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Criticism
Date : Sunday , 6 Sept. 2009
Indicate whether the following statements are true ( √ ) or false ( × ) .
1. . Until the rise of the novel in the early eighteenth century, the greater part of imaginative literature had actually written in verse.
2. Aristotle argues that it would not be improper to mingle comic action with tragic, or vice-versa, for drama is mainly about types of action.
3. Henry Fielding says that ‘ comic epic-poem in prose’ is to be understood as a form of writing that deals with the lives of actual people.
(5 Points Each : 15 Points )
Choose the correct answer.
1. In the past, literary criticism did not have the same respectability that philology, rhetoric and philosophy had and was considered a Cinderella subject. That is because A. it involve picking and choosing among various intellectual approaches B. it was imprecise about its aims C. it was always liable to be dismissed as a medium through which a critic might seek merely to justify his own preferences and prejudices D. All of above .
2. The systematic study of literature in Europe begins with the writings of A. Plato B. Aristotle.
3. The question ‘Why does a piece of literature have the precise characteristics (form, style, and so on ) that it does?’ registers how we A. understand B. appreciate ( a piece of literature ) .
4. ‘You must give your days and nights to the study of Greek models’ـــــــ who says this ? A. Plato B. Aristotle C. Samuel Jonson D. None of the above.
5. A. Daniel Defoe B. Henry Fielding argues that a book may be virtuous even if it has inherently vicious subject-matter.
6. John Bunyan A. agrees B. disagrees with Plato’s argument that literature is a telling of untruths and a dangerous distraction from more serious matters.
7. Lives of the English Poets was written by A. Philip Sidney B. Samuel Jonson.
( 5 Points Each : 35 Ponits )
Answer Two-Two Only- of the following questions ( your answer should be in paragraph form and should not exceed 10 lines each).
1. How does Aristotle define ‘tragedy’ ?
2. What is meant by ‘the principle of organic unity’ in literature ?
3. What does Plato say about the literal copying of reality in literature or the visual arts ?
( 25 Points Each : 50 Points )
Examiner :
Dr. M. Al- Ali