MLA Criticism Quiz
Literary Criticism Quiz
1. Explain the ego, id, and superego.
2. What does formalism analyze?
3. What does the philosophical approach evaluate?
4. What are the three stages of the quest as defined by the archetypal approach? Make sure you explain them:
5. What is the Oedipal Complex?
6. What constitutes the “tragic hero?”
7. What is the intentional fallacy?
8. On what basis do philosophical critics judge a work?
9. What is the inferiority complex?
10. What did Marx criticize?
11. Sociological critics show how literature can function as what two objects? Explain.
12. What is the reasonable assumption that archetypal critics make?
1. Explain the ego, id, and superego.
2. What does formalism analyze?
3. What does the philosophical approach evaluate?
4. What are the three stages of the quest as defined by the archetypal approach? Make sure you explain them:
5. What is the Oedipal Complex?
6. What constitutes the “tragic hero?”
7. What is the intentional fallacy?
8. On what basis do philosophical critics judge a work?
9. What is the inferiority complex?
10. What did Marx criticize?
11. Sociological critics show how literature can function as what two objects? Explain.
12. What is the reasonable assumption that archetypal critics make?