LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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Question
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Which of the following offers the best description of literary theory?
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Literary theory involves coming to a precise understanding of a writer’s psychology.
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Literary theory involves measuring the quality of a literary work.
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Literary theory involves considering the publication history of literary texts.
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Literary theory involves describing the underlying principles of a literary work.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -“Literary theory” is the body of ideas and methods we use in the practical reading of literature. By literary theory we refer not to the meaning of a work of literature but to the theories that reveal what literature can mean.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer. Explanation: In literary theory, formalism refers to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or evaluate the inherent features of a text.
Detailed explanation-3: -Literary criticism is concerned with how characters in a text act, while literary theory is concerned with why characters act.
Detailed explanation-4: -Literary theory enables readers and critics a better understanding of literature through close readings and contextual insights.
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