Syllabus of MA IV Sem. English (Paper I- Critical Theory) - 2022-23
MA IV Sem. English (Paper I- Critical Theory) UNIT-I i. Anand Vardhan: Dhwani Theory ii. Ferdinand: Saussure: The Nature of Linguistic Sign UNIT-II: i. I.A. Richards: Two Uses of Language ii. J.C. Ransom: Concept of Structure and Texture of Poetry UNIT- III i. F.R. Leavis: Literary Criticism and Philosophy ii. J. Derrida: Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of Human Sciences UNIT- IV i. Edward Said: Crisis ( The Scope of Orientalism) ii.Basic Trends in Feminist Criticism UNIT-V Practical Criticism: It will contain two passages; One in verse and the other in prose for practical criticism following the technique as illustrated in I.A. Richards' book 'Practical Criticism' and David Daiches' 'Critical Approaches'.