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According to Module One content, which of the following is true about critical approaches to literature? You can choose whichever works best for the literature you are reading Charles dickens David... Copperfield 1850 follows the growth and development of the title character from boyhood to maturity in Victorian England. Which of the following would best justify a Structuralist approach to the novel? the work is a type of coming of age novel, also called a bildungsroman how did world war ii influence the rise of poststructuralism? The death and destruction of war led to pessimism about universal structures and truths, a view expressed by Poststructuralism which aspect of earlier approaches to literature did new criticism not react against? Looking for the background of the author and time period for literacy works What critical approach could be used to analyze the following passage from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and why? Formalism because it emphasizes paradox Which of the following best justifies choosing a New Historical approach to literary analysis? The plot of the literary work revolves around how laws of the nineteenth century prevented women from inheriting an estate why can structuralism be considered scientific in its approach? It believes we can find definite patterns that apply to many aspects of human culture. Which of the following accurately describe cultural studies? It rejects the separation of “high” and “low” culture what does reader response theory have in common with new historicism both say that reader’s personal biases affect the way they understand a literary text What historical development stimulated the rise of cultural studies? The growth of contemporary liberalism Which of the following concepts is not associated with New Criticism and Formalism? Paradox If you were interested in studying lyrics by JAY-Z or Bob Dylan as poetry of the modern society, which critical approach would you most likely be using? [Show More]

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