UGC-NET JRF (Jan 2017), PhD in Eng. Lit. (University of Delhi), Teaching Exp. (DU and Jamia), M.A. (CURaj), B.A(hons)Eng. (EFLU/CIEFL,Hyd.)

Balveer Balveer

This course will comprehensively cover literary criticism and theory from Plato to present. I will be helpful for development of subjective understanding as well as for competitive exams. The pattern of the course is focused on concept building with the help of examples and exercise.

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(Hindi) Understanding Literary Criticism and Theory: From Plato to Present

Literary Theory & Criticism

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In this lesson we shall take into consideration Plato's understanding of mimesis (imitation), and discuss about the contribution of Plato in the tradition of literary criticism and theory. We shall also illustrate, why Plato kicked out the poets out of his republic?

3. Plato:The Republic 1 (in Hindi)

This lesson gives comprehensive understanding about why should plato not have kicked out the poets in his republic? It also dicusses about - how Plato's challenged literary theory; and how this challenge has become the very reason of existance of the long held tradition of literary criticsm and theory.

4. Plato: The Republic 2 (in Hindi)

This lesson discusses about importance of Aristotle in general and his Poetics in particular in the tradition of literary criticism and theory. It is also provides insight into his concept of mimesis(imitation).

5. Aristotle's Poetics: Mimesis (in Hindi)

This is an indroductory lesson which gives a detailed oveview about the importance and contents of the course. It also discusses about the methodology, and sources used in the course.

1 About the Course (in Hindi)

This lesson gives basic understanding about literature, literary criticism and theory. It tries to define literary criticism and theory with the help of series of questions. It also discusses about different theoratical stances about the nature, function, and meaning of literature.

2. Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introduction (in Hindi)

This lesson illustrates the differences between a story/paraxis and a plot/muthos; and an episodic plot and an Aristotelian plot with the help of examples from Sophocles' Oedipus the Rex (King).

6. Aristotle's Poetics: Plot 1(in Hindi)

This lesson illustrates Aristotle's concepts of unified (perfect/"mimeticised") plot, reversal (peripeteia), recognition (anagnorisis), and deus ex machina("god from the machine").

7. Aristotle's Poetics: Plot 2 (in Hindi)

This lesson illustrates Aristotle's notion of characters, hamartia, hubris, and theory of catharsis (purgation, purification, or clarification) It explores these concepts with the help of some examples from Oedipus the King.

8. Aristotle's Poetics: Characters and Catharsis - For NTA-UGC NET/JRF (in Hindi)

Thiss lesson explores Aristotle's views about nature and function of a critic,  his concept of genre studies, idea of organic theory of poetry, and of poetry as a synthesis of history and philosophy.

9. Aristotle's Other Mandates (in Hindi)

This lesson explains Horace's views about proper role of the critic, and the rules of decorum in his Ars Poetica.

10. Horace's Ars Poetica 1 (in Hindi)

This lesson explains Horace's views about duties of 'modern' poets, proper goal of poetry, and "purple passages." It also illustrates his notion about what is proper to be shown in public? and his comparison of poetry to painting.

11. Horace's Ars Poetica 2 (in Hindi)

This lesson explores Horace's comments on the nature and the duties of the poet.

12. Horac's Ars Poetica 3 (in Hindi)

In this lesson we shall discuss about Longinus' "On the Sublime." It explores what is sublime?  and his "rules of thumb" to achieve sublimity in a work of art.

13. Longinus: On the Sublime 1

This lesson explains Longinus' notion of what is not sublime?, and his rules of poetry, and views about "ideal audience" for a sublime work of art. It also discusses Longinus as a "pragmatic theorist" with the help of some examples from his work (On the Sublime).

14. Longinus: On the Sublime 2 (in Hindi)

This lesson talks about Longinus' answer to plato, and his views about the greatest threat to the art and culture such as tyranny, materialism, and hedonism.

15. Longinus: On the Sublime 3 (in Hindi)

This lesson talks about Sidney, and English Renaissance Criticism in general, and Stephen Gosson's "School of Abuse" in perticular. It tries to contextualise Sidney's An Apologie for Poetrie in the Renaissance period in order to make better understanding about it.

16. Sir Philip Sidney : "An Apologie for Poetrie" 1 (in Hindi)

This lesson introduces Sidney's An Apologie for Poetry and explores the way he praises poetry as well as his ideas about essence of poetic power and craft.

Sir Philip Sidney: An Apologie for Poetrie 2 (in Hindi)

This lesson explains Sidney's views about how poetry inspires our soul for great actions, and how it synthecizes history and philosophy. It also take into consideration Sidney's refutation of four major charges against poetry or poets such as it is useless, mother of lies, leads to sinful behaviour, and Plato's charges againt it. In conlusion it reflects on Sidney's curse on poet-haters.

Sir Philip Sidney: An Apology for Poetrie 3 (in Hindi)

This is an introductory lesson to the English Necoclassical Period.

19. The English Neoclassical Criticism: an Introduction (in Hindi)

Annie Mahindru

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(Hindi) Literary Devices - NTA NET English

In this course, the educator will take up Marxism as a Literary theory and focus on various theorists and their theories.

(Hindi) Marxism- Literary theory - NTA UGC NET

The aim of this course is to understand poststructuralism as a Literary theory and to be able to attempt the questions based on it in the NET (exam).

Poststructuralism : Literary Theory for NTA-UGC NET

This course is a preparatory course for UGC NET ENGLISH aspirants which will focus on the Literary theory - Psychoanalytic Criticism.

(Hindi) UGC NET English- Psychoanalytic Criticism- Literary Theory

This course is for the aspirants of UGC NET English. In this course we are going to focus on LITERARY THEORY - Structuralism. We also have a test series on Structuralism in the last lesson of the course.

Literary Theory - Structuralism for NTA UGC NET English

I want to educate people. Taught in a school as T.G.T. Done M.A. Nine years of experience of taking Spoken English classes.

Priti Lakhotia

Information regarding the written dates and publishing dates of all the major novels of different ages in the History of English Literature including Indian novels written in English.

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3. Plato:The Republic 1 (in Hindi)

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4. Plato: The Republic 2 (in Hindi)

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5. Aristotle's Poetics: Mimesis (in Hindi)

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1 About the Course (in Hindi)

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2. Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introduction (in Hindi)

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6. Aristotle's Poetics: Plot 1(in Hindi)

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7. Aristotle's Poetics: Plot 2 (in Hindi)

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8. Aristotle's Poetics: Characters and Catharsis - For NTA-UGC NET/JRF (in Hindi)

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9. Aristotle's Other Mandates (in Hindi)

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10. Horace's Ars Poetica 1 (in Hindi)

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