Literary Criticism Quiz
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What does theoretical criticism aim to establish?

  • The discussion of particular works and writers
  • A coherent set of terms, distinctions, and categories for interpreting literature (correct)
  • The appreciation of literary texts
  • The understanding of philology and rhetoric

    • Which work is considered one of the influential books in English literary criticism?

  • N.Frye’s Anatomy of Criticism
  • I.A.Richards’ Principles of Literary Criticism (correct)
  • Dryden & Dr. Johnson’s Lives of the poets
  • Aristotle’s Poetics

    • What does practical criticism or applied criticism concern itself with?

  • The discussion of particular works and writers (correct)
  • Establishing a coherent set of terms, distinctions, and categories for interpreting literature
  • The understanding and appreciation of literary texts
  • Defining, classifying, analyzing, and evaluating works of literature

    • What was regarded with suspicion since it involved picking and choosing among various intellectual approaches?

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    Which fields of study were firmly established in the educational theory of the day?

    <p>Philology and rhetoric</p> Signup and view all the answers

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