English Language · English Literature
With reference to Samuel Johnson's 'Preface to Shakespeare,' S. T. Coleridge's Biographia Literaria (Chapter XIII), and Jacques Derrida's 'Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences,' consider the following statements: A. Johnson praises Shakespeare's adherence to universal human nature over strict classical unities. B. Coleridge distinguishes between imagination and fancy, privileging the former as creative power. C. Derrida critiques the notion of a fixed structural center, introducing the concept of free play. D. All three thinkers uniformly reject the importance of form in literature. Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1A, B and C only✓
- 2A and D only
- 3B, C and D only
- 4A, C and D only
Correct answer
A, B and C only
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