Briefly discuss the ancestry of post-colonial criticism.
8. What does ecocriticism study? What is another term for ecocriticism?
9. What four areas of ecocriticism does Peter Barry identify?
10. What are the four characteristics that define the term "Political Shakespeare"?
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
Analyze and describe the organizational structure of New Historicism theory.
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