English 124 Final Exam with complete
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Posthumanism y- yANSWER✓✓-considers ythe ypossibility ythat yhistorical
yphenomena yare yleading yto yfundamental ychanges yin ythe yhuman yspecies yand
yits yrelationship ywith ythe yworld
Postmodernism y- yANSWER✓✓-postmodernism yis ya ylate-20th-century
ymovement yin ythe yarts, yarchitecture, yand ycriticism ythat ywas ya ydeparture
yfrom ymodernism
postmodernism yincludes yskeptical yinterpretations yof yculture, yliterature, yart,
yphilosophy, yhistory, yeconomics, yarchitecture, yfiction, yand yliterary ycriticism
tends yto ybypass yor ydismiss ythe yimportance yof ystructure
New yCriticism y- yANSWER✓✓-treats ya ywork yof yliterature yas yif yit ywere ya yself-
contained, yself-referential yobject y
rather ythan ybasing ytheir yinterpretations yof ya ytext yon ythe yreader's yresponse,
ythe yauthor's ystated yintentions, yor yparallels ybetween ythe ytext yand yhistorical
ycontexts y(such yas yauthor's ylife), yNew yCritics yperform ya yclose yreading,
yconcentrating yon ythe yrelationships ywithin ythe ytext ythat ygive yit yits yown
ydistinctive ycharacter yor yform
pays yclose yattention yto yuse yof yliterary ydevices y
ambiguity yof ythe ytext
Rhetorical yCriticism y- yANSWER✓✓-refers yto ya yprocess yin ywhich yan
yindividual yanalyzes ysymbolic yartifacts yto ydiscover yhow, yand yhow ywell, ythey
ywork y(how ythey yinstruct, yinform, yentertain, ymove, yarouse, yperform, yconvince
yand, yin ygeneral, ypersuade ytheir yaudience)
puts ythe yfocus yon ywhat ya ypiece yof ywork ydoes, ynot ywhat yit yis y
seeks yto yunderstand yhow ysymbols yact yon ypeople.
Realism y- yANSWER✓✓-separates ythe yauthor yfrom ythe ynarrator, yoffering yan
yaccount yof ythe yplot yfrom ya yparticular ypoint yof yview ythat yis ynot ynecessarily
ytheir yown
Diachrony yvs. ySynchrony y- yANSWER✓✓-diachrony yis ya ytemporal yprogression
ymoving yin ysequence, ytypically ychronologically, ywithin ya ysystem
"traditional yhistory yand ythe ylogic yof ycausality" y
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Posthumanism y- yANSWER✓✓-considers ythe ypossibility ythat yhistorical
yphenomena yare yleading yto yfundamental ychanges yin ythe yhuman yspecies yand
yits yrelationship ywith ythe yworld
Postmodernism y- yANSWER✓✓-postmodernism yis ya ylate-20th-century
ymovement yin ythe yarts, yarchitecture, yand ycriticism ythat ywas ya ydeparture
yfrom ymodernism
postmodernism yincludes yskeptical yinterpretations yof yculture, yliterature, yart,
yphilosophy, yhistory, yeconomics, yarchitecture, yfiction, yand yliterary ycriticism
tends yto ybypass yor ydismiss ythe yimportance yof ystructure
New yCriticism y- yANSWER✓✓-treats ya ywork yof yliterature yas yif yit ywere ya yself-
contained, yself-referential yobject y
rather ythan ybasing ytheir yinterpretations yof ya ytext yon ythe yreader's yresponse,
ythe yauthor's ystated yintentions, yor yparallels ybetween ythe ytext yand yhistorical
ycontexts y(such yas yauthor's ylife), yNew yCritics yperform ya yclose yreading,
yconcentrating yon ythe yrelationships ywithin ythe ytext ythat ygive yit yits yown
ydistinctive ycharacter yor yform
pays yclose yattention yto yuse yof yliterary ydevices y
ambiguity yof ythe ytext
Rhetorical yCriticism y- yANSWER✓✓-refers yto ya yprocess yin ywhich yan
yindividual yanalyzes ysymbolic yartifacts yto ydiscover yhow, yand yhow ywell, ythey
ywork y(how ythey yinstruct, yinform, yentertain, ymove, yarouse, yperform, yconvince
yand, yin ygeneral, ypersuade ytheir yaudience)
puts ythe yfocus yon ywhat ya ypiece yof ywork ydoes, ynot ywhat yit yis y
seeks yto yunderstand yhow ysymbols yact yon ypeople.
Realism y- yANSWER✓✓-separates ythe yauthor yfrom ythe ynarrator, yoffering yan
yaccount yof ythe yplot yfrom ya yparticular ypoint yof yview ythat yis ynot ynecessarily
ytheir yown
Diachrony yvs. ySynchrony y- yANSWER✓✓-diachrony yis ya ytemporal yprogression
ymoving yin ysequence, ytypically ychronologically, ywithin ya ysystem
"traditional yhistory yand ythe ylogic yof ycausality" y
