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Literary Criticism (From Plato to Leavis)

Prof. Merin Simi Raj · IIT Madras

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Lectures

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  1. Introduction Video
  2. Aristotles Poetics Session 1 Video
  3. Aristotles Poetics Session 2 Video
  4. Aristotles Poetics Session 3 Video

week-02

  1. Longinus On the Sublime Session 1 Video
  2. Longinus On the Sublime Session 2 Video
  3. Longinus On the Sublime Session 3 Video
  4. Scott James The First Romantic Critic Video

week-03

  1. Philip Sidneys -An Apology for Poetry- (Session 1) Video
  2. Philip Sidneys -An Apology for Poetry- (Session 2) Video
  3. Philip Sidneys -An Apology for Poetry- (Session 3) Video
  4. Philip Sidneys -An Apology for Poetry- (Session 4) Video

week-04

  1. The Foundations of Western Philosophy Video
  2. Horaces Ars Poetica Video
  3. John Drydens Preface to The Fables Video
  4. Critical Importance of Aphra Behn Video

week-05

  1. Samuel Johnsons Preface to Shakespeare ( Session 1 ) Video
  2. Samuel Johnsons Preface to Shakespeare ( Session 2 ) Video
  3. Samuel Johnsons Preface to Shakespeare ( Session 3 ) Video
  4. Samuel Johnsons Preface to Shakespeare ( Session 4 ) Video

week-06

  1. Wordsworths "Preface to Lyrical Ballads" Video
  2. Coleridges "Biographia Literaria" (Chapter 13 and 14) Video
  3. Shelleys A Defence of Poetry Part -1 Video
  4. Shelleys A Defence of Poetry Part -2 Video
  5. Shelleys A Defence of Poetry Part -3 Video
  6. Shelleys A Defence of Poetry Part -4 Video

week-07

  1. Introduction to Peter Barrys Literary Theory Video
  2. Mary Wollstonecrafts A Vindication of the Rights of Women Video
  3. Edgar Allan Poes The Poetic Principle Part - 1 Video
  4. Edgar Allan Poes The Poetic Principle Part - 2 Video
  5. Leo Tolstoys What is Art? Video

week-08

  1. Matthew Arnolds Study of Poetry Video
  2. Matthew Arnolds Sweetness And Light Video
  3. Russian Formalism Video
  4. Henry James "The Art of Fiction" ( Session 1 ) Video

week-09

  1. T.S. Eliots "Tradition and Individual Talent" Video
  2. T.S. Eliots "Tradition and Individual Talent" (Session 2) Video
  3. Virginia Woolfs "Modern Fiction" Video
  4. Virginia Woolfs "Modern Fiction" (Session 2) Video

week-10

  1. Virginia Woolfs "A Room of Ones Own" Video
  2. Virginia Woolfs "A Room of Ones Own" (Session 1) Video
  3. Virginia Woolfs "A Room of Ones Own" (Session 2) Video
  4. Virginia Woolfs "A Room of Ones Own" (Session 3) Video
  5. Rene Welleks The New Criticism: Pro and Contra Video

week-11

  1. Walter Benjamins The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 1 Video
  2. Walter Benjamins The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 2 Video
  3. Walter Benjamins The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 3 Video
  4. Walter Benjamins The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 4 Video
  5. Walter Benjamins The Storyteller Video

week-12

  1. FR Leavis Video
  2. FR Leaviss "The Great Tradition" (Session 1) Video
  3. FR Leaviss "The Great Tradition" (Session 2) Video
  4. FR Leaviss "The Great Tradition" (Session 3) Video
  5. Viktor Shklovskys Art as Technique Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Madras
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Merin Simi Raj
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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