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MSU English Final Vocab Test

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of 25 available terms

5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. Bildungsroman
  2. Victorian Period
  3. Caricature
  4. Reader Response
  5. Sociological
  1. a period of time designated by the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
  2. b Novel that deals with the development of a young person, from adolescence to maturity
  3. c Uses relationship between the era, time, location, economical and societal circumstances, and the artist. Looks at social, economical, and political values expressed in a work.
  4. d Ridiculously inappropriate or unsuccessful version or attempt at something
  5. e No interpretation is right or wrong, each individual has a different interpretation (within reason, text limits possibilities),text is not finished until it is read and interpreted

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. experience of objects
  2. object gets its meaning only through the active use of consciousness
  3. Focuses on explicating the literary work by using the insight provided by knowledge of the author's life
  4. narrator we disbelieve because he or she fails to understand all of the implications of the story
  5. Because of modern psychology, literature is and expression of psychological concerns or development of either the author or the intended audience. Literature reflects the psyche and provides insight into ourselves.

5 True/False Questions

  1. Lyricbrief subjective poem worked strongly by imagination, melody, and emotion, creating a single unified impression

          

  2. dialecticthe philosophical principle that an idea or event (thesis) creates its opposite (antithesis) and leads to a reconciliation of opposites (synthesis).

          

  3. SentimentalismOverindulgence in emotion, especially the conscious effort to induce emotion in order to enjoy. An optimistic overemphasis of the goodness of humanity.

          

  4. scansionInfluential type of sociological criticism. Content of a work determines form. All art is political

          

  5. FormalistInfluential type of sociological criticism. Content of a work determines form. All art is political