About This Course

About this course:

This online eLearning course for Literary Criticism and Theory (MEG-05) offered by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is designed for students pursuing Bachelors, Masters, PG Diploma, PG Certificate, and Diploma programs. The course covers a comprehensive syllabus that includes critical theories from Western thought, Indian aesthetics, feminist criticism, postcolonial theory, and much more. With a focus on preparing students for Term End Exams, this course provides online coaching through Gyaniversity Education, ensuring that learners have access to essential resources and support.

What you will get:

  • Introduction & Strategy: Learn how to effectively navigate this course, understand the course structure, grading scale, and exam strategies to maximize your performance.
  • Videos Lectures & Important Notes: Access easy-to-follow video lectures and simplified notes, hand-picked by our team from top public sources to enhance your learning experience.
  • 2500+ Topic-wise and Subject-wise Practice Questions: Test your knowledge with a variety of question types including multiple choice, true/false, assertion-reason, and match the following.
  • 10+ Test Series: Prepare with over 10 full-length mock tests and receive personalized feedback on a teacher-graded assignment to improve your understanding.
  • Study Material: Get a comprehensive guide book by Gyaniversity Publications, important notes in printable PDF format, and a PDF of the IGNOU textbook for thorough preparation.
  • Bonus Course Content: Access previous year question papers and enjoy discounts on the hard copy of the guide book to further aid your studies.

SKU: MEG-05-OC

Learning Objectives

Literature, Criticism and Theory
Overview of Western Critical Thought
Twentieth Century Developments
The Function of Criticism
Indian Aesthetics
Resistance to Theory/How to Read a Reader
Features of Classical Criticism
Plato on Imitation and Art
Aristotle’s Theory of Imitation
Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy-I
Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy-II
Criticism as Dialogue
Romanticism
Wordsworth: Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
Coleridge: Biographia Literaria
P.B.Shelley: A Defiance of Poetry
I.A.Richards
T.S.Eliot
F.R.Leavis
John Crowe Ransom and Cleanth Brooks
W.K.Wimsatt
Conclusion
Marxism and Literature
Society and History: Marxist View
Representing and Critiquing SOCIETY: Superstructures
Commitment in Literature
Autonomy in Literature
Literature and Ideology
Features of Feminist Criticism
Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own
Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex
Elaine Showalter: ‘Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness’
Feminist Concerns in India Today
Roots: New Criticism and Structuralism
Beginning Deconstruction
Implications
Deconstructing Poetry
Deconstructing Drama
Re-Assessing Deconstruction
Some Basic Issues
Postmodernism: The Basics
Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan
Postcolonial Theory: Said, Spivak and Bhabha
Beginnings of Cultural Studies and New Historicism
Literary Criticism and Theory: A Summing Up
Literature, Criticism and Theory
Overview of Western Critical Thought
Twentieth Century Developments
The Function of Criticism
Indian Aesthetics
Resistance to Theory/How to Read a Reader
Features of Classical Criticism
Plato on Imitation and Art
Aristotle’s Theory of Imitation
Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy-I
Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy-II
Criticism as Dialogue
Romanticism
Wordsworth: Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
Coleridge: Biographia Literaria
P.B.Shelley: A Defiance of Poetry
I.A.Richards
T.S.Eliot
F.R.Leavis
John Crowe Ransom and Cleanth Brooks
W.K.Wimsatt
Conclusion
Marxism and Literature
Society and History: Marxist View
Representing and Critiquing SOCIETY: Superstructures
Commitment in Literature
Autonomy in Literature
Literature and Ideology
Features of Feminist Criticism
Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own
Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex
Elaine Showalter: ‘Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness’
Feminist Concerns in India Today
Roots: New Criticism and Structuralism
Beginning Deconstruction
Implications
Deconstructing Poetry
Deconstructing Drama
Re-Assessing Deconstruction
Some Basic Issues
Postmodernism: The Basics
Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan
Postcolonial Theory: Said, Spivak and Bhabha
Beginnings of Cultural Studies and New Historicism
Literary Criticism and Theory: A Summing Up

Material Includes

  • Video Lessons for Every Topic
  • 2500+ Practice Questions
  • 10+ Full Length Mock Tests
  • Gyaniversity Guidebook
  • Important Notes
  • Q&A with Teachers
  • Important Exam Strategy
  • Guess Paper: Important Qs
  • Custom Graded Assignments
  • Bonus Course Content

Requirements

  • Watch the video lessons carefully. Make notes as required.
  • Test your knowledge with our quizzes and mock tests.
  • Read the logical answer explanations in the quizzes to understand concepts.
  • Study the important notes made with the mind-mapping technique.
  • Refer to the Gyaniversity Guide book for solved Q&As.
  • Submit an optional assignment and get it evaluated by a teacher.

Target Audience

  • IGNOU Students
  • Indian University Students
  • MEG, PGDWI, PGDBLT, PGDNOV, PGDWM, PGDAML, PGDNLEG Students

Curriculum

59 Lessons25h 24m

Introduction and Exam Strategy

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How to Use this Course2:09Preview
Course Structure & Grading Scale0:20
Question Paper Pattern1:40
Exam Strategies for Success2:28
List of Most Important Topics1:41

Video Explanations and Summaries

Watch interesting videos that explain all topics easily. Go through important notes that summarise all the points in a chapter using the mind-mapping technique.

Topic-wise Practice Questions

Practice till you are perfect with our huge database of questions arranged by topic. Get immediate results and answer explanations so you learn effectively.

Test Series

Attempt full-length mock tests and a test assignment graded by our teachers with personalised feedback. All tests are at the same difficulty level as your final exams.

Study Material

Get access to a variety of study materials like our guide book, summarised notes for every lesson and the fully combined NCERT / Karnataka Board textbook.

Bonus Course Content

Attempt quizzes with mixed questions from your subject, review previous year question papers and get a special discount on your purchase of our guide books in hard copy.
Free
Level
Intermediate
Lectures
59 lectures

Material Includes

  • Video Lessons for Every Topic
  • 2500+ Practice Questions
  • 10+ Full Length Mock Tests
  • Gyaniversity Guidebook
  • Important Notes
  • Q&A with Teachers
  • Important Exam Strategy
  • Guess Paper: Important Qs
  • Custom Graded Assignments
  • Bonus Course Content

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