Major · 01/ENG/MJR/301T · 2026–27 intake
Literary Criticism
Semester V · 6 credits · 5 units
Examination scheme & source discrepancies
The source lists 3 hours, 120 end-semester marks and 30 sessional marks.
Some marking instructions are internally inconsistent. Confirm the current pattern with your department; the practice questions here do not claim to reproduce it.
Paper Setting & Marking Scheme Time: 03 Hours MM= 120 Part- A (10x2=20 Marks) Ten short answer questions, two from each unit. Answer to each question shall be limited up to 50 words. Part- B: (5x20=100 Marks) The Candidates shall attempt one out of two questions from all the five units in not more than 500 words each.
Unit IRasa theory / Dhwani and more
5 entries
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Indian Aesthetics: Rasa theory, Dhwani, Vyanjana, Lakshana, Alamkara.
Source syllabus · page 94Unit IIPlato: mimesis / Plato: attack on poetry and more
4 entries
- Plato: mimesisComing soon
- Plato: attack on poetryComing soon
- Plato: moral concerns of literatureComing soon
- Plato: views on dramaComing soon
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Plato: Concept of Art - Mimesis, His attack on poetry, Moral Concerns of literature, Views on Drama.
Extraction artefacts were removed for readability. The manifest retains the raw transcription; compare the source PDF for exact wording.
Source syllabus · page 94Unit IIIArs Poetica: definition of art and views on poetry and drama / Longinus: Romanticism and more
3 entries
- Ars Poetica: definition of art and views on poetry and dramaComing soon
- Longinus: RomanticismComing soon
- Longinus: sublimity and its sourcesComing soon
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Horace: Ars Poetica - Definition of art, Views on Poetry and Drama. Longinus: Romanticism, Sublimity in literature – Its sources.
Source syllabus · page 94Unit IVApology for Poetry: reply to Stephen Gosson and argumentative method / The Defence of Poetry: concept of poetry
2 entries
- Apology for Poetry: reply to Stephen Gosson and argumentative methodComing soon
- The Defence of Poetry: concept of poetryComing soon
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Philip Sidney: Apology for Poetry – Reply to Stephen Gosson, The Argumentative Method. P. B. Shelley: The Defence of Poetry – Concept of Poetry.
Source syllabus · page 94Unit VClassicism / Neoclassicism and more
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- ClassicismComing soon
- NeoclassicismComing soon
- RomanticismComing soon
- HumanismComing soon
- RealismComing soon
- NaturalismComing soon
- SymbolismComing soon
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Literary Movements: Classicism, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Humanism, Realism, Naturalism, symbolism.
Source syllabus · page 94Recommended readings in the source
- Harry Blamires. A History of Literary Criticism.
- Ramaswamy S & Sethuraman V.S. The English Critical Tradition.
- B Prasad, An Introduction to English Criticism.
- Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms, Wadsworth, 2009