How does Virginia Woolf’s essay “A Room of One’s Own” contribute to feminist theory ? A. It suggests that the suppression of women is part of a historical climate that will naturally fade away.B. It suggests that gender roles are…
According to Jacques Lacan, the mirror stage is the point at which a child_________________? A. refuses maternal bonds.B. is able to separate the “I” from the “Other.” C. looks into a mirror for the first time. D. first engages with…
To what idea does the ancient Greek term aporia refer in terms of deconstruction theory ? A. The ability of a text to contain truthB. The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text C. The idea that a text…
What did Sigmund Freud believe about the unconscious ? A. It contains secret instincts and desires that are repressed. B. It has little impact on human behavior. C. It is the only significant aspect of the human psyche. D. It…
Which text argues that, as infants, human beings begin to define their identities against the identities of others? A. W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk______________? B. Roland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author” C. Jacques Derrida’s Of GrammatologyD.…
How does Wolfgang Iser envision the reader ? A. The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author’s intention. B. The reader is sublimated beneath the author. C. The reader is less important than the author’s context. D. The…
Jacques Derrida’s concept of différance challenges us to think about language as a system that___________? A. mirrors our physical evolution as human beings. B. prevents us from communicating through writing or speech.C. involves a constant process of deferred meaning. D.…
Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that___________? A. texts are always heterogeneous.B. the instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself. C. any system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet also…
Which of the following writers might be considered one of the early founders of first-wave feminism ? A. Hélène Cixous B. Judith Butler C. Lucy IrigarayD. Mary Wollstonecraft
Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and literary theory? A. Literary criticism is concerned only with the meaning of a literary work, while literary theory is concerned only with the structure of a literary work.…