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Structuralism Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. The relationship between the signifier and the signified is:
2. According to Marx, what determines the change in the social system?
3. In Structuralism, the perspective of the author is
4. FORMALISM connects the work of a particular author with works of similar structures, while STRUCTURALISM only analyses one particular work at a time.
5. It is an interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices "within" the text.
6. Structuralism is primarily concerned with:
7. FORMALISM analyses the genre, mode, form and discourse while rejecting bibliographical, cultural, historical and social contexts, while STRUCTURALISM analyses universal, underlying structures in a text.
8. These are signs where the signifier is caused by the signified.
9. The ..... is the general philosophical theory of signs and symbols.
10. It deals about discovering the structures or rules that govern groups of literary works.e.g. narrative elements (plot, character, conflict, setting, point of view); there are certain principles or structures that can be found in all novels, or other types of literature.
11. According to Saussure the concrete use of the language that each individual has, corresponds to .....
12. According to the text indicate if the following sentence is true or false: "A structuralist approach in its general framework looks at the syntactic relations which are defined and exhibited in terms of operations" .
13. The signifier is perceived as resembling on imitating the signified. Which sign is being described?
14. When we understand something by what it isn't, we are using what?
15. It adds new information to the ongoing communicative action
16. How did the magazine cover of an African boy saluting the French flag support the mythology of the French Colonial Empire?
17. ..... focuses on micro scale of interpreting the society.
18. We study Linguistic to analize the human knowledge & behavior.
19. Taste, sight, hearing, touch, smell
20. THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF STRUCTURALISM EXCEPT?
21. General system of rules that govern a language is known as
22. In structuralism, what does parole refer to?
23. The primary goal of structuralism is to:
24. Majoring in Linguistic means .....
25. The definition about language as a system of signs constructed by convention was credited by .....
26. What implications does structuralism have for the ways in which we perceive reality?
27. It is an abstract structure whose instances participate in a linguistic system
28. Which of these features of a text would a formalist critic be most interested in?
29. A literary text represents the world in such a way that ordinary things appear different. This is what engages our attention. This process is what Shklovsky termed
30. He introduced structuralism in Linguistics
31. STRUCTURALISM LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SUBFIELD?
32. It is any word you may see in English language
33. In doing formalism, the cultural, historical, social, and political realities and ideals inside the text are neglected.
34. Structuralism is often associated with the use of:
35. What theorist is credited with the beginnings of structuralism?
36. You can not study structuralism without studying semiotics.
37. ..... believe that individuals are in control and people make the societies they live in and can change them too by their actions.
38. It instantiate the structure that is described by a non-algebraic theory are isomorphic with each other, and thus, for the purposes of the theory, equally good
39. Functionalism is the
40. Which is true about structuralist criticism?
41. It proposes that many cultural elements such as myths, stories, language structures or behaviors are common to all human civilizations:
42. Wilhelm Wundt is associated with what form of psychology?
43. Which of the following taglines can be associated with "structuralism" ?
44. How do people tend to represent themselves on facebook?
45. According to ....., the society is the puppet and individual actions control the society.
46. Functionalism emphasizes the study of:
47. The concept that a signifier refers to is known as the:
48. ..... focuses on large-scale (macro) social structures and institutions rather than individuals.
49. These are the various elements or techniques used in writing to achieve the purpose of the author.
50. The idea of 'mytheme' is given by
51. Experimental psychology focused mainly on
52. WHAT HARVARD PROFESSOR DEVELOPED THE 2ND SCHOOL OF THOUGHT (FUNCTIONALISM)
53. According to Saussure some factors such as history of language, society, politics, dialects, traditions customs, etc. corresponds to .....
54. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WERE NOT CRITICISMS OF STRUCTURALISM
55. What is modern imperialism or neoimperialism?
56. The vehicles through which we conceptualize things.
57. Who are the bourgeoisie according to Marx?
58. Structuralism focuses on the study of:
59. FINDING THE CAUSE OR PURPOSE OF OUR BEHAVIORS IS AN EXAMPLE OF?
60. WHAT DID JAMES WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT OUR BEHAVIORS? (VIDEO)
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