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- 1. Multiple Choice
New Criticism was a result of:
the formalist movement.
a response to the neoclassical movement in literature
the rediscovery of classical works of ancient Greece and Rome that emphasized balance, restraint, and order.
a reaction to the older philological and literary history schools
- 2. Multiple Choice
New Criticism focused on:
the history and meaning of individual words and their relation to foreign and ancient languages, comparative sources, and the biographical circumstances of the authors
the reader's response, the author's intention, historical and cultural contexts, and moralistic bias from their analysis.
close attention to the internal characteristics of the text itself, and discourages the use of external evidence to explain the work
aesthetic beauty, not just of nature but of people as well.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who of these are contributors to New Criticism?
Plato
T. S. Eliot
I. A. Richards
William Wordsworth
- 4. Multiple Choice
The purpose of Objective Correlative is:
to describe the problem inherent in trying to judge a work of art by assuming the intent or purpose of the artist who created it.
to express the character‘s emotions by showing rather than describing feelings
to the supposed error of judging or evaluating a text on the basis of its emotional effects on a reader
emphasis on the single particular over the general, paying close attention to individual words, syntax, and the order in which sentences and ideas unfold as they are read.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is New Criticism?
A literary theory that believes the physical text and the formal elements within it are all that is needed to provide the true meaning of literary work.
A literary theory that believes in religiously studying the background of the author of a literary work to properly ascertain the meaning of a literary work.
A literary theory that states that there is no true meaning behind language and that language itself is ambiguous.
A literary theory that believes that figurative language and symbolism provide context into the authorial attention.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Intentional Fallacy is a term used in 20th-century literary criticism to describe:
expression of the character‘s emotions by showing rather than describing feelings
the supposed error of judging or evaluating a text on the basis of its emotional effects on a reader
emphasis on the single particular over the general, paying close attention to individual words, syntax, and the order in which sentences and ideas unfold as they are read.
the problem inherent in trying to judge a work of art by assuming the intent or purpose of the artist who created it
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which are the aspects that consist in new criticism that lead to the final goal- to find 'unity' in the text?
close reading
ambiguity
symbols
paradox
none of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
Affective fallacy is a term from literary criticism used to refer to:
to the supposed error of judging or evaluating a text on the basis of its emotional effects on a reader
to express the character‘s emotions by showing rather than describing feelings
emphasis on the single particular over the general, paying close attention to individual words, syntax, and the order in which sentences and ideas unfold as they are read.
the problem inherent in trying to judge a work of art by assuming the intent or purpose of the artist who created it
- 9. Multiple Choice
which of the following elements are essential to identify the theme of the text:
rhyme
meter
setting
characterization
plot
- 10. Multiple Choice
Close reading describes, in literary criticism:
to the supposed error of judging or evaluating a text on the basis of its emotional effects on a reader
the problem inherent in trying to judge a work of art by assuming the intent or purpose of the artist who created it
the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text
to express the character‘s emotions by showing rather than describing feelings
- 11. Multiple Choice
New Criticism is a philosophy of literary interpretation that doesn't stress on the importance of studying literary texts as complete works of art in themselves.
true
false
- 12. Multiple Choice
The movement of New Criticism derived its name from the book The New Criticism by:
John Crowe Ransom's
Cleanth Brooks
I. A. Richards
T. S. Eliot
- 13. Multiple Choice
In which of the following works did T.S Elliot develop his notion of the "objective correlative":
"Tradition and the Individual Talent"
"The Frontiers of Criticism"
Four Quartets
"Hamlet and His Problems"
- 14. Multiple Choice
New Criticism is
an emphasis on literary texts that were complete in and of themselves.
an emphasis on the context and background of a text almost as much as the text itself
- 15. Multiple Choice
New Critics applied their principles of literary study to many genres in literature, which of these were held in high regard?
Novel
Short Stories
Poetry
Prose
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which book did I. A. Richards one of the most influential writers of New Criticism poetic theory write:
Principles of Literary Criticism (1924)
Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930)
Practical Criticism (1929)
The Meaning of Meaning (1923; with C.K. Ogden)
- 17. Multiple Choice
New critics believed that these two aspects should not be analyzed separately as they were intimately connected
structure and meaning
symbols and plot
setting and structure
theme and symbols
- 18. Multiple Choice
which of these is not to be focused on in New Criticism for analysis
the author's intention
close reading
moralistic bias
historical and cultural contexts
- 19. Multiple Choice
To help establish the single best and most unified interpretation of the text New Critics also looked for:
meter, setting, paradox, and tension
rhyme, setting, characterization, and plot
setting, characterization, ambiguity, and irony,
paradox, ambiguity, irony, and tension
- 20. Multiple Choice
which literary device, do new critics appreciate the use of;
Foreshadowing
Irony
Humor
Oxymoron
- 21. Multiple Choice
according to New Criticism the objective determination as to "how a piece works" can be found through:
close focus and analysis
extraneous and erudite special knowledge
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