Literary Theory: An Introduction Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Literary Theory: An Introduction Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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. According to the Russian formalist Osip Brik, Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin" would have been written if Pushkin had what?

2. According to Eagleton, why is Hans-Georg Gadamer not concerned about bringing our cultural preconceptions to a literary work?

3. For Eagleton, E.D. Hirsch attempts to "offer a form of knowledge" that is what?

4. What is the name of the Russian formalist who published the pioneering essay that is the "beginnings of the transformation which has taken over literary theory in this century"?

5. What is the name of the pioneering essay the Russian formalist wrote that is the "beginnings of the transformation which has taken over literary theory in this century"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did new criticism emerge in England and America?

2. Who developed reception theory and why is it significant?

3. Why is literature an unstable term, according to Eagleton?

4. During the eighteenth century, how was art perceived in England and why is it significant?

5. How does Eagleton define elitism in literary studies and why is it important?

6. What is phenomenology and when did it emerge as a serious discipline?

7. Why does Eagleton argue that the demarcation between fiction and fact in writing is "questionable"?

8. What were the Russian formalists responding to in terms of literary criticism?

9. What is Eagleton's argument regarding the literary canon as the "unquestioned" great tradition of national literature?

10. What did new American criticism focus on and why is it significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the relationship between the 1968 student movement in Paris and post-structuralism? What were their similarities and differences?

Essay Topic 2

Define the notion of estrangement and choose two examples from the book as evidence for this concept.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two Russian formalists and discuss their work.

1) How did they define literature?

2) What aspects of literary production did they focus on?

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