MCQs / Q&A

A. Language is inseparable from its historical context.
B. There are five phases of linguistic development.
C. Language can be analyzed as a formal system of elements.
D. Linguistics is too complicated to be distilled to a formula.

A. Performance is the ultimate objective of all human beings.
B. Language is used to indicate action as well as thought.
C. Individuals perform gender actively.
D. Individuals develop consciousness through speech

A. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts.
B. Women should write, but they should do so only within the existent male canon.
C. Women should primarily dedicate themselves to studying women’s literature from the past.
D. Women should be unconcerned with the struggle for identity.

A. Jacques Derrida
B. Terry Eagleton
C. Fredric Jameson
D. Stephen Greenblatt

A. Claude Lévi-Strauss
B. Ferdinand de Saussure
C. Viktor Shklovsky
D. Roland Barthes

A. Literary theory often depends on esoteric knowledge to be properly understood.
B. Literary theory is employed mostly by academics.
C. Literary theory should not be an academic focus in English departments.
D. Literary theory is the only proper way to conceptualize literary texts.

A. To connect human beings with a higher ideal
B. To entertain those who enjoy it
C. To criticize society through satire
D. To bring to light social oppressions

A. To rectify the double experiences of certain racial groups
B. To reconcile cultural identity with individual identity
C. To expand the canon to include works authored by different racial groups
D. All of the above.

A. Both sets of critics look for an objective way to view texts.
B. Both sets of critics study the underlying forms of texts.
C. Both sets of critics focus on evaluating literature in a scientific manner.
D. All of the above.

A. Suggesting that the study of literature is based on the breakdown of language into signs
B. Arguing that language, and therefore literary texts, relies on the difference between terms and therefore constantly defers meaning.
C. Calling into question the capacity of language to communicate
D. All of the above.