WORLD LITERATURE EXAM

I- IDENTIFICATION- IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING(10 POINTS)

1._________________________ These are lenses we can use when looking at a text.

2._________________________Sacred hymns of Indian literature.

3__________________________A function of literary criticism that is to judge the value of a work of art or
literature.

4._________________________The highest in the Indian caste system.

5_________________________Sanskrit for great story, one of the great epic poems of ancient India.

6_________________________Where the literature of the West originated.

7 _________________________Literary writings that use animals as characters.

8. ________________________Form the latin littera meaning letters and referring to an acquaintance with
the written word.

9.________________________One of Indian major religious tradition that is monotheistic and their belief
is represented in the image IK Onkar meaning, one god.

10_______________________ It is a long fictional story about human beings and the events of their lives.

II- TRUE OR FALSE-WRITE T ON THE LINE AFTER THE STATEMENT IF THE SENTENCE IS
CORRECT.IF NOT,UNDERLINE THE WORD OR WORDS THAT MAKES IT INCORRECT AND
WRITE THE CORRECT WORD OR WORDS ON THE LINE PROVIDED.(2 POINTS EACH)

1._______________________Evaluation is an importance of literary criticism that is to judge the value of a

work of art or literature.______.

2._______________________A journalist criticism is a function of literary criticism._______

3. ______________________Gender criticism examines how sexual identity influences the creation the
creation and reception of literary works.______

4. ______________________ Literary theory outlines the development of literature._____

5.______________________ Reader response criticism attempts to describe what happens in the reader’s
mind while interrupting a text._______

6. _____________________ Iqbal introduced the short story to vernacular writing in India.______

7. _____________________ The Sama Veda is about sacrifice.______

8. _____________________ In the history of literature, writing seems to have originated independently in

China._______

9._____________________ Ramayana was written in the third century and tells a story of rama and his
wife, sita._____

10. ___________________Librittos is a long fictional story about human beings and the events of their
lives._____

III-ENUMERATE 5 IMPORTANCE OF LITERARY CRITICISM (5 POINTS)

IV- ENUMERATE AND EXPLAIN FIVE CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE.(2 PTS EACH)
KEY ANSWERS

I- IDENTIFICATION
1. Literary theories
2. Rig Veda
3. Evaluation
4. Brahmins
5. The Mahadharata
6. Mesopotamia
7. Fables
8. Literature
9. Sikhism
10. Novel

II- TRUE OR FALSE

1. importance ---function
2. function of literary criticism--critical approach to literature
3. C
4. Literary theory---history of literature
5. C
6. Iqbal--sir Rabindranath Tagore
7. Sama Veda--Tajur Veda
8. China- Mesopotamia
9. C
10. Librettos--Novel
III- Importance of Literary criticism
 Helps us to go inside of the text and understand the written work from many different
viewpoints.
 Enhance our enjoyment in reading the literary work.
 Helps students to discover new ideas and learn about the nuances of societies from
throughout history
 Helps us to understand what is the importance about the text and develop critical
thinking skills
 Introduces us to new world’s experience.
IV- CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ITERATURE
 Formalist Criticism- analyzing the various elements of the worl as a way of
explicating or interpreting a text.
 Biographic criticism- Explore how understanding an author’s life can help readers
more thoroughly comprehend the literary work.
 Historical criticism- this approach seeks to understand a literary work by
invistagating the social, cultural, and intellectual context that produced it.
 Gender Criticism- Examines how sexual identity influences the creation and
reception of literary works.
 Psychological Criticism- The study of a particular artist usually noting how an
author’s biographical circumstances affect or influence their motivations and
behavior.
 Sociological Criticism- This type of criticism analyze the social content of literary
work, the cultural, economic or political values of a particular text explicitly
expresses.
 Mythological Criticism- Explore the universal patterns underlying literary works
and how text uses myths and symbols drawn from different cultures and epochs.
 Reader response criticism- attempts to describe what happens in the reader’s
mind while interpreting a text.
 Deconstructionist criticism- This approach rejects the traditional assumption that
language can accurately represent reality. Emphasize not what is being said but how
language is being used in a text.