Great books

Literature comes from the word

• littera

• belles

• belles lettres

Reasons for the study of literature (check as many)

• to explain us to ourselves

• to be able to dance our clumsy dance or to be able to exercise who we really are

• to change the sordid conditions of humanity

• to relive our dreams, our hopes, our passions

The poet has no other enemy than who?

• the government

• the people he writes against

• himself

As fulfillers, writers fulfill

• dreams

• hopes

• anything

When Neruda states that literature establishes friendship with rose and symmetry, he is referring to the

• the creative aspect of poetry

• the pragmatic aspect of poetry

• the humanistic aspect of poetry

The fact that literary texts seek to convey a message does not mean that their authors are always fully aware of the function or even the result of their work.

• Yes

• No

• Most likely

The literary works that writers produce are produced by specific human beings belonging to a specific culture at given historical times and therefore their works are largely influenced by the history, culture, and circumstances of the time the works were written.

• Not at all

• No

• Yes

The essential mode of communication of literature is

• literal

• symbolic or figurative

• scientific or objective

The attempt of literary works to be indirect or symbolic is for the purpose of (choose 2 answers)

• enhancing the meaning of a work

• endowing the work with a sense of mystery and transcendental value

• telling the truth

Literary works do not operate through direct statements and explicit revelations of the content of the work

• Yes

• No