parts of the country. 1. Comprehensive Notes for UGC-NET (Rs. 1500) • Detailed notes on Literary History‚ Theory • Glossary of Literary and Theoretical Terms • Major Topics selected from NET Question Papers • Objective Questions & Question Bank based on past Question Papers • Summary of all topics in capsule form for Quick Revision FREE OFFER: Books on Analysis of Literary Works‚ Literary Criticism‚ American & Commonwealth Literatures plus 800 Objective Questions 2. Notes for BA/MA
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Our (knowledge of the text of the Poetics depends principally on a manuscript of the tenth or eleventh century and a second manuscript dating from the fourteenth century.] (not to write in notes)*. Aristotle could be considered the first popular literary critic. Unlike Plato‚ who all but condemned written verse‚ Aristotle breaks it down and analyses it
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In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”‚ Wilfred Owen uses a variety of literary devices to tell a sickening sight which he encountered in World War 1. He discusses a side of war no one wants to talk about and challenges the reader’s thinking. Owen uses the literary devices of tone‚ figurative language‚ and imagery to showcase the actuality of what soldiers faced and encountered while both on and off the battlefield. The first literary device used throughout
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can also demonstrate that the differences between Cognitive poetics and some forms of Hermeneutics are smaller than they may appear at first sight. At stake is whether Cognitive poetics holds the potential to be extended to some kind of cognitive literary studies which is not at all constrained to studying principles of literature‚ but which could add value to the interpretation of literature itself. At the same time‚ we want to discuss if Hermeneutics can afford to ignore cognitive approaches.
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Literary Ecocriticism is concerned with the relationship between humans and nature as manifested in literary works. When it is perceived as a holistic approach‚ Ecocriticism examines the relationship between man and nature as well as the role that nature and the environment play in the humanities in general
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paper will show how I think the author was trying to use imagery to show the love between the dog and his owners. The reader-response approach in literary criticism is where the author “finds a personal link or imaginative entry into a story‚ poem‚ or play” (Clugston‚ 2010). I believe that this approach would be the best type of literary criticism for this poem. “The author uses symbolism‚ empathy‚ and imagery designed to reveal the tone I observed. He must have designed from a real life experience
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Socialist realism is a literary ideology or stream which is strong enough dominating in Western Europe. This ideology has a quite large contribution to the literature world. Realism is essentially concern with historical problem. The most prominent reason in this case is that an object can be investigated‚ analyzed‚ and studied through science‚ and its nature can be found through philosophy. As a stream of ethical‚ realism acknowledges the ethical experienced factors‚ whether it relates to life‚
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New Criticism/ Formalism: Definition • Involves reading the text closely. • Every bit of detail is essential to interpret the text. • Interpretation will be found in the text. • Interested in the setting‚ characters‚ symbols‚ and point of view. • Do not look at the text with feminism‚ psychology‚ mythology‚ or other standpoints. • Analyze irony‚ paradox‚ imagery‚ and metaphors. Historical Development Methodology • 20th
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Williams’s theoretical development‚ and how his own engagement with various theoretical positions has helped to set ’limits’ on the meaning of cultural materialism. Chapters 1 and 2 deal with some of Williams’s earliest work‚ particularly Reading and Criticism‚ as a way of investigating how reasonable it is to tag him as a ’Left-Leavisite’‚ arguing that Leavis’s undoubted influence is resisted (though not entirely rejected) from a very early stage. The first chapter considers in detail Leavis’s work at
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Stereotypes aside‚ Barthes’ concern here is with “W ho is speaking thus” (142) in the novel: the “hero of the story” (142)? “Balzac the individual‚ furnished by his personal experience with a philosophy of woman” (142)> “Balzac the author professing ‘literary’ ideas on femininity” (142)? “Is it universal wisdom” (142)? “W e shall never know” (142)‚ he responds for “writing is the destruction of every voice‚ of every point of origin. W riting is that neutral space . . . where our subject slips away‚
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