Question 1
In Russian Formalism, what does Viktor Shklovsky call the technique by which art makes the familiar strange to renew perception?
Correct Answer:
Defamiliarisation (ostranenie)
Question 2
Which critical approach prioritises the autonomous text and the close reading of paradox, irony and ambiguity?
Correct Answer:
New Criticism
Question 3
In Saussurean structuralism, what is the relationship between signifier and signified within the linguistic sign?
Correct Answer:
Arbitrary
Question 4
Which pair of terms does Saussure use to distinguish the abstract language system from individual speech acts?
Correct Answer:
Langue and parole
Question 5
Which philosopher coined the term 'deconstruction' and is associated with destabilising binary oppositions in texts?
Correct Answer:
Jacques Derrida
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