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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following people broke away from feminism and made new allegiances, in particular, with gay men rather than with other women?
2. In the chapter titled "Stylistics," whom does Peter Barry credit with inventing the term "under-lexicalization"?
3. The British critic ________ described cultural materialism as "a politicized form of historiography."
4. According to the chapter "Narratology," Russian formalist Vladimir Propp identified how many actions in a tale with seven spheres of action to animate?
5. The chapter "Narratology" explains that Aristotle offered types of psychic narrative with ________'s plot specifics and ________'s tools to tell the story.
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly explain new historicism as it is described by the author.
2. Explain what liberal humanism and stylistics have in common.
3. Briefly discuss what post-colonial critics do according to the narrator.
4. Briefly explain what lesbian/gay critics do.
5. Discuss the three elements Aristotle identified in a plot. What key point does Barry suggest about timing as it relates to plot?
6. Briefly define "mimesis" and "diegesis" as determined by Peter Barry.
7. How does stylistics differ from standard close reading?
8. What is discourse as it relates to new historicism?
9. What is the aim of Marxism, according to the narrator?
10. What were some of the influences on early Marxist thinking?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain Edgar Allan Poe's impact on structuralism. Be sure to cite Poe's literary works and discuss how they fit into the structuralist theory.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and describe the organizational structure of New Historicism theory.
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss how the women's movement is relevant to feminine criticism, as well as lesbian feminine criticism.
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