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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Literary Criticism I Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Literary Criticism - I

Major · English · Semester 5 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

Module 1: Conceptual Background

  • 1 Literary Criticism (Nature, Scope and Function)
  • 2 Role of a Critic
  • 3 Theory of Imitation
  • 4 Negative Capability
  • 5 Fancy and Imagination
  • 6 Affective and Intentional Fallacy

Module 2: Indian Literary Critical Thought

  • The Theory of Rasa: S.N.Dasgupta:
  • Theory of Poetry: Vakrokti: S.K.Kuntaka

Module 3: Essays of Western Critical Thought

  • 1 Preface to Lyrical Ballad - William Wordsworth
  • 2 Tradition and Individual Talent- T.S. Eliot

Module 4: Critical Approaches

  • 1 Biographical Criticism
  • 2 Psychoanalytical Approach

Reference Books

  • Enright, D.J. and Chickera, Ernst De. (Ed.) English Critical Texts. Delhi: Oxford
  • University Press, 1962. Lodge, David and Nigel Wood (Ed.) Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader (Second edition). New Delhi: Pearson, 1988. Ramaswami S. and V.S. Seturaman (Ed.) English Critical Tradition: An Anthology of English Literary Criticism. New Delhi: Trinity Press, 1986. Raghavan V. and Nagendra (Ed.) An Introduction to Indian Poetics. Madras: MacMillan, 1970.
  • Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 8th ed., Akash Press, 2007.
  • Daiches, David. Critical Approaches to Literature. Longman, 1984.
  • Habib, M. A. R. A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present. Blackwell, 2005. Lodge, David, editor. Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Longman, 1972.
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