Literary Criticism

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Free Online Course: Literary Criticism provided by Swayam is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 15 weeks long. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Swayam. Literary Criticism is taught by Dr. C.G.SHYAMALA.

Overview
  • The endeavour of this course is to familiarise the under-graduate student with the diverse critical practices from Romanticism in the nineteenth century and the tenets of T.S.Eliot, through New Criticism in the twentieth century , moving ahead with Feminism from its inception to the third world and gender expressions in the twentieth century. The intention is to help students understand the theories, critically assess works of art and apply them in literary works. For this purpose, the module has been divided into segments, where the literary essay or book is divided into sub-divisions so that students can comprehend the theories and the related study materials with ease.

Syllabus
  • Week 1Introduction to Romanticism
    Week 2Preface to Lyrical Ballads- William Wordsworth- Section 1
    Week 3Preface to Lyrical Ballads- William Wordsworth- Section 2
    Week 4Biographia Literaria- Section 1- S.T.Coleridge
    Week 5Biographia Literaria-Section 2 -S.T.Coleridge
    Week 6Modern Fiction- Virginia Woolf
    Week 7Tradition and the Individual Talent- T.S..Eliot
    Week 8The Function of Criticism- T..S..Eliot
    Week 9Principles of Literary Criticism-.I.A.Richards
    Week 10Practical Criticism- I.A. Richards
    Week 11The Heresy of Paraphrase- Cleanth Brooks
    Week 12The Language of Paradox- Cleanth Brooks
    Week 13Feminism – Maggie Humm

    Week 14

    Feminism- Maggie Humm