English (M.Phil./Ph.D.) 2017 Panjab University Entrance Exam With Answers

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Which of the following statements about the affective fallacy is true:-

A: The term was coined by Cleanth Brooks in 1925.
B: It is said to be a critical error of analysing a work of art in terms of ‘ its results in the mind of the audience’.
C: It marks the ‘affective turn’ in criticism, which represents an attempt to turn away from the poststructuralist ‘linguistic turn’.
D: The term was defined by Wimsatt and Beardsley in Practical Criticism

The answer is: B

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