10 Shakespeare live 53 Language in use: Being a literary critic is not easy a) Read the text about the job of a literary critic. Some words are missing. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–13). Put a cross () in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. Literary … 0 are a very distinct group of people. What we enjoy as … 1 is part of their job. … 2 of getting carried away by a performance they have to watch and analyse at the same time. On … 3 of that they also have to remember and to take … 4 of what they have seen and which thoughts have gone through their minds. However, in most cases they will have read the text … 5 , but occasionally that may not be possible, especially when they have to write a review of a … 6 play. One of the difficulties is that they are not supposed to only provide a … 7 of the play and character descriptions but also an analysis of the performance itself. This includes a … 8 of the way in which the play was put on stage, a comment on the actors and their individual performances, an analysis of the work of the director, who usually has a … 9 influence on how a play is received by the audience, and much more. In the … 10 of William Shakespeare literary critics also need to know a lot about Shakespeare’s time, the conditions under which plays were produced back then and ideally they should have studied the latest … 11 on the most famous author of the English language. And if you start having your doubts about present-day literary critics, you may be right. But this is not necessarily their … 12 but rather due to the nature of their … 13 job. 0 A critique B critical C critics ✘ D criticism 1 A public B spectators C visitor D auditorium 2 A For B Because C Instead D Close 3 A grounds B idea C height D top 4 A notes B notices C notifications D noteworthy 5 A alone B towards C after D beforehand 6 A actual B contemporary C topical D current 7 A view B summary C part D story 8 A criticism B critic C review D criticaster 9 A considering B considerable C considerate D considered 10 A fall B domain C strand D case 11 A research B foundations C finds D fines 12 A fault B guilt C problem D mangel 13 A demanded B deceiving C decisive D demanding 6 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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