View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Psychoanalysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three sequential stages does Eagleton point out in the development of modern literary theory?
(a) The preoccupation with the text, the exclusive concern with the reader, and a shift toward the author.
(b) The preoccupation with the author, the exclusive concern with the text, and a shift toward the reader.
(c) The preoccupation with the reader, the exclusive concern with the text, and a shift toward the critic.
(d) The preoccupation with the critic, the exclusive concern with the author, and a shift toward the text.

2. What does Sigmund Freud see as the "royal road" to the unconscious?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Sex.
(c) Education.
(d) Therapy.

3. According to Eagleton, structuralism exposed what "shocking truth"?
(a) That even our most painful experience is outside the realm of structure.
(b) That even our most pleasurable experience is outside the realm of structure.
(c) The even our most private thoughts is caused by structure.
(d) That even our most intimate experience is the effect of a structure.

4. According to Eagleton, the Western philosophical tradition has "consistently vilified" what?
(a) Speech.
(b) Myth.
(c) Writing.
(d) Man.

5. Who silenced the Russian formalists, according to Eagleton?
(a) Liberals.
(b) Socialists.
(c) Bolsheviks.
(d) Stalinists.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eagleton, the Russian formalist shifted their attention to the "material reality" of what?

2. According to Eagleton, when did the Russian formalists emerge?

3. What are Northrop Frye's four narrative categories at the root of all literature?

4. According to Eagleton, the women's movement is not just about women having equal status and power as men, it is what?

5. According to Eagleton, structuralism has proved that there is nothing _____ about codes.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 326 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample