Questões de Concurso sobre Literatura

Sandra Lee McKay (In: CELCE-MURCIA, 2013) points out that using literature as content in EFL classes provides three major benefits.

Which statement DOES NOT represent adequately one of those benefits?

Throughout the poem “Success is counted sweetest”, Emily Dickinson explores a subjective experience regarding the value of success and victory. Considering the poetic devices employed by the author, the imagery constructed, and the dramatic perspective adopted, which human interiorization is conveyed in the poem?

The mistreatment of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” has long been debated among scholars. This mistreatment culminates in:

The following description refers to a famous English novelist generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His works often depicted the struggles of the poor, criticized social injustice, and were originally published in serialized form. His novels are known for vivid characters, humor, moral lessons, and a deep concern with childhood and poverty.

Who is the author?

Judge the sentences below as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) concerning intertextuality and composition in T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land.

(__)The poem assembles a collage of voices, registers, and languages, fusing fragments and citations to stage modernist cultural crisis.

(__)"April is the cruellest month" reverses Chaucer's springtime optimism in the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, creating an ironic counter-allusion.

(__)The poem reached print without substantial external editing; Ezra Pound's role did not affect the final architecture of the text.

The CORRECT sequence is:

When comparing Text 1 and Text 2, which observation illustrates a key feature of literary language in Text 1?

Com base no texto, qual é o tema principal abordado?

Read the excerpt below from Ibrahim (2021) and mark each statement as True (T) or False (F).

"Children's literature is a valuable tool to raise intercultural awareness in language classrooms. Through stories, learners can explore differences and similarities between cultures, and challenge stereotypes. Literature helps them develop empathy, curiosity, and respect for others." (Ibrahim, 2021. The role of children's literature in developing intercultural awareness in ELT. Nord University, p. 5).

(__)Children's literature can serve as a medium to challenge stereotypes and promote empathy.

(__)Intercultural awareness is limited to understanding vocabulary and grammar within texts.

(__)Stories that include cultural differences can foster curiosity and respect among learners.

(__)Avoiding cultural content in English stories enhances students' intercultural competence.

(__)The use of literature in ELT connects linguistic learning with emotional and cultural growth.

Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is a classic novel that explores themes of:

Question 34 must be answered based on the following poem.

The art of losing isn’t hard to master;

so many things seem filled with the intent

to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster

of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.

The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:

places, and names, and where it was you meant

to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or

next-to-last, of three loved houses went.

The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture

I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident

the art of losing’s not too hard to master

though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

Source: BISHOP, Elizabeth. One Art, from The Complete Poem 1926-1979. Available at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art

The genre poem is characterized by the use of rhythm, figurative language, and structural devices such as rhyme, refrain, and stanza organization, which together create a heightened aesthetic and emotional effect. By reading Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art”, we can assume that

Judge the sentences below as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) regarding form and thematic devices in William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

(__)The "To be, or not to be" soliloquy is written predominantly in iambic pentameter, employing antithesis and occasional feminine endings to dramatize internal debate.

(__)The play uses metatheatre through "The Mousetrap" (the play-within-the-play) to test Claudius's guilt by observing his reaction to a staged regicide.

(__)Ophelia's mad songs draw exclusively on courtly love conventions and exclude folk ballad elements, avoiding colloquial or popular registers.

The CORRECT sequence is:

Na literatura e na comunicação cotidiana, as figuras de linguagem desempenham um papel importante na construção de significados. No trecho abaixo, qual figura de linguagem está presente?

"The wind howled through the trees, whispering secrets of the night."

Which author, associated with the Modernist movement, is known for employing a stream-ofconsciousness narrative style in works such as Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse?

Em narrativas contemporâneas, a fusão entre voz narrativa e consciência da personagem, sem marcas explícitas de citação, caracteriza:

A master of the macabre and mystery, this 19th-century writer revolutionized Gothic literature with dark tales and disturbing psychological atmospheres. His narratives explore themes such as death, madness, and the abyss of the human mind, marked by poetic and intense language. An emblematic work, like a poem about an obsessive raven, became a symbol of his melancholic genius. His legacy endures as a cornerstone of modern horror and detective fiction.

Which of the following authors is being described?

“After students read a text, going back to highlight vocabulary, look at various literacy techniques the author used (as a model for writing) and notice how grammatical structures were used for various purposes can serve as important steps in developing language competence.” (CELSE-MURCIA, 2013).

When teaching L2 literacy, there are many benefits to teaching reading and writing together.

It is possible to establish that the statement above corresponds to

From Shakespeare and Donne to Woolf, Achebe, and Toni Morrison, the Anglophone canon foregrounds evolving aesthetics and politics. Close reading interrogates voice, focalization, and form, while cultural criticism traces power and representation. Pedagogically, literature builds linguistic range and intercultural competence. Select the correct option.

A integração entre língua inglesa e literatura, segundo abordagens interdisciplinares, possibilita o desenvolvimento da sensibilidade estética, da criticidade e da ampliação de repertórios culturais. Trabalhar textos literários em projetos integrados favorece o diálogo entre linguagens e áreas do conhecimento, aproximando o ensino da realidade sociocultural dos estudantes. Nessa perspectiva, o trabalho com literatura na aula de língua inglesa contribui para

One of the best-loved stories of all time, "To Kill a Mockingbird", is a 1960 novel by the author Harper Lee and its main themes are racism, injustice and innocence.

From this story, analyze the following excerpt: "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy [...] they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

When the author says that "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird", it means that:

Which literary period in English literature is characterized by a focus on reason, scientific inquiry, and the exploration of human potential?