What approach to literary criticism requires the critic to know about the author’s life and times ?
A. Historical
B. Formalist
C. Mimetic
D. All of these
Literary Theory and Criticism
How many times do the word Katharsis appear in the Poetics________________?
How many times do the word Katharsis appear in the Poetics________________?
A. 3
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
What has Dryden to say about the observance of the three Classical Dramatic Unities ?
What has Dryden to say about the observance of the three Classical Dramatic Unities ?
A. He advocates their strict observance
B. He does not advocate their strict observance
C. He says that every dramatist should decide it for himself
D. He is silent about this issue
On the Sublime is considered ______________?
On the Sublime is considered ______________?
A. A classical approach
B. Romantic approach
C. Neo-classical approach
D. None of these
Who coined the expression “objective corelative” ?
Who coined the expression “objective corelative” ?
A. Coleridge
B. T. S. Eliot
C. Allen Tate
D. F. R. Leavis
Who for the first time discriminated between imagination and fancy ?
Who for the first time discriminated between imagination and fancy ?
A. Coleridge
B. William Wordsworth
C. John Ruskin
D. Schegell
Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads is believed to be the Preamble to Romantic Criticism. In which year was it published ?
Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads is believed to be the Preamble to Romantic Criticism. In which year was it published ?
A. 1798
B. 1800
C. 1801
D. 1802
What is double consciousness _______________?
What is double consciousness _______________?
A. An early aspect of ethnic criticism
B. An understanding of how double experiences create identity
C. A concept developed by W.E.B Du Bois
D. All of the above answers are correct.
The probable date of composition of Ars Poetica is_______________?
The probable date of composition of Ars Poetica is_______________?
A. 100 BC
B. 12 to 8 BC
C. 15 AD
D. 20 AD
Who was the originator of the Theory of Imitation in Literature ?
Who was the originator of the Theory of Imitation in Literature ?
A. Longinus
B. Aristotle
C. Plato
D. Horace