LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Question
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A critic examining Pope’s “An Essay on Man” asks herself: How well does this poem accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is it moral? She is most likely a ____ critic.
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Feminist
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Reader Response
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Formalist
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Mimetic
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In Pope’s world God exists, and he is benificent: his universe is an ordered place. The limited intellect of man can perceive only a tiny portion of this order, and can experience only partial truths, and hence must rely on hope, which leads to faith.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the introduction to Pope’s first Epistle, he summarizes the central thesis of his essay in the last line. The purpose of “An Essay on Man” is then to shift or enhance the reader’s perception of what is natural or correct.
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