Introduction to the Study of Cultures and Literatures in English

- Introduction to the Study of Cultures and Literatures in English
- Előszó
- Contents
- Part 1 What is English Studies?
  - 1. What is a university? A proseminary
  - 2. Paradigms and paradigm shifts
  - 3. What is English Studies? English as a university subject
  - 4. Ideology, criticism, history
  - 5. Registers of Culture
  - 6. Canon formation and alternative reading practices
- Part 2 Fields of English Studies. Language, Literature, Culture, and Critical Approaches
  - 1. Preliminary problems: definitions, scientific expectations
  - 2. Ontological problems: the way literature exists
    - Semiotics
    - Literary communication
    - Language and Critical Thinking
    - The Language of the Sciences and the Language of Literature
  - 3. Methodological problems: the way we understand texts
    - Meaning and context
    - The Process of Interpretation
  - 4. The Theory of Genres
    - Genres and Their Historical Changes
    - Genre-generating Factors and Historical Changes
  - 5. Poetry and Figurative Language
    - Exercise in Interpretation / 1
      - I First level of meaning
      - II Second level of meaning
      - III Third level of meaning
      - IV Fourth level of meaning
  - 6. Narrative Fiction
    - Exercise in Interpretation / 2
      - I First level of meaning
      - II Second level of meaning
      - III Third level of meaning
  - 7. Drama
    - Exercise in Interpretation / 3
      - I First level of meaning
      - II Second level of meaning
  - Self test I
  - 8. Literature, Culture, and the Reading Subject: An Overview of Major Trends in Literary and Cultural Theory
    - I Preliminaries
    - II Formal critical trends: from the authorial intention to the close reading of the text (1st shift)
    - III Contextual aproaches: from text to context
    - The critique of structuralism
  - Self test II
  - 9. Critical Literature Consulted and Recommended
  - 10. Appendix

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# Self test I

You can check now how much you have mastered the most important terms of the above chapters.

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1. Interpretation:

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a/ is when we understand and analyze the text on one single level of meaning.

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b/ is when we deprive the signifier of its code.

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c/ is when we deprive the code of its signifier.

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d/ none of the above.

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2. Drama concentrates on:

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a/ the here and now of action.

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b/ the infertility of the community.

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c/ one change in the world.

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d/ one event in the adaptation of a story.

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3. Drama uses the capacity of language called:

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a/ deaxis

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b/ decoding

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c/ preaccess

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d/ none of the above

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4. The canon is:

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a/ always manipulated by contemporary ideology and social norms.

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b/ never manipulated by contemporary ideology and social norms.

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c/ manipulated by contemporary ideology and social norms only in democratic societies.

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d/ none of the above.

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5. Literariness:

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a/ is an ontological category.

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b/ is independent of the reading public.

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c/ is an independent individual value-judgment.

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d/ always depends on our horizon of expectations.

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6. Decorum says you should never:

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a/ preserve the purity of genres.

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b/ mix different styles.

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c/ both a and b.

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d/ rely on the beauty of dramatic techniques.

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7. Polyphony is:

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a/ the presence of several speakers in a poem.

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b/ the presence of several strong metaphors in a poem.

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c/ the presence of several equally weak characters in a text.

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d/ the presence of several strong ideological points of view in a text.

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8. Tragicomedy suggests that:

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a/ there might be no decorum in human existence.

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b/ there might be no clear moral categories and decisions in society.

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c/ there is a heroic quest in the drama.

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d/ there are clear black-and-white patterns in social existence.

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9. Focalization is:

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a/ the system of master plots in narrative fiction.

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b/ the system of flat and round characters.

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c/ the system of genre-generating factors.

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d/ the system of points of view in narrative fiction.

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10. The literary work of art:

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a/ is an intended subject.

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b/ depends on our intentions and mental activities.

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c/ is independent of the subject.

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d/ depends on the writer’s consciousness.

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11. The two main forms of genre-changing are:

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a/ deixis and indeixis.

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b/ multiplication and division.

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c/ indecorum and decorum.

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d/. none of the above

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12. Tropes operate on the basis of:

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a/ foregrounded irregularity on the level of meaning.

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b/ foregrounded identification.

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c/ foregrounded regularity on the level of expression.

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d/ foregrounded regularity on the level of content.

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13. Main ideas in comedy are:

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a/ integration and loss.

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b/ disintegration and carnival.

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c/ disintegration and festivity.

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d/ reintegration and carnival feast.

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14. The metonymy is based on the act of:

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a/ substitution.

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b/ comparison.

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c/ repetition.

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d/ identification.

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