AVP LITERATURAS CONTEMPORANEAS DE LÍNGUA INGLESA

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1a Questão (Ref.: 201409067090)
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	Choose the option which best completes the sentence: Postmodern narrative styles generally present ------------- and writers from this period look for places not only for themselves in the always-shifting canon of contemporary literature, but also for the communities they represent in the popular imagination´s concepts of contemporary societies.
		
	 
	innovation
	
	traditional issues
	
	old concepts
	
	well known people
	
	ancient searches
		
	
	
	 2a Questão (Ref.: 201408988696)
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	The theme of alienation serves to mirror the feeling within society that people have become increasingly disconnected. A good example of alienation is the work....
		
	
	One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
	
	Stone Butch Blues, by Leslie Feinberg
	
	'The house on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
	 
	Beloved, by Toni Morrinson
	
	Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 3a Questão (Ref.: 201409021008)
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	Option ______ is not one of the major themes in ´Death of a Salesman´:
		
	
	the quest for order versus disorder
	 
	religion
	
	identity
	
	denial
	
	contradiction
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 4a Questão (Ref.: 201408988786)
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	In 'Death of a Salesman', reality versus illusion is a major theme. In order to get the dream he wants, Willy has created a world of illusion that included all BUT:
		
	
	he's great at his job
	
	his sons are on their way to something big
	
	he has material wealth
	
	he's well liked and has many friends
	 
	he has many mistresses
		
	
	
	 5a Questão (Ref.: 201409021070)
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	The novel ´Ulisses´ is set in the city of.....
		
	 
	Dublin
	
	Yorkshire
	
	Belfast
	
	London
	
	Glasgow
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 6a Questão (Ref.: 201409021078)
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	The title of ´The Waste Land´ was taken from a line in the Anglican burial service and it is formed by distinct vignettes (short sketches). Which one is considered as the most surreal for portraying a man who walks through a London populated by ghosts of the dead?
		
	 
	Vignette IV
	
	Vignette V
	
	Vignette II
	
	Vignette III
	
	Vignette I
		
	
	
	 7a Questão (Ref.: 201409066993)
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	A Mercy, published in 2008, joins Toni Morrison´s celebrated body of work exploring the African American experiences of --------------------------
		
	
	the French style
	 
	slavery
	
	novels
	
	success
	
	romance
		
	
	
	 8a Questão (Ref.: 201409021144)
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	The hero of Morrison´s novel ´Home´ is 24-year-old Frank Money, recently returned from the war against ___________________.
		
	
	Indonesia
	
	Japan
	
	China
	
	Vietnam
	 
	Korea
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 9a Questão (Ref.: 201409066464)
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	In White Teeth, issues of --------------- are explored through characters' ethnicities, the way they speak, their socioeconomic class, and more. We can say that it is everywhere in this book.
		
	
	definition
	
	civilization
	
	humour
	
	culture
	 
	identity
		
	
	
	 10a Questão (Ref.: 201409021159)
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	What are the main themes in Smith´s ´White Teeth´?
		
	
	love and lust
	 
	friendship and identity
	
	friendship and loyalty
	
	love and health
	
	identity and terrorism
	1a Questão (Ref.: 201409067090)
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	Choose the option which best completes the sentence: Postmodern narrative styles generally present ------------- and writers from this period look for places not only for themselves in the always-shifting canon of contemporary literature, but also for the communities they represent in the popular imagination´s concepts of contemporary societies.
		
	
	traditional issues
	
	ancient searches
	
	old concepts
	 
	innovation
	
	well known people
		
	
	
	 2a Questão (Ref.: 201409067097)
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	Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: There was a great challenge for contemporary authors to subvert the status quo to demand legal and cultural recognition as -------------------subjects with unique identities.
		
	
	active
	
	traditional
	
	dependent
	
	single
	 
	independent
		
	
	
	 3a Questão (Ref.: 201409021008)
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	Option ______ is not one of the major themes in ´Death of a Salesman´:
		
	
	contradiction
	
	the quest for order versus disorder
	 
	religion
	
	denial
	
	identity
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 4a Questão (Ref.: 201408988786)
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	In 'Death of a Salesman', reality versus illusion is a major theme. In order to get the dream he wants, Willy has created a world of illusion that included all BUT:
		
	 
	he has many mistresses
	
	he has material wealth
	
	he's well liked and has many friends
	
	his sons are on their way to something big
	
	he's great at his job
		
	
	
	 5a Questão (Ref.: 201409066509)
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	The stream-of-consciousness novel is said to be the literary expression of a ------------- doctrine in that nothing is certainly real except one's own existence
		
	
	social
	
	industrial
	 
	psychological
	
	historical
	
	sociological
		
	
	
	 6a Questão (Ref.: 201408988793)
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	'Hyde Park Gate News' was the title of....
		
	
	Virginia Woolf's favorite British short story
	
	Virginia Woolf's first novel
	
	England's most famous paper in the 1900s
	
	Sir Leslie Stephen's (Woolf's father) favorite novel
	 
	Virginia Woolf's family paper
		
	
	
	 7a Questão (Ref.: 201408988801)
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	Postmodern works are seen as a response against ______________ thinking and _____________ approaches to literature.
		
	
	Medieval/Puritan
	 
	Enlightenment/Modernist
	
	Modernist/Enlightenment
	
	Puritan/Realistic
	
	Modernist/Realistic
		
	
	
	 8a Questão (Ref.: 201408988803)
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	It is said that for many Postmodern writers, the various disasters that occurred in the last half of the 20th century left a number of them with a profound sense of ________________.
		
	 
	paranoia
	
	love
	
	peace
	
	incredulity
	
	belonging
		
	
	
	 9a Questão (Ref.: 201409066459)
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	This kind of realism shows a great contrast between elaborately absurd prose, plotting, or characterization and careful, detailed investigations of real specific social phenomena. What kind of realism is this?
		
	 
	hysterical
	
	traditional
	
	spiritual
	
	common
	
	gloomy
		
	
	
	 10a Questão (Ref.: 201408988826)
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	In this book, British writer Zadie Smith tackles issues of race and the experience of immigrants in working class and middle class England.
		
	
	Terrorist
	
	The Rabbit Series
	
	Death of a Salesman
	 
	White Teeth
	
	A Streetcar Name Desire