A Short Note on MEG-05 Literary Criticism and Theory
The entire course has been divided into two parts first part discusses Literary Criticism and the second part talks about Literary Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM | LITERARY THEORY |
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A set of rules and regulations- to evaluate and interpret literary works | A set of principles uses for practical reading of a text like a poem, novel, etc |
It tells us the meaning of a literary work. | It tells us how to read a text, how to approach a text |
It is originated from the classical period | it is approximately originated in the 1950s |
Classical criticism, romantic Criticism, Newcriticism are examples | Structuralism, poststructuralism, deconstruction, Marxism, and Feminism are the examples |
Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Dryden, and Arnold are some contributors of literary criticism | Ferdinand de Saussureure, Jaques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Roman Jacobson, Semon de Bouviour are the some contributors to literary thiories. |
FIRST PART
Literary Criticism
- Literary Criticism is a set of rules and regulations that can be used for the evaluation and interpretation of literary works.
- Literary criticism is the analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of a literary work like a novel, poem, short story, etc.
- It evaluates any literary works by using particular rules and regulations created by greater masters like Aristotle, Plato, Sydney, Arnold, etc.
- Literary Criticism interprets the meaning of a literary work and bridges the gap between the writer and the reader.
- Evaluating a particular work is the primary function of literary criticism and it discloses whether it is good or bad.
- It tells us what are the good and bad qualities of a literary workes.
- Literary criticism helps the readers to find out the hidden meaning of literary works.
The first part of MEG 05, LITERARY CRITICISM discusses the following areas:
- Contributions of Classical Critics– Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Longinus, Dante, etc.
- Romantic Criticism– Contributions of Wordsworth, Coleridge, PB Shelly.
- New Criticism– Contributions of I A Richards, TS Eliot, FR Leavis, JC Ransom, Cleanth Brooks, W.K Whimsatt,
SECOND PART
Literary Theory.
- Literary theory is a set of principles that tells us how to read a text and how to interpret work and how approach a literary work.
- In other words, Literary theory is the ideas and methods we use in the practical reading of a text.
- Literary theory approximately originated in the 1950s.
- The majority of the theories originated from Frech soil and then spread to other countries.
- Theory never tells us the meaning of a poem or novel, instead, it tells us different ways to reach meaning.
- The literary theory does not interpret the meaning of a text, instead, it tells us how to interpret a text.
- Literary theories are the Lenses through which we can visualize literary works.
- Each theory can be considered as a different lens through which we can read the same text with different perspectives and reach different meanings.
The second section talks about different literary theories like
- Marxism
- Feminist theories.
- Deconstruction.
- Contemporary Literary Theory.
MEG 05 Literary Criticism and Theory has been divided into six blocks
Block 01 | An Introduction |
Block 02 | Classical Criticism |
Block 03 | Romantic Criticism |
Block 04 | New Criticism |
Block 05 | Marxist View of Literature |
Block 06 | Feminist Theories |
Block 07 | Deconstruction |
Block 08 | Contemporary Literary theory |