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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. Karl Marx is described by Peter Barry as being a German ________.

2. ________ is a co-founder of ecocriticism with Harold Fromm that developed in the early-1990s in the USA.

3. Who does the narrator describe as a prominent contributor to "Inside/Outside," who pointed out that "identity categories," like "gay" and "straight," "tend to be instruments of regulatory regimes"?

4. In the chapter titled "Stylistics," whom does Peter Barry credit with inventing the term "under-lexicalization"?

5. Who wrote the following statement, which is found in the chapter "Postcolonial Criticism": "We cannot easily say that since Mansfield Park is a novel, its affiliations with a particularly sordid history are irrelevant or transcended, not only because it is irresponsible to say that, but because we know too much to say so with bad faith"?

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

3. What does ecocriticism study? What is another term for ecocriticism?

4. Briefly explain what lesbian/gay critics do.

5. Who was Karl Marx?

6. What is discourse as it relates to new historicism?

7. Briefly discuss what post-colonial critics do according to the narrator.

8. What four areas of ecocriticism does Peter Barry identify?

9. What are the four characteristics that define the term "Political Shakespeare"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss Peter Barry's instructional approach to literary 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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