Literatura Contemporânea em Língua Inglesa - aula 1

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Teste do Conhecimmento - Literaturas Contemporânea - 2018-1
Aula 1 - Introduction
 
	
		
	
		1.
		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.
	
	
	
	 
	independent
	
	
	dependent
	
	
	single
	
	 
	traditional
	
	
	active
	
	
	
		
	
		2.
		Mark the only event which did not mark the first half of the 20th century:
	
	
	
	
	the existence of technocratic governments
	
	 
	the Civil war
	
	
	the World War I
	
	
	the World War II
	
	
	the development of totalitarian systems
	
	
	
		
	
		3.
		In the contemporary period, authors prioritize individual searches for identity in ALL the following areas BUT:
	
	
	
	
	artistic
	
	 
	legal
	
	
	sexual
	
	
	social
	
	 
	economic
	
	
	
		
	
		4.
		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
	
	
	Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
	
	 
	Beloved, by Toni Morrinson
	
	
	'The house on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
	
	
	Stone Butch Blues, by Leslie Feinberg
	
	Gabarito Coment.
	
	
	
		
	
		5.
		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.
	
	
	
	
	well known people
	
	
	ancient searches
	
	 
	innovation
	
	
	old concepts
	
	
	traditional issues
	
	
	
		
	
		6.
		A second area of concern in twentieth-century drama is that of the individual´s search for ---------- in an unfriendly outside world, and the difficulty and fear of communicating with other individuals.
	
	
	
	
	properties
	
	
	ideals
	
	
	happiness
	
	 
	identity
	
	
	abilities
	
	
	
		
	
		7.
		Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: Certainly, poets are often influenced by other poets, and those who live through the same social and political events may well share a common outlook on them, but in the end each poet works as a -----------------------who makes his or her own world from his or her own deep concerns.
	
	
	
	
	special group
	
	
	large group
	
	 
	private and separate person
	
	
	strange person
	
	
	close friend
	
	
	
		
	
		8.
		Consider the following characteristics of prose: I - lack of rhythmical construction II- lack of specific line breaks III- no need of rhyming words IV- lack of economic words V- use of metaphors From the characteristics above, only ONE CAN also be applied to poetry. Which one?
	
	
	
	
	III
	
	
	IV
	
	
	II
	
	
	I
	
	 
	V
	
		
	
		1.
		Complete the sentence: 'Post modern literature questions the differences between ____________ culture with the introduction of subjects and genres which have never been considered appropriate for literature."
	
	
	
	
	foreign and national
	
	 
	high and low
	
	
	good and bad
	
	
	new and old
	
	
	pop and classic
	
	
	
		
	
		2.
		The term "modernity" when applied to literary studies covers...
	
	
	
	
	the first half of the 21st century
	
	
	the second half of the 20th century
	
	
	the first half of the 19th century
	
	
	the second half of the 19th century
	
	 
	the first half of the 20th century
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