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Module 2: Hacking Literary Theory I

Question 1 of 10

1

This week I am expected to

Select one of the following:

  • begin my attempts at theoretical analysis using the Hacking Literary Theory model.

  • sleep.

  • continue doing literary criticism because literary criticism and theory are the same thing.

  • be an expert at literary theory.

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

The readings are

Select one of the following:

  • Different but easy. After all, this is a literature class, and I love literature.

  • Philosophy. Why are we reading philosophy in a literature class?

  • Different and difficult, but I just need to slow down, and I'll get them.

  • Different, difficult, and incomprehensible at first. I'll need the help of my peers and the instructor to understand them.

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

The course design is

Select one of the following:

  • perfect, so I'll make my way through this easily because of it.

  • not perfect, but it's good enough that I won't need any other resources.

  • horrible, and there's no help. I'm going to drop now.

  • imperfect, but there is plenty of help in the many resources to help you understand what you need to know.

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

In this first module, I

Select one of the following:

  • am free to do literary criticism since that's all I know, but I will work toward understanding theoretical analysis since that's what I'm learning here.

  • am free to do literary criticism because it's the same thing as theory.

  • must get this right because I'm expected to know and apply theory correctly in Module One.

  • am already confused.

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

Hacking Literary Theory is

Select one of the following:

  • what happens when my cat eats my literary theory anthology.

  • a video resource my instructor has provided that goes into great detail about how to do theoretical analysis of a literary text.

  • manipulating the coding of literary theory.

  • chopping down the trees of literary theory.

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

Groups are

Select one of the following:

  • strictly limited to four people

  • can consist of one person

  • are not limited to four people but must contain at least four people.

  • for followers not leaders.

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

The real advantage of the group work here

Select one of the following:

  • is that people cannot hide.

  • peer review.

  • my group can do my work for me.

  • we can all complain about the professor.

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

I should choose

Select one of the following:

  • a group not listed as a choice.

  • 1984.

  • either Brave New World or As I Lay Dying.

  • whatever group I want, but if I choose either The Handmaid's Tale or White Noise, I am certain to get that choice.

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

Doing a theoretical analysis of a novel I love is

Select one of the following:

  • awesome because it won't change my feelings about it.

  • possibly awesome but possibly troubling because it may make it difficult to analyze from a theoretical perspective.

  • going to kill my love.

  • What's a theoretical analysis again?

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

A literary theorist is

Select one of the following:

  • a primary source in our anthology.

  • Rivkin and Ryan.

  • me. I am a literary theorist.

  • anyone who writes about literary theory.

Explanation

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