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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. In the following statement found in the chapter "New Historicism and Cultural Materialism," what does the word "panoptic" mean: "Michel Foucault's pervasive image of the state is that of 'panoptic'"?
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. According to the chapter titled "Marxist Criticism," what was the name of the group that had flourished in the 1920s until disbanded by the Party, even though their work was not strictly Marxist in spirit?
5. According to Peter Barry in the chapter titled "Postcolonial Criticism," Frantz Fanon was a ________ from Martinique.
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 are the four characteristics that define the term "Political Shakespeare"?
3. What was the "Vulgar Marxism"?
4. Who are Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromm? Explain the ecocriticism movement.
5. How does stylistics differ from standard close reading?
6. Explain what liberal humanism and stylistics have in common.
7. What four areas of ecocriticism does Peter Barry identify?
8. Is stylistics confined to just the analysis of literature? Explain.
9. Briefly discuss what post-colonial critics do according to the narrator.
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, discuss, and analyze the history of English studies as foretold by Peter Barry.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss Peter Barry's instructional approach to literary theory.
Essay Topic 3
Identify, list, and describe the specific functions ecocritics perform in their analysis of literary text.
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