Literary Criticism

Question 1

Marxist Criticism stems from the ideas of John Locke.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Which don't we ask when judging literary works using a Marxist approach?

Accepted Answer

Does the work highlight the writer's biography?

Question 3

Two major focal points of Feminist criticism are how women have written and how they have been written about.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Eve Kosofky Sedgwick is considered the pioneer of gay studies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which of the following is not a Poliical or Advocacy Criticism?

Accepted Answer

Feminist, Postcolonial, Marxist, Lesbian, Gay, Queer

Question 6

One of the main projects of feminist criticism has been to rectify the low visibility of men in literature.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

The main activities of gay and lesbian or queer criticism have been

Accepted Answer

to examine the representations of homosexual, bisexual, or transgendered, to promote a culture of awareness and/or appreciation of LGBT, to consider identities LGBT writers, the influence of their sex orientation

Question 8

There is difficulty for some teachers to intorduce Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Criticism into highschool classrooms.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Shakespeare's Hamlet can be analyzed through a Marxist lens.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Which of these questions is a feminist inquiry?

Accepted Answer

Shouldn't we diversify the curriculum and include more women writers?, What are the costs of this absence of female authors and characters?, Who selected the stories to be read in school?

Question 11

Marxists argue that literature should be deeply engaged in the social, political, and economic realities.

Accepted Answer

True

Literary Criticism

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Literary Criticism

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