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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 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?

2. According to Peter Barry in the chapter titled "Postcolonial Criticism," Frantz Fanon was a ________ from Martinique.

3. According to the chapter titled "Postcolonial Criticism," in its earliest phase, post-colonial criticism took as its main subject matter ________ representations of colonial countries and criticized these for their limitations and their bias.

4. Which of the following terms is defined as the view that, in spite of the connections between culture and economics, art has a degree of independence from economic forces?

5. According to Marxist literary criticism, what term is best defined as an outlook, values, tacit assumptions, half-realized allegiances, etc. and having a major bearing on what is written by a member of a social class?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly explain new historicism as it is described by the author.

2. What were some of the influences on early Marxist thinking?

3. Briefly define "mimesis" and "diegesis" as determined by Peter Barry.

4. Discuss the three elements Aristotle identified in a plot. What key point does Barry suggest about timing as it relates to plot?

5. In what way does the narrator say queer theory differs from lesbian feminism?

6. What is the aim of Marxism, according to the narrator?

7. Is stylistics confined to just the analysis of literature? Explain.

8. What do ecocritics do according to Peter Barry?

9. What are the ambitions of stylistics as defined by Peter Barry?

10. Explain the meaning of "adopt," "adapt," and "adept" phases as they relate to post-colonial criticism.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an argumentative essay, state whether you believe stylistics is a theory or a practice.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what it means to read literature with the perspective of "Orientalism" in mind.

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