Literary Theory: An Introduction Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

In American deconstruction, why does literary criticism become an "ironic, uneasy business"? (from Chapter 4, Post-Structuralism)

Because it lays bare the illusoriness of meaning.

Because it lays bare the physicality of meaning.

Because it lays bare the temporality of meaning.

Because it lays bare the permanence of meaning.

2.

According to Eagleton, structuralism has proved that there is nothing _____ about codes. (from Chapter 3, Structuralism and Semiotics)

Innocent.

Guilty.

Evaluative.

Progressive.

3.

For Eagleton, what are the two ways in which literary theory can have a distinct purpose and identity? (from Conclusion, Political Criticism)

It can define itself in terms of methods of inquiry and the manner of enquiry.

It can define itself in terms of eradicating inquiry or the object being enquire into.

It can define itself in terms of methods of inquiry or the object being enquired into.

It can define itself in terms of other methods of inquiry and the manner of enquiry.

4.

According to Eagleton, "the tactic of _________criticism ... is to show how texts come to embarrass their own ruling systems of logic." (from Chapter 4, Post-Structuralism)

Deconstructive.

Psychoanalytic.

Post-structuralist.

Feminist.

5.

Why do feminists embrace the work of Jacques Lacan, despite the fact that he was contemptuous of the women's movement? (from Chapter 5, Psychoanalysis)

Because Lacan rejected Freudianism.

Because Lacan embraced Freudianism.

Because Lacan rewrote Freudianism.

Because Lacan taught Freudianism.

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