English Literature MCQs

A. As an aesthetic object that is independent of historical context
B. As an aesthetic object that is influenced by historical context
C. As a historical object that is also aesthetic
D. As a historical object that is not necessarily aesthetic

A. No fixed, stable meaning is possible.
B. Language must be studied in conjunction with history in order to create meaning.
C. There is no potential for multiple and differing meanings in a work of literature.
D. Literature is timeless, and thus meaning does not change.

A. Julia kristeva
B. Fredric jameson
C. Terry eagleton
D. Edward said

A. Harold bloom’s “an elegy for the canon”
B. Jacques lacan’s “the mirror stage … ”
C. Cleanth brooks’s “keats’s sylvan historian”
D. Edward said’s orientalism

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. Evolved exclusively as a function of our individual psyche.

A. Trauma theory
B. Ecotheory
C. Game theory
D. Marxist theory

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. Sigmund freud
B. Carl jung
C. William james
D. Theodor w. adorno

A. Theodor w. adorno
B. Claude lévi-strauss
C. Julia kristeva
D. Jacques derrida

A. Jacques lacan
B. Edward said
C. Stephen greenblatt
D. Plato