Literature, Theory and Criticism

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1. What is Literature?

What is Literature? from Dilip Barad

2. Criticism Vs Creativity

Criticism Vs Creativity from Dilip Barad

3. Difference between Theory and Criticism

Difference between Literary Theory and Criticism from Dilip Barad

Literature: What, Why and How

What, Why and How of Studying Literature

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An introduction to the discipline of Literature

As a part of student-reflection on learning, they are asked to add a page on their Digital Portfolio about:

• What is Literature?
• Why study Literature?
• How does it make any difference?

To help students in this process of reflective learning, some useful blogs, videos, web-articles are shared here. As it is necessary to give line of thought or some starting points, so that students can realize what is expected, here are some resources:

• What Literature is for?

Dilip Barad - an Online Session with Sem 4 Students on 'How to Write How Literature Shaped me?'

 

How to write 'Learning Outcome of Studying Literature'?: Dilip Barad

 

 Literature in the Digital Era (Scott Hartley's The Techie and the Fuzzy: Why the Liberal Arts will rule to Digital Era)

• What Books Do for the Human Soul: The Four Psychological Functions of Great Literature“Writers open our hearts and minds, and give us maps to our own selves.” (MARIA POPOVA)

• How English Literature Shaped me - Aravind Adiga

• Is BA English in India just timepass? (Ketan Krishna)

• Surviving BA English

• IIT dropout finds B.A. English syllabus equally uninteresting (Pagal Patrakar)

• Life at ‪‎Delhi University‬ | 5 things every English Honours student goes through in college!

• Why students study English literature in the era of technology?

• Are the intellectual benefits of 'reading' overrated?
• Education without Liberal Arts is a threat to Humanity - Santa J. Ono 

We can also ponder on the characters in literary texts in syllabus

Here are some noteworthy links:

• The 10 Most Hated Fictional Characters

• YOUR 20 MOST-LOVED LITERARY CHARACTERS

Additional resources:

     Websites:

1.      http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/staffhome/siryan/Academy/Foundation/What_Is_Literature.htm

2.      http://www.und.edu/dept/linguistics/wp/1997Meyer.PDF

3.      http://classiclit.about.com/od/literaryterms/g/aa_whatisliter.htm

You Tube Videos:

1.      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neRyi3i3K20&feature=related (Importance of Literature)

2.      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRvav7oyjTY (what is literature)

3.      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-wv6DUKInE&NR=1 (Prof. Ron Wheeler)

4.      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8UOMGQfuLk&feature=related (a day in the life of English literature student)

Books:

1.      Eagleton, Terry.  Literary Theory: An Introduction.  Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Inc., 1996.

2.      Hernadi, Paul. Ed.  What is Literature?  Bloomington & London, Indiana University Press, 1978.

3.      Wellek, René and Austin Warren. Theory of Literature.  Mitcham, Victoria: Penguin, 1963.

4.      Rees, R J. English Literature: An Introduction to the foreign readers. Macmillan. 1973.

5.      Scott James R.A. The Making Of Literature (1946).

6.      Hudson, William Henry. An Introduction to the study of Literature (1913)