MCQ on literary Theory | Structuralism

 MCQ on literary Theory and Criticism | Structuralism

Literary Criticism and Theory


MCQ on Structuralism | Literary Theory:


Where did Structuralism first emerge?

A. France

 B. America

 C. England

 D. Germany

2. The root of Structuralism can be found in---

A. Semiotics

 B. Pragmatism

 C. Phonology

 D. Psychoanalysis

3. The primary concern of Structuralism is---

A. The study of the patterns of universal grammar.

B. The study of universal patterns of structure.

C. The study of the patterns of word.

D. The study of the patterns of signs.

4. Who has given the dyadic model of sign system?

A. Claude-Levi-Strauss. 

 B. C.S. Pierce

 C. Ferdinand de Saussure

 D. A.J. Greimus

5. The book “Course in General Linguistics” is a collection of Ferdinand de Saussure's major critical ideas. Who did compile the book?

A. Bally & Sachehaye 

B. Brooks and pierce

C. Bally& Whimsatt

D. Sachehaye & Brooks

6. Who came up with the idea that there is no inherent relationship between the signifier and the signified?

A. C.S.Pierce

 B. Ferdinand de Saussure

 C. I. A. Richards

 D. Claude-Levi-Strauss

7. Who came up with the triadic model of sign system?

A. Claude-Levi-Strauss

 B. C.S. Pierce

 C. Ferdinand de Saussure

 D. A.J. Greimus

8. Who wrote the book “Morphology of the Tale"?

A. Vladimir Propp 

 B. C.S. Pierce

 C. Ferdinand de Saussure

 D. A.J. Greimus

9. “Structural Semantics” is written by 

A. Vladimir Propp 

 B. Gerard Gennette 

 C. Ferdinand de Saussure

 D. A.J. Greimus

10. The concept of Sem and Actants is given by

A. Vladimir Propp 

 B. Gerard Gennette 

 C. Ferdinand de Saussure

 D. A.J. Greimus

11. What is the subtitle of the book “Structural Semantics”?

A. On Meaning

B. An Attempt at a Method

C. The Semiotics of Text

D. An Analytical Dictionary

12. Which of the following work is not by A. J. Greimus?

A. On Meaning

B. Morphology of the Tale

C. Maupassant 

D. Semiotics and Language

13. Who coined the terms Langue and Parole?

A. C.S.Pierce 

B. Ferdinand de Saussure 

C. I. A. Richards 

D. Claude-Levi-Strauss. 

14. Who told that all narratives have 31 narratemes and 7 abstract function of character?

A. Vladimir Propp 

 B. C.S. Pierce

 C. Ferdinand de Saussure

 D. A.J. Greimus

15. Who has coined the terms Competence and Performance?

A. MAK Halliday 

 B. C.S. Pierce

 C. Ferdinand de Saussure

 D. Noam Chomsky

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