Modern Critical Theories

Course Description:

The interface between literature and theoretical undercurrents opens up vistas of knowledge to understand the interrelatedness of literarature with diverse human endeavours. Multitude of literary theories, emerging from different school of thoughts, provide a strong base for the systematic study of literature.

Sense making and meaning making of the world is one of the finest human features to define and establish our relationship with the world. This course aims at tracing those theoretical developments made in the literary, social, philosphical, economic and linguitics realms, which have greatly shaped up the modern critical praxis, including; sociology and philosophy of literature, interdisciplinarity and moral philosophy.

Assesssment criteria:

Mid Term: 30

Project: 10

Presentation: 05

Participation: 05

Final exam: 50

Class Time: Wednesday to Friday

MA 4 (Regular): 9 to 10 AM and

MA 4 (SS): 11 to 12 AM