Major · 01/ENG/MJR/451T · 2026–27 intake
Contemporary Literary Theory
Semester VIII · 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.
Examination Scheme Maximum Marks: 120 Time: 03 Hours Part-1 Total ten questions (2 from each unit). Answer to these questions shall be limited to 30 words each. (10X2=20) Part -2 : Candidate shall answer one out of two questions from each unit. Answer to these questions shall be limited to 500 words. (5X 20 =100)
Detailed sheet labels this course Discipline Specific Elective although code and overview designate MJR (Major).
Unit IFormalism / Social discourse
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Introduction to: Formalism, Social Discourse
Source syllabus · page 133Unit IIFeminism / Marxism
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Introduction to Feminism, Marxism
Source syllabus · page 133Unit IIIDeconstruction / Postmodernism
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Introduction to Deconstruction, Postmodernism
Source syllabus · page 133Unit IVPost-colonialism / Eco-criticism
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Introduction to Post-Colonialism, Eco- Criticism
Source syllabus · page 133Unit VNew Historicism / Psychoanalytic criticism
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Introduction to New Historicism, Psychoanalytic Criticism
Source syllabus · page 133Recommended readings in the source
- Watson, George: The Literary Critics. London: Penguin, 1968.
- Welleck, Rene: A History of Modern Criticism, Vol. V, London: Jonathan, 1986.
- Wilfred, East et.al. : A Handbook to Critical Approaches to Literature. London: OUP, 1999.
- Brooks, Cleanth and Warren, Robert Penn. Fundamentals of Good Writing (Dobson). Read Books, 2008.
- Brooks and Warren. Understanding Poetry (Hott) 4 th Edition. Heinle & Heinle Publishers inc., U.S., 1976
- Krishnaswamy, N. et.al. Contemporary Literary Theory: A Student’s Companion. Macmillan, 2001