Course Description: 2020 CORE COURSE 302 

LITERARY CRITICISM UP TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

[The course description can be downloaded from the following link]

a. Unit I Classical and Neo-Classical (at least two authors)

i. Sub-unit-1: “On the Art of Poetry”. Horace.

ii. Sub-unit-2: “On the Sublime”. Longinus

b. Unