welcome friends to the nptel course in literary
theory and literary criticism i am aysha professor
of literature and film studies at the department
of humanities and social sciences here at
iit madras about the aim of the course so
the course is an overview of major theoretical
trends in literature and it also aims to show
how literary theory and practice are interconnected
who is the course meant for so the course
is targeted at undergraduate and also postgraduate
students of english studies there is no prerequisite
but a knowledge of literary concepts and basic
literary terms would help
regarding the course content you will gain
an extensive knowledge of classical and neoclassical
theory romanticism marxism new criticism new
historicism structuralism etcetera a detailed
course ah overview is given on the nptel website
regarding the course evaluation there will
be multiple choice questions as well as short
assignments that you will be required to complete
and submit online we are ah consulting various
sources and resources including um online
resources for developing this course and ah
a list will be given ah and provided at the
website however ah just a quick look at what
we what should be their basic reading list
here so that key text that will that will
be referred to are the rootlets companion
to critical theory and the johns hopkins guide
to literary theory and criticism
so let me tell you about the outcome of the
course by the end of the course you will be
familiar with the major approaches to literature
which are signaled by the terms criticism
and theory you will be able to place each
critical movement in its historical and socio
political context and most importantly you
will be able to make sense of theory which
in turn will inform the way you read a text
so i welcome you a board and look forward
to meeting you for this course
thank you
