MCQ on I. A.

Richards Total points 4/10

The following set of questions are based on the entry on I. A. Richards in Wikipedia.
Each question carries 2 points, for a total of 10 points.
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1. Identify the FALSE statement in the following list: * 0/2

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Richards is considered one of the founders of contemporary English Studies

Richards believed that focusing only on the text was the correct critical approach

The practice of close reading was the beginning of literary criticism

I A Richards’ method of practical criticism encouraged close reading

Correct answer

Richards believed that focusing only on the text was the correct critical approach

2. Identify the FALSE statement in the following list: * 0/2

Umberto Eco gave greater credibility to the dyadic theory of semiotics than to the
triadic theory.

The two elements in Saussure’s dyadic theory of semiotics was the Signifier and the
Signified

The third element in the triadic structure of semiotics, according to Richards,

was the mind.

Richards’ concept of synaesthesia is found in his book Foundations of Aesthetics

Correct answer

Umberto Eco gave greater credibility to the dyadic theory of semiotics than to the
triadic theory.

3. Identify the FALSE statement in the following list: * 2/2

Practical Criticism was a careful, rational analysis of the misinterpretation of poems.

The Basic English Programme was a programme to teach English internationally

with a basic vocabulary of 850 words.

Richards' Practical Criticism presented his close reading of particular poems.

Richards’ book Principles of Literary Criticism was mainly theoretical in outlook

 4. Identify the FALSE statement in the following list: * 0/2

Richards was able to show the depth and variety of misreading through his theories
of metaphor, value, tone, stock response, incipient action, pseudo-statement, and
ambiguity.

In his book Practical Criticism, Richards offered a new method to come up with
correct literary interpretation.

William Empson, a disciple of I A Richards, went on to develop Richards’ concept

of ambiguity.

Practical Criticism startled the academic world as it questioned current

interpretative strategies.

Correct answer

In his book Practical Criticism, Richards offered a new method to come up with
correct literary interpretation.

5. Identify the FALSE statement in the following list: * 2/2

Later New Critics rejected Richards’ psychological emphasis during analysis but
carried on his practice of close reading.

Most of the later New Critics believed that Richards was guilty of various theoretical
excesses.

While Richards considers his concept of ‘feedforward’ to be his most important

contribution, many others did not think so.

Most of the New Critics found Richards a difficult model to follow because of the
complexity of his psychological arguments.

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