Critical Approaches to Literary Theory and Analysis

Question 1

_____________emphasizes themes of class or social conflict.

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Marxist

Question 2

The___________ is the character that exists on the fringes of society.

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outcast

Question 3

__________________considers the author’s experiences when analyzing the text.

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biographical

Question 4

________________is when what actually happens is the opposite of what you expect to happen.

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situational irony

Question 5

__________are the fundamental and universal ideas explored in a literary work.

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themes

Question 6

_________are images, patterns, or symbols familiar because they have been repeated in history.

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archetypes

Question 7

Jungian and Myth Criticism

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Refers to the Collective Unconscious that unites all myths, Views the symbol system across cultures as 'universal'

Question 8

Feminist critics draw upon the work of ....

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Julia Kristeva, a Lacanian critic, Jacques Lacan, poststructuralist psychological critic

Question 9

Feminist critics seek...

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ways a text portrays a balanced feminine, round character, ways a text might objectify the feminine other via male gaze

Question 10

The____________ is the logical thinker who solves problems with his/her powers of deduction.

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analyst

Question 11

Visually descriptive or figurative language having to do with the five senses is called

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Imagery

Question 12

__________is when the audience has information that one or more of the characters do not have.

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Dramatic irony

Question 13

Using language to go beyond the literal meaning is

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Figurative language

Question 14

African-American & Ethnic Literary Studies

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helped shape gender and feminism to not be white only, evolved to remove exclusion from literary theories by race, show that race is more culture than biology

Question 15

A story that has a hidden meaning, typically moral or political is a/n

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Allegory

Question 16

_________are recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices influencing themes

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motifs

Question 17

Objectification or Objectifying is usually considered by critics as a ...

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incomplete, and therefore negative, picture of "the Other"

Question 18

________ focuses on how plot/structure, character, setting, etc., used to create meaning.

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literary analysis

Question 19

The___________ is the character that is funny and provides comic relief

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jester

Question 20

_____ is the study of literature and the ways in which we analyze it.

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literary theory

Question 21

Many literary critics maintain that there is a universal set of archetypal symbols to decode?

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False

Question 22

Lacan's "the gaze" says the masculine is the Subject who looks at the Feminine ...

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who is the Object to be looked at.

Question 23

The _________ is a character who grows up without parents or separated from his parents

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orphan

Question 24

A/n____ is an indirect or passing reference to something most people would have knowledge of

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Allusion

Question 25

The_____________ is a character who sacrifices himself for the good of thecommunity.

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Christ-figure

Question 26

The____________ is usually old and knowledgeable. Provides information that the hero needs.

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wise man

Question 27

___________looks at the text itself, without any preconceptions.

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formalism

Question 28

The_____________ are friends with the hero and usually go on his quest with him.

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loyal companions

Question 29

The _______ is the main character who usually goes on a quest in order to save others.

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hero(ine)

Question 30

______explores the role of consciousness and the unconscious in literature.

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psychoanalytic theory

Question 31

_____________means Imitation.

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mimesis

Question 32

___________are objects, characters, figures, or colors to represent abstract ideas or concepts.

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symbols

Question 33

________theory says that the reader’s personal experiences act as a lens

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reader-response

Question 34

Marxist critics might read a novel in search of...

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characters who are harmed by social class concerns/conflicts, characters who symbolize money, or a class identity, characters' motivations that stem from socio-economic status, characters from multiple classes and how they develop

Question 35

_______________represent some of these different lenses through which we view literature.

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schools of theory

Question 36

Marxist critics argue that literature is ...

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part of the superstructure built upon the base of economy, similar to psychological=concerned with exposing illusions

Question 37

The________________ provides the historical and cultural context for characters.

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setting

Critical Approaches to Literary Theory and Analysis

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