TYBA
Paper IX and Paper X:
UNIVERSITY
OF MUMBAI
University
of Mumbai
Syllabus
for T.Y.B.A. English
Program:
B.A.
Course: Literary
Criticism
Course Codes:
UAENG502& UAENG602
(Credit Based
Semester and Grading System with effect from the academic year, 2013-14)
1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i) Name of the
Programme :
B.A.
ii) Course Code :
UAENG502&UAENG602
iii) Course Title :
TYBA English
Literary
Criticism
iv) Semester wise
Course Contents : Enclosed
the copy of syllabus
v) References and
Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure :
No. of Credits per Semester – 04
vii) No. of lectures
per Unit :
15
viii) No. of lectures
per week : 04
2. Scheme of
Examination : 4 Questions
of 15 marks each
3. Special notes ,
if any : No
4. Eligibility , if
any : No
5. Fee Structure :
As per University Structure
6. Special
Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No
Syllabus for TYBA
Literature Paper IX and Paper X
(to
be implemented from 2013-2014 onwards)
Objectives of the
Course
1)
To introduce the
learners of literature to the basics of literary criticism
2)
To sensitize them to
critical approaches and literary theories
3)
To impart the technique
of close reading of literary texts
4)
To enable the learners
to analyze, interpret, explicate and evaluate literary texts
5)
To familiarize the
learners with the tenets of practical criticism
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Semester One: Literary Theory and
Practical Criticism – Paper IX ( Literary Approaches and Scansion )
Course Code:
UAENG502
4 Credits
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Lectures: 45
Unit 1: Critical Terms: Mimesis, Catharsis,
Classicism, Romanticism, Symbol, Myth and Archetype
Unit 2: A) Nature
and Function of Literature: Classical notion of literature, romantic
notion of literature and the modernist view of literature
B) Functions of
Criticism: Explication, Analysis, Evaluation,
Interpretation, and Theorizing
Unit 3: Critical
Approaches
1.
Psychoanalytical
Approach
2.
Marxist Approach
3.
Feminist Approach
4.
Anglo-American
Formalism (New Criticism)
5.
Russian Formalism
Unit 4: Scansion (10 Lectures)
Base meter, modulation, rhyme scheme, metrical peculiarities and
stanza forms
Evaluation
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A)
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Internal Assessment – 40%
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40 Marks
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Sr.No.
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Particulars
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Marks
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1
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One class test to
be conducted in the given semester
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20 Marks
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2
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One assignment
based on curriculum to be assessed by the teacher concerned
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10 Marks
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3
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Active
participation in routine class instructional deliveries
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05 Marks
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4
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Overall conduct
as a responsible student, manners and articulation and exhibition of
leadership qualities in organizing related academic activities
|
05 Marks
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Following
methods can be used for the tests and assignment
Scansion
Definition of literary terms
Written test on Unit 1
Interpretation of literary texts on the basis of given approaches
B) Semester End
Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Short notes on
critical terms from unit 1: (3 out of 6, in about 150 words each) :
15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on Unit 2 (one out of three)
: 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on Unit 3 (one out of three) :
15 Marks
Question 4:
Scansion of an extract from poetry of about 6-10 lines (one extract – unseen)
: 15 Marks
(Students should scan the poem, identify the base meter, rhyme
scheme, stanza forms if any, and the metrical peculiarities such as end-stopped
lines, run-on lines, elision, pause, feminine ending, masculine ending and
truncation. 8 marks for scanning and identifying the meter and modulations, 2
marks for rhyme scheme and 5 marks for identifying other metrical
peculiarities)
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Semester Two:
Paper X Literary Theory and Practical Criticism ( Literary Theory and
Critical Appreciation)
Course Code:
UAENG602
4 Credits
|
Lectures:
45
Unit 1: Terms:
Negative Capability, Fancy and Imagination, Objective Correlative, Collective
Unconscious, Defamiliarization and Ideology
15
lectures
Unit 2: Critical
Theories (Romantic/Classical) 10
lectures
William Wordsworth – “Preface to the Lyrical Ballads”
John Keats – from The Letters
(Letters of 22 November, 1817, 21 December, 1817, 3 February 1818, and 27
October 1818)
Matthew Arnold – “Study of Poetry”
Unit 3: Literary Theories (Twentieth Century) 10 lectures
T.S. Eliot – “Metaphysical Poets”
Sigmund Freud – “Creative Writer and
Day-Dreaming”
I. A. Richards – “The Two Uses of
Language”
Unit4: Critical
Appreciation of an unseen poem 10 lectures
Students are expected to mobilize the techniques of close reading
and their understanding of literary devices like imagery, metaphors, symbols,
parallelism, foregrounding etc while learning this unit.
