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  1. Q1. Which foundational concept of Russian Formalism, introduced by Viktor Shklovsky, describes the technique of making the familiar seem strange to enhance percept…
  2. Q2. In Formalist narratology, what is the term for the chronological sequence of events as they would have occurred in reality?
  3. Q3. The New Criticism, an American form of Formalism, primarily emphasizes which of the following methods?
  4. Q4. According to W.K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley, the 'Intentional Fallacy' occurs when a critic does what?
  5. Q5. Which critic is associated with the concept of 'The Heresy of Paraphrase'?
  6. Q6. Which term was used by Russian Formalists to describe the elements that distinguish literary language from everyday communication?
  7. Q7. In New Criticism, what is the term for a statement that appears self-contradictory but reveals a deeper truth, often seen as central to poetic structure?
  8. Q8. Which 1929 book by I.A. Richards laid the groundwork for New Criticism by analyzing how students misread poems?
  9. Q9. T.S. Eliot's concept of the 'Objective Correlative' suggests that an emotion in art is best expressed by:
  10. Q10. The concept of 'Affective Fallacy' warns against evaluating a poem based on:
  11. Q11. Which Russian Formalist explored the 'Morphology of the Folktale', identifying 31 fixed functions in narrative?
  12. Q12. Which New Critical term describes the internal consistency and self-contained nature of a successful literary work?
  13. Q13. What is the primary focus of William Empson's 'Seven Types of Ambiguity'?
  14. Q14. Which member of the Fugitive poets is credited with naming the movement in his 1941 book 'The New Criticism'?
  15. Q15. Russian Formalism was largely suppressed in the 1930s to make way for which state-approved critical approach?
  16. Q16. The 'Syuzhet' is best defined as:
  17. Q17. Which critic argued that a poem should be treated 'primarily as poetry and not another thing' in 'The Sacred Wood'?
  18. Q18. Formalists often compare the relationship between literary devices and raw material to the relationship between:
  19. Q19. In the context of New Criticism, 'Irony' refers to:
  20. Q20. What is the 'Concrete Universal' as discussed by W.K. Wimsatt?