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    WORLD LITERATURE EXAM

    I- IDENTIFICATION- IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING(10 POINTS)

    1._________________________ These are lenses we can use when looking at a text.

    2._________________________Sacred hymns of Indian literature.

    3__________________________A function of literary criticism that is to judge the value of a work of art or
    literature.

    4._________________________The highest in the Indian caste system.

    5_________________________Sanskrit for great story, one of the great epic poems of ancient India.

    6_________________________Where the literature of the West originated.

    7 _________________________Literary writings that use animals as characters.

    8. ________________________Form the latin littera meaning letters and referring to an acquaintance with
    the written word.

    9.________________________One of Indian major religious tradition that is monotheistic and their belief
    is represented in the image IK Onkar meaning, one god.

    10_______________________ It is a long fictional story about human beings and the events of their lives.

    II- TRUE OR FALSE-WRITE T ON THE LINE AFTER THE STATEMENT IF THE SENTENCE IS
    CORRECT.IF NOT,UNDERLINE THE WORD OR WORDS THAT MAKES IT INCORRECT AND
    WRITE THE CORRECT WORD OR WORDS ON THE LINE PROVIDED.(2 POINTS EACH)

    1._______________________Evaluation is an importance of literary criticism that is to judge the value of a


    work of art or literature.______.

    2._______________________A journalist criticism is a function of literary criticism._______

    3. ______________________Gender criticism examines how sexual identity influences the creation the
    creation and reception of literary works.______

    4. ______________________ Literary theory outlines the development of literature._____

    5.______________________ Reader response criticism attempts to describe what happens in the reader’s
    mind while interrupting a text._______

    6. _____________________ Iqbal introduced the short story to vernacular writing in India.______

    7. _____________________ The Sama Veda is about sacrifice.______

    8. _____________________ In the history of literature, writing seems to have originated independently in


    China._______

    9._____________________ Ramayana was written in the third century and tells a story of rama and his
    wife, sita._____

    10. ___________________Librittos is a long fictional story about human beings and the events of their
    lives._____

    III-ENUMERATE 5 IMPORTANCE OF LITERARY CRITICISM (5 POINTS)

    IV- ENUMERATE AND EXPLAIN FIVE CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE.(2 PTS EACH)
    KEY ANSWERS

    I- IDENTIFICATION
    1. Literary theories
    2. Rig Veda
    3. Evaluation
    4. Brahmins
    5. The Mahadharata
    6. Mesopotamia
    7. Fables
    8. Literature
    9. Sikhism
    10. Novel

    II- TRUE OR FALSE


    1. importance ---function
    2. function of literary criticism--critical approach to literature
    3. C
    4. Literary theory---history of literature
    5. C
    6. Iqbal--sir Rabindranath Tagore
    7. Sama Veda--Tajur Veda
    8. China- Mesopotamia
    9. C
    10. Librettos--Novel
    III- Importance of Literary criticism
     Helps us to go inside of the text and understand the written work from many different
    viewpoints.
     Enhance our enjoyment in reading the literary work.
     Helps students to discover new ideas and learn about the nuances of societies from
    throughout history
     Helps us to understand what is the importance about the text and develop critical
    thinking skills
     Introduces us to new world’s experience.
    IV- CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ITERATURE
     Formalist Criticism- analyzing the various elements of the worl as a way of
    explicating or interpreting a text.
     Biographic criticism- Explore how understanding an author’s life can help readers
    more thoroughly comprehend the literary work.
     Historical criticism- this approach seeks to understand a literary work by
    invistagating the social, cultural, and intellectual context that produced it.

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