History of Literary Theory

Who is considered the father of Western philosophy in ancient Greece?

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Trajan

Which Greek philosopher founded the Academy in Athens, one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in the Western world?

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Pythagoras

Plato regards literature is divinely inspired but ___________

• an ideological force for social unity

• and considers tragedy is the highest form of poetry

• not a trustworthy source of truth

• it disregards human emotions such as pity and fear

Which era had the initial contact with the Islamic civilization?

• The Greek and Roman Period

• The Romantic Period

• The Neo-Classical Period

• The Medieval Period

St Augustine initiated the idea of __________

• Book of Sins

• Ancient civilization

• City of God

• early Christianity

Histories included with forms of fiction. This may seem odd but in this period, we are able to read elements of myth, fable, and legend in the histories.

• The Medieval Period

• The Elizabethan Era

• The Jacobean Period

• The Romantic Period

Who is the Father of English Literature?

• Dante Alighieri

• Edmund Spencer

• William Shakespeare

• Geoffrey Chaucer

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Donatello were the prominent masters of the_________

• Romanticism

• Renaissance

• Victorian

• Jacobean

All human things are subjects to decay,

And when Fate summons-Monarchs must obey.

This is the significant literary forms during Neo-Classical Period. What is the name of this literary form?

• Satire

• Heroic Couplets

• Comedy of Manners

• Restoration Drama

Which of these is NOT the characteristics of Romanticism?

• The search for subjective truth

• The celebration of the individual

• The purity of childhood

• The emphasis on logic and challenging traditional authority