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Assignment 1
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Week 1 1) According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term “theory” means: 1 point

Lecture 01: In-depth knowledge of a subject.

Introduction:
What is Literary The meta-discourse underlying a subject.
Theory?
The conceptual basis of a subject or area of study.
Lecture 02:
Literature & The real essence of a subject or area of study.
Mimesis: Plato
(I) No, the answer is incorrect.
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Lecture 03:
Literature & Accepted Answers:
Mimesis: Plato The conceptual basis of a subject or area of study.
(II)
2) Who claimed that the whole of the European philosophical tradition was little more than 1 point
Lecture 04: footnotes added to the writings of Plato?
Literature and
Mimesis:
Aristotle (I)
A. N Whitehead.
Quiz :
Assignment 1 Aristotle.

WEEK 1 - Karl Marx.

FEEDBACK -
Introduction to Stephen Maxwell.
Literary Theory
No, the answer is incorrect.
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3) Which of these figures appear as a character in Plato’s The Republic? 1 point

Week 2
Aristotle.

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Socrates.

Week 7 4) Literary Theory: An Introduction is authored by: 1 point

Week 8 Jonathan Culler.

Terry Eagleton.

Agatha Christie.

Gustav Klimt.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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Terry Eagleton.

5) The word “literature” is derived from which Latin root word? 1 point

Littera.

Literatura.

Literata.

Literos.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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Accepted Answers:
Littera.

6) Who is/are the figure/s associated with the reformation of Athenian government into a 1 point
democracy?

Aristotle.

Solon.

Cleisthenes.

Both b and c.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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Accepted Answers:
Both b and c.

7) In Plato’s The Republic, imitative poets are denounced primarily for two reasons. One 1 point
reason is that they are manufacturers of images that are far removed from truth. What is the second
reason?

They implant an evil constitution.

They teach the young audience how to abuse.

They speak against the established order.

They teach atheism.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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Accepted Answers:
They implant an evil constitution.

8) In which text is Aristotle referred to as “The master of those who know”? 1 point

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On the Sublime.

Ars Poetica.

Divine Comedy.

Republic.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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Accepted Answers:
Divine Comedy.

9) What was the name of the school established by Plato? 1 point

Lyceum.

Athena.

Gymnasium.

Academy.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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Accepted Answers:
Academy.

10)Poetics was conceptualized as a critique of and a continuation to: 1 point

The Republic

Phaedo

Rhetoric

None of the Above

No, the answer is incorrect.

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Accepted Answers:
The Republic

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