Quiz (1): New Critical Approaches to Poetry
(1) n What of the following could be the two major categories to divide up the critical approaches? n 1. Surface and symbolic meanings; n 2. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Approaches; n 3. Sociological and Psychological Approaches.
(2) n “This Is Just to Say”: What is/are the Central Opposition(s) in this poem? n 1. Breakfast v.s. Dessert; n 2. Plum v.s. Icebox; n 3. Sweet v.s. Delicious.
(3) n “The poet wants to use this poem to get a divorce, so this poem is about divorce.” n This is an example of: n 1. Affective Fallacy; n 2. Intentional Fallacy; n 3. Faulty Deduction.
(4) n What is the Central Opposition in “Stella’s Birthday”? n 1. Stella and the speaker; n 2. Body and Mind; n 3. Double and split.
(5) n What in the following is not part of the major principles of New Criticism? n 1. Affective Fallacy; n 2. Orgasm; n 3. Organic Unity; n 4. Autonomy.
(1) Answer n What of the following could be the two major categories to divide up the critical approaches? n 1. Surface and symbolic meanings; n 2. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Approaches; n 3. Sociological and Psychological Approaches.
(2) Answer n “This Is Just to Say”: What is/are the Central Opposition(s) in this poem? n 1. Breakfast v.s. Dessert; n 2. Plum v.s. Icebox; (or Sweet v.s. Cold) n 3. Sweet v.s. Delicious.
(3) Answer n “The poet wants to use this poem to get a divorce, so this poem is about divorce.” n This is an example of: n 1. Affective Fallacy; n 2. Intentional Fallacy; n 3. Faulty Deduction.
(4) Answer n What is the Central Opposition in “Stella’s Birthday”? n 1. Stella and the speaker; n 2. Body and Mind; n 3. Double and split.
(5) Answer n What in the following is not part of the major principles of New Criticism? n 1. Affective Fallacy; n 2. Orgasm; n 3. Organic Unity; n 4. Autonomy.