Evaluation
|
A)
|
Internal Assessment – 40%
|
40 Marks
|
|
Sr.No.
|
Particulars
|
Marks
|
|
1
|
One class test to
be conducted in the given semester
|
20 Marks
|
|
2
|
One assignment
based on curriculum to be assessed by the teacher concerned
|
10 Marks
|
|
3
|
Active
participation in routine class instructional deliveries
|
05 Marks
|
|
4
|
Overall conduct
as a responsible student, manners and articulation and exhibition of leadership
qualities in organizing related academic activities.
|
05 Marks
|
|
|
||
Following Methods
can be used for tests and assignment
Critical appreciation of unseen poems
Critical appreciation of prose passages
Written test on literary theories
Author study of critics and theorists
Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Short notes on critical terms from unit 1: (3
out of 6, in about 150 words each)
: 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on Romantic/Classical Theories, Unit 2
(one out of three) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on Twentieth Century
Theories, Unit 3 (one out of three)
: 15 Marks
Question 4: Critical Appreciation of
Poem (unseen) of about 20 lines : 15 marks
References
Adams, Hazard. Critical Theory Since
Plato. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.
Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of
Literary Terms. (8th Edition) New Delhi: Akash Press, 2007.
Baldick, Chris. The Oxford
Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Blackstone, Bernard. Practical English Prosody. Mumbai: Orient Longman, 1974.
Bloom, Harold. The Visionary Company. Cornell:
Cornell UP, 1971.
Daiches, David. Critical Approaches to Literature. London:
Longman, 1984.
Danziger, Marties K, and Johnson, Stacy W. An
Introduction to Literary Criticism.
London: D. C. Health, 1961.
Dutton, Richard. Introduction to Literary Criticism. London:
Longman, 1984.
Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory. London: Basil Blackwell, 1983.
Guerin, Wilfred et
al. A
Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. Oxford: Oxford UP,
1999.
Jefferson, Anne
& David, Roby( eds.). Modern Literary
Theory: A Comparative Introduction. London: Batsford Academic Educational, 1982
Drabble, Margaret and Stringer, Jenny. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2007.
Enright, D.J. and Chickera, Ernst de. English
Critical Texts. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1962.
Fowler, Roger. Ed. A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Rev.
ed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.
Freud, Sigmund. The
Interpretation of Dreams. London: Hogarth Press and the Institute of
Psychoanalysis, 1957.
Habib, M. A. R. A History of
Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present. London: Blackwell,
2005.
Harmon, William;
Holman, C. Hugh. A Handbook to Literature. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River,
N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1996.
Hall, Donald E. Literary and
Cultural Theory: From Basic Principles to Advanced Application.
Boston: Houghton, 2001.
Hudson, William Henry. An Introduction
to the Study of Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007.
Jefferson, Anne. and D. Robey, eds. Modern Literary Theory: A Comparative
Introduction. London: Batsford, 1986.
Latimer, Dan. Contemporary
Critical Theory. San Diego: Harcourt, 1989.
Lentriccia, Frank. After the
New Criticism. Chicago: Chicago UP, 1980.
Lodge, David (Ed.) Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.
London: Longman, 1972.
Lodge, David, with
Nigel Wood. Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader. 2nd Ed. London:
Longman, 1988.
McGann, Jerome J. The
Romantic Ideology. Chicago: Chicago UP, 1983.
Murfin, Ross and Ray, Supryia M. The Bedford
Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. Boston:
Bedford/St.Martin's, 2003.
Nagarajan M.
S. English
Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introductory History. Hyderabad, Orient
Black Swan, 2006.
Natoli, Joseph, ed. Tracing
Literary Theory. Chicago: U of Illinois P, 1987.
Ramamurthi,
Lalitha. An Introduction to Literary
Theory. Chennai: University of Madras, 2006.
Scott, Wilbur. Five Approaches to Literary Criticism. London:
Longman, 1984.
Selden, Raman and
Peter Widdowson. A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 3rd
Ed. Lexington: U of Kentucky P, 1993.
Selden, Raman. A
Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. London: Harvester
Press, Brighton, 1985.
Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly
Guide. New York & Long: Garland Publishing, 1999.
Walder, Dennis, ed. Literature
in the Modern World: Critical Essays and Documents. 2nd Ed. OUP,
2004.
Wolfreys, Julian. ed. Introducing Literary
Theories: A Guide and Glossary . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
Press, 2003.
Syllabus Prepared
by:
Dr. Dinesh Kumar (Convener) V.G Vaze College, Mulund.
Members:
Dr. Marie Fernandes, St. Andrews College, Bandra.
Dr. Pratima Das, Smt. CHM College, Ulhasnagar.
Dr. Sunila Pillai, RKT College, Ulhasnagar.
Ms. Neeta Chakravarty, RJ College, Ghatkopar.
Prof. Shashikant Malunkar, BNN College, Bhiwandi.
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