Literary Approaches

Question 1

Refers to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or evaluate the inherent feature of a text

Answer 1

Formalism

Question 2

reduces the importance of a text’s historical and biographical and cultural context

Answer 2

Formalism

Question 3

type of literary critique that judges the value of the literary-based on it’s MORAL or ETHICAL teachings

Answer 3

Moralism

Question 4

it’s concern is not only to discover the meaning but also determine whether the works are both true and significant

Answer 4

Moralism

Question 5

determine whether a work conveys a lesson or message

Answer 5

Moralism

Question 6

who developed marxism

Answer 6

Karl Marx

Question 7

middle class of marxism

Answer 7

Bourgoeisie

Question 8

poor of marxism

Answer 8

proletariat

Question 9

focuses on power struggles of the characters

Answer 9

marxism

Question 10

focuses on the gender relationships of characters in the story

Answer 10

feminism

Question 11

whom does it benefit if the work or effort is accepted/successful/believed etc?

Answer 11

marxist criticism

Question 12

what value does it reinforce?

Answer 12

marxist criticism

Question 13

what value does it subvert?

Answer 13

marxist criticism

Question 14

what conflict can be seen between the values the work champions and those it portrays?

Answer 14

marxist criticism

Question 15

how does the author’s culture influence his/her attitude?

Answer 15

feminist criticism

Question 16

According to feminism, this system is responsible why men dominate women

Answer 16

Patriarchy

Question 17

understands the events and experiences surrounding the composition of the work, especially the life of the author, and uses the findings to interpret that work of literature.

Answer 17

Historical approach

Question 18

relevance of the selection to the historical context during which it was produced

Answer 18

historical approach

Question 19

personal significance of the selection to the reader

Answer 19

reader-response

Question 20

sees literature as both a reflection and a product of the times and circumstances in which it is written

Answer 20

historical approach

Question 21

it recognizes that different people view works differently and that people’s interpretations change over time

Answer 21

reader-response

Question 22

literature may be judged according to how the reader perceives it instead of what the author intends

Answer 22

reader-response approach

Question 23

the reader creates the meaning

Answer 23

reader-response approach

Question 24

Analysis of the reader’s
role in the production of
meaning makes someone’s
reading a function of
personal identity.

Answer 24

reader’s response

Question 25

a type of feminism that argues that all humans have the same rational ability

Answer 25

Liberal feminism

Question 26

Women getting lower salary than men is an example of what?

Answer 26

Marxist Feminism

Question 27

It means that the speaker sees the 2 roads in the wood --- what approach?

Answer 27

Formalism

Question 28

The story of dog eater shows the early marriage at the early age and the slaughtering of the dog for meat

Answer 28

Moralism

Question 29

The story of an hour is used to show the forms of symbolism, imagery, and the theme portraying the mixed emotions of a wife who just lost her husband

Answer 29

Formalism

Question 30

It focuses on symbols images and structure and how one part relates to others

Answer 30

Formalism

Question 31

it examines the form of the work as a whole and the form o each part of the text.

Answer 31

Formalism

Question 32

It describes the critical position that the most important part of the work is its structure

Answer 32

Formalism

Question 33

EQUALITY

Answer 33

Feminism