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MA English IGNOU students, pay attention! MEG-05 IGNOU Help and Exam Study Guide Book titled “Literary Criticism and Theory"". Ready to Revise notes for each topic with highlighted Points- important for Examination, Easy to understand and comprehend. Divided into various sections covering Graduation, Post Graduation, Certificate Courses, Diploma courses, bachelor's degrees and Master's degrees. Strictly based on the Latest IGNOU exam pattern. Complete focus on the latest exam syllabus.SECTION-WISE PRACTICE QUESTIONS with explanations, Every subtopic is followed by some practice question. Answers to these questions are also provided, previous year's solved question papers up to 10 Years are also given for understanding the pattern of questions coming in the exam to practice test papers with answer are given for quick revision. Special discounts for students, Beneficial book for IGNOU competitive exam.MEG-05 Literary Criticism and TheoryTopics CoveredBlock 1 - An IntroductionLiterature, Criticism and TheoryOverview of Western Critical ThoughtTwentieth Century DevelopmentsThe Function of CriticismIndian AestheticsResistance to Theory/How to Read a ReaderBlock 2 - Classical CriticismFeatures of Classical CriticismPlato on Imitation and ArtAristotle’s Theory of ImitationAristotle’s Theory of Tragedy-IAristotle’s Theory of Tragedy-IICriticism as DialogueBlock 3 - Romantic CriticismRomanticismWords Worth: Preface to the Lyrical BalladsColeridge: Biographia LiterariaP.B.Shelley: A Defiance of PoetryBlock 4 - New CriticismI.A.RichardsT.S.EliotF.R.LeavisJohn Crowe Ransom and Cleanth BrooksW.K.WimsattConclusionBlock 5 - Marxist View of LiteratureMarxism and LiteratureSociety and History: Marxist ViewRepresenting and Critiquing Society: SuperstructuresCommitment in LiteratureAutonomy in LiteratureLiterature and IdeologyBlock 6 - Feminist TheoriesFeatures of Feminist CriticismMary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of womanVirginia Woolf: A Room of One’s OwnSimone de Beauvoir: The Second SexElaine Showalter: ‘Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness’Feminist Concerns in India TodayBlock 7 - DeconstructionRoots: New Criticism and StructuralismBeginning DeconstructionImplicationsDeconstructing PoetryDeconstructing DramaRe-Assessing DeconstructionBlock 8 - Contemporary Literary TheorySome Basic IssuesPostmodernism: The BasicsPsychoanalysis: Freud and LacanPostcolonial Theory: Said, Spivak and BhabhaBeginnings of Cultural Studies and New HistoricismBeginnings of Cultural Studies and New HistoricismTotal Question Papers - Total-13, Solved-13, Unsolved-0June (2018-2024)December (2018-2023)February (2021)