ENGL 105 Final Review Exam and
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Set.
Literary Theory - Answer A lens through which we see something based on assumptions
Moral Criticism - Answer type of literary critique. that judges the value of the literature based
on its moral lessons or ethical teachings. Plato thought a text is only as good as it's moral value
but Aristotle thought even if it's bad, if it teaches something, then it's good and has value.
Marxist Theory - Answer Looking at relationships through economics and power
Psychoanalytic Theory - Answer A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain
personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of
behavior
Feminist Theory - Answer a theoretical approach that looks at gender inequities in society and
the way that gender structures the social world
New Critical Theory - Answer Analysis only of structure and literary devices in a text, ignoring
context of history and author's life, etc.
New Historicism Theory - Answer An approach to literature that emphasizes the interaction
between the historic context of the work and a modern reader's understanding and
interpretation of the work.
Phenomenology - Answer The study of individuals' own unique, first-person, conscious
experience. How people see the same thing differently
3 Ideas of meaning in texts - Answer 1. A text should be looked at through the window and a
mirror 2. Fiction gives fact it's form
3. Defamiliarization
An Elephant in the Village of the Blind - Answer Truth is an amalgamation of earthly
, Introduction to Poetry - Answer Billy Collins, there's not one concrete meaning and you should
experience yourself.
Humanity 101 - Answer Denise Duhamel, Education only matters when applied to real life and
literature responds to the world.
A Hunger Artist - Answer Franz Kafka, The story explores themes of isolation, the human
condition, and the struggle for meaning and recognition in a world that does not understand or
appreciate art.
Kafkaesque - Answer The idea of the grotesque is explored and it depicts a person against an
undefiable force and depicts social isolation.
Themes are nightmarish and frightening.
Exsistentialism - Answer A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of
the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development
through acts of the will. An interrogation of human existence and purpose and a critic of society
and social norms.
Existence precedes essence
Modernism - Answer A cultural movement embracing human empowerment and rejecting
traditionalism as outdated. Rationality, industry, and technology were cornerstones of progress
and human achievement.
Summary of A Hunger Artist - Answer The story revolves around a professional hunger artist
who is admired by the public for his ability to fast for extended periods of time. However, the
hunger artist is deeply unhappy and feels misunderstood and unappreciated. He longs for
recognition and understanding of his art form, but finds himself increasingly isolated from the
world around him.
As the story progresses, the hunger artist's popularity wanes and he becomes increasingly
marginalized, eventually dying alone and forgotten in a cage.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find - Answer Flannery O'Connor, How the past is affecting the present
in the story. First paragraph where she says that she wouldn't take the children in any direction
with a criminals, suggests fate, this is a Seed of conflict. Themes of Authenticity, Fate and
Patriarchy.
Actual Verified Answers 2025-2026
Set.
Literary Theory - Answer A lens through which we see something based on assumptions
Moral Criticism - Answer type of literary critique. that judges the value of the literature based
on its moral lessons or ethical teachings. Plato thought a text is only as good as it's moral value
but Aristotle thought even if it's bad, if it teaches something, then it's good and has value.
Marxist Theory - Answer Looking at relationships through economics and power
Psychoanalytic Theory - Answer A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain
personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of
behavior
Feminist Theory - Answer a theoretical approach that looks at gender inequities in society and
the way that gender structures the social world
New Critical Theory - Answer Analysis only of structure and literary devices in a text, ignoring
context of history and author's life, etc.
New Historicism Theory - Answer An approach to literature that emphasizes the interaction
between the historic context of the work and a modern reader's understanding and
interpretation of the work.
Phenomenology - Answer The study of individuals' own unique, first-person, conscious
experience. How people see the same thing differently
3 Ideas of meaning in texts - Answer 1. A text should be looked at through the window and a
mirror 2. Fiction gives fact it's form
3. Defamiliarization
An Elephant in the Village of the Blind - Answer Truth is an amalgamation of earthly
, Introduction to Poetry - Answer Billy Collins, there's not one concrete meaning and you should
experience yourself.
Humanity 101 - Answer Denise Duhamel, Education only matters when applied to real life and
literature responds to the world.
A Hunger Artist - Answer Franz Kafka, The story explores themes of isolation, the human
condition, and the struggle for meaning and recognition in a world that does not understand or
appreciate art.
Kafkaesque - Answer The idea of the grotesque is explored and it depicts a person against an
undefiable force and depicts social isolation.
Themes are nightmarish and frightening.
Exsistentialism - Answer A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of
the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development
through acts of the will. An interrogation of human existence and purpose and a critic of society
and social norms.
Existence precedes essence
Modernism - Answer A cultural movement embracing human empowerment and rejecting
traditionalism as outdated. Rationality, industry, and technology were cornerstones of progress
and human achievement.
Summary of A Hunger Artist - Answer The story revolves around a professional hunger artist
who is admired by the public for his ability to fast for extended periods of time. However, the
hunger artist is deeply unhappy and feels misunderstood and unappreciated. He longs for
recognition and understanding of his art form, but finds himself increasingly isolated from the
world around him.
As the story progresses, the hunger artist's popularity wanes and he becomes increasingly
marginalized, eventually dying alone and forgotten in a cage.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find - Answer Flannery O'Connor, How the past is affecting the present
in the story. First paragraph where she says that she wouldn't take the children in any direction
with a criminals, suggests fate, this is a Seed of conflict. Themes of Authenticity, Fate and
Patriarchy.
