LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Calling into question the possibility of the coherence of discourse
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Suggesting that the study of literature is based on the breakdown of language into signs
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Arguing that language, and therefore literary texts, relies on the difference between terms and therefore constantly defers meaning.
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All of the above answers are correct.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following best defines the work of a deconstructionist critic? c. Arguing that language, and therefore literary texts, relies on the difference between terms and therefore constantly defers meaning.
Detailed explanation-2: -A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food. Critics may also take as their subject social or government policy.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are many types of literary criticism. Some of the more common are traditional criticism, sociological criticism, new criticism, reader-response criticism, Feminist criticism, Marxist criticism, and media criticism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer. Explanation: In literary theory, formalism refers to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or evaluate the inherent features of a text.
Detailed explanation-5: -Like Formalist critics, New Critics focused their attention on the variety and degree of certain literary devices, specifically metaphor, irony, tension, and paradox. The New Critics emphasized “close reading” as a way to engage with a text, and paid close attention to the interactions between form and meaning.