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Who coined the term "World Literature"?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Roland Barthes
Jacques Derrida
Edward Said
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who are the murderers in the novel "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"?
Pablo and Pedro Vicario
Pablo Vicario
Angela Vicario
Santiago Nasar
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What is the ultimate goal of Comparative Literature?
avoiding translation
counting how many books were sold
learning only one literary style
understanding literature across cultures and time
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why is translation important in Comparative Literature?
it only helps beginner readers
it allows access to the texts across languages
it eliminates the need for original texts
it simplifies language
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"The goal is not perfection but improvement." This sentence belongs to....
Jacques Derrida
Fernando Pessoa
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Samuel Beckett
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What does Comparative Literature primarily focus on?
cross-cultural literary analysis
writing poetry
translating scientific texts
studying literature within national boundaires
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What is a risk of translating a literary texts?
it is no longer readable
it turns into a poem
it becomes too short
it mightose nuance and context
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which field is NOT commonly linked with Comparative Literature?
sociology
history
physics
philosophy
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Who wrote "Mimesis: Representation of Reality in Western Literature"?
Jacques Derrida
Michel Foucault
David Damrosch
Erich Auerbach
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Which theorist is associated with "Orientalism"?
Emily Apter
Gayatri Spivak
Edward Said
Erich Auerbach
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what narrative technique does Elif Şafak use to slowly reveal the backstory?
third-person omniscient only
Flashback and foreshadowing
epistolary style
Stream of consciousness
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How does Meursault react to his mother's death?
he returns to his hometown in grief
he collapses in tears
he immediately organizes a funeral
he is emotionally indifferent
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what does "Mimesis" refer to in literary theory?
the imitation of reality
tranlslation from Latin
mimicking animal behaviour
The study of rhymes
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What does the term "interdisciplinary" mean in literature?
Combining literature with other fields
Focusing on only grammar
studying two novels at once
ignoring historical context
