midterm

Question 1

Jaccques Derrida

Answer 1

Deconstructive

Question 2

Ferdinand de Saussure

Answer 2

Structuralist

Question 3

wolfgang iser

Answer 3

reader response

Question 4

jacques lacan

Answer 4

psychoanalytical

Question 5

Helene cixous

Answer 5

feminist

Question 6

claude levi-strauss

Answer 6

Structuralist

Question 7

karl marx

Answer 7

Marxist

Question 8

simone de beauvoir

Answer 8

feminist

Question 9

henry louis gates .jr

Answer 9

African American

Question 10

sigmund freud

Answer 10

Psychoanalytical

Question 11

Stanley Fish

Answer 11

reader response

Question 12

gayatri Spivak

Answer 12

postcolonial

Question 13

stephen Greenblatt

Answer 13

new historicism

Question 14

according to psychoanalysis, what is the depository for painful experience?

Answer 14

the unconscious

Question 15

according to psychoanalysis, what allows humans to forget painful experiences?

Answer 15

Repression

Question 16

according to psychoanalysis what is responsible for making sure that painful experiences and emotions stay forgotten?

Answer 16

the ego

Question 17

according to psychoanalysis what is the primary symptom for the return of a previously forgotten painful experience or emotion?

Answer 17

anxiety

Question 18

who coined the term “mirror stage”?

Answer 18

Jacques Lacan

Question 19

according to Marxism, what is “base” in base and superstructure

Answer 19

the economy, the economic foundation

Question 20

according to Marxism, what is “Superstructure “ in base and superstructure

Answer 20

set of social, political, legal, and cultural institutions

Question 21

what is false conscious?

Answer 21

a way of thinking that prevents a person from perceiving the true nature of their social or economic situation

Question 22

what is the meaning of sexage?

Answer 22

sexage refers to the male appropriation of women’s bodies, time, and reproductive capacities

Question 23

according to new critics, when is the text guilty of “intentional fallacy”

Answer 23

when it considers the Authors emotions

Question 24

according to new critics, when is the text guilty of “affective fallacy”

Answer 24

when it considers the readers emotions

Question 25

what is organic unity?

Answer 25

when its thematic and formal elements work together to create an inseparable whole

Question 26

according to reader response theory, what does it mean to be part of an interpretive community?

Answer 26

the way we interpret a text is not just personal—it's also shaped by the groups we belong to

Question 27

according to structurist where do the structures come from?

Answer 27

human mind itself, which generates underlying, universal patterns that organize and create meaning in everything

Question 28

according to poststructuralism where is stable meaning found?

Answer 28

Nowhere

Question 29

what does new historicists read for in literary text?

Answer 29

new historicts are not focused on the event but rather the interpertaions and ideology around the event.

Question 30

true or false new historics believe that there is an essential difference between literature and history

Answer 30

false

Question 31

which of the following would a new historicists AGREE with? i. history is a series of events ii. history is progressive (always getting better) iii. it is possible to achieve an objectively true analysis of history

Answer 31

none

Question 32

what's the difference between traditional historians and new historians?

Answer 32

Traditional historians: political, military, and diplomatic history, new historians: social, cultural, and economic history, perspectives of women, the working class, and marginalized groups

Question 33

cultural criticism has tended to focus on?

Answer 33

analyzing to reval the "cultural work" they perform. (how they shape our ideologies with their ideas)

Question 34

if a queer theorists were to claim that queer identity is not fixed concept and rather unstable, what school of thought would they be drawing on?

Answer 34

post-structuralism

Question 35

queer theorist often focus on homosocial bonding, what is a key feature of homosociality (as opposed to homoeroticism)

Answer 35

Social non-sexual bonding of memers of the same sex

Question 36

what's the "social construction of race"?

Answer 36

the concept that race is not a biological reality, but a social category created and defined by society

Question 37

colonist ideology is defined by

Answer 37

the assumption that they are superior and the people they are colonizing are inferior

Question 38

what is the subaltern?

Answer 38

individuals and groups who are socially, politically, and economically marginalized and whose voices are excluded from dominant power structures and historical narratives

Question 39

what is the difference between ideology and repressive ideology

Answer 39

ideology is a broad system of beliefs and values, while a repressive ideology is a specific system that enforces control through coercion and the suppression of competing ideas

Question 40

feminist argue that In traditional gender roles women are, othered by men, what does this mean?

Answer 40

traditional gender roles contribute to the othering of women by enforcing subordinate social roles, limiting autonomy, and devaluing women's identities

Question 41

what's the difference between sex and gender

Answer 41

Sex=biological classification Gender= social and cultural construct related to roles, behaviors, expressions, and identity

Question 42

what is the goal of ecriture feminine or woman speak

Answer 42

to reclaim and express feminine identity through language, challenging and subverting the patriarchal systems that have historically silenced women

Question 43

according to structuralist what are the components of a linguistic sign and how do these components function?

Answer 43

the signifier and the signified. signifier: the physical form of the sign, such as the sound or written letters of a word like "tree" sign: is the concept or mental image the signifier evokes

Question 44

what is the primary characteristics of differance

Answer 44

to differ and defer at the same time

Question 45

why do queer critics read for subtle textual cues of homosexuality?

Answer 45

because expression of homosexuality was not allowed in past and would not be outwardly published, forcing authors to add homosexually in their works subtly

Question 46

what are the defining characteristics of double consciousness or double vision?

Answer 46

one's awareness of two conflicting cultures; one African and Eurocentric. sometimes through code switching or speaking two languages (coined by Du bouis)