The document discusses a summative test covering different approaches to analyzing literature, including Marxist, moralist, formalist, feminist, historical, and reader-response approaches. It provides examples of true/false and multiple choice questions testing understanding of these approaches and their focus on issues like class, gender, morality, history, and the reader's role.
The document discusses a summative test covering different approaches to analyzing literature, including Marxist, moralist, formalist, feminist, historical, and reader-response approaches. It provides examples of true/false and multiple choice questions testing understanding of these approaches and their focus on issues like class, gender, morality, history, and the reader's role.
The document discusses a summative test covering different approaches to analyzing literature, including Marxist, moralist, formalist, feminist, historical, and reader-response approaches. It provides examples of true/false and multiple choice questions testing understanding of these approaches and their focus on issues like class, gender, morality, history, and the reader's role.
The document discusses a summative test covering different approaches to analyzing literature, including Marxist, moralist, formalist, feminist, historical, and reader-response approaches. It provides examples of true/false and multiple choice questions testing understanding of these approaches and their focus on issues like class, gender, morality, history, and the reader's role.
TEST Test 1 TRUE OR FALSE Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if it not.
1. The Marxist approach is based on Karl Marx's theory.
2. The Moralist approach aims to assess whether works of literature are both truthful and meaningful, as well as to discover meaning. 3. These approaches are used in examining literary texts. Test 1 TRUE OR FALSE Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if it not.
4. The Formalist approach deals with class inequalities,
economics, and the consequences and complexities of the capitalist system. 5. The approach we use in examining a text depends on our purpose and on the issue we observe in the text. Test 1 TRUE OR FALSE Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if it not.
6. In the reader-response approach, the text doesn't have
meaning until the reader reads it. 7. The historical approach looks into the gender issues in a text. 8. In using the feminist approach, one has to be aware of the gender inequalities present in society. Test 1 TRUE OR FALSE Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if it not.
9. The historical approach requires extensive research on
the historical context of the literary piece and the author. 10. In reader-response, the reader’s role in the formation of meaning is examined. Test 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the letter of the correct answer for each item. Write the letter and the word. 1. Which literary criticism style explores gender connections between the story's protagonists? a. feminist c. reader-response b. historical d. marxist
2. Which approach lets the readers interpret literature on their
own? a. feminist c. reader-response b. historical d. marxist Test 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the letter of the correct answer for each item. Write the letter and the word. 3. Which approach involves the understanding of the events and experiences surrounding the composition of the work, particularly the author's life? a. feminist c. reader-response b. historical d. marxist
4. Which literary criticism style enables readers to comprehend and
appreciate work for its intrinsic merit as a work of literary art? a. feminist c. formalist/structuralist b. moralist d. marxist Test 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the letter of the correct answer for each item. Write the letter and the word. 5. Which approach focuses on the protagonist’s power struggles? a. feminist c. formalist/structuralist b. historical d. marxist
6. Which approach focuses and assesses the worth of a work based on its moral or ethical precepts? a. feminist c. formalist/structuralist b. moralist d. marxist Test 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE
7. Which of the following is an example of a Feminist concern?
a. Analyzing the structure of the poem. b. Looking at how the working class is continuously being exploited. c. Understanding a text based on its moral percepts. d. Analyzing the inequality among genders.
8. Which of the following is an example of a formalist concern?
a. Analyzing the power gaps of the differect social classes. b. Examining the different social issues in a text. c. Identifying the figures of speech used in a poem. d. Understanding the morals of the character. Test 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE 9. Which of the following is an example of a Marxist concern? a. Analyzing the structure of the poem. b. Looking at how the working class is continuously being exploited. c. Understanding a text based on its moral percepts. d. Analyzing the inequality among genders.
10. Which of the following is an example of a historical concern?
a. Analyzing the gender stereotypes in a text. b. Examining the historical situation of the author in relation to the text. c. Looking into the divisions of social classes in a text. d. Analyzing the moral compass of a character. Test 3 MATCHING LITERARY APPROACHES AND THEIR IDEAS Use the pool of ideas to match each literary approach to its corresponding explanation. Write the letter of the expected answer. Test 3 ANALYZING LITERARY APPROACHES
Analyze each text and identify whether it focuses on any of the following approaches in critiquing a literary selection: A. Structuralist/Formalist, B. Moralist, C. Marxist, D. Feminist, E. Historical or F. Reader-Response. Write the letter and the literary approach of the expected answer.
(Balkan Studies Library 14) Fatme Myuhtar-May - Identity, Nationalism, and Cultural Heritage Under Siege_ Five Narratives of Pomak Heritage—From Forced Renaming to Weddings-Brill Academic Publishers (
(Balkan Studies Library 14) Fatme Myuhtar-May - Identity, Nationalism, and Cultural Heritage Under Siege_ Five Narratives of Pomak Heritage—From Forced Renaming to Weddings-Brill Academic Publishers (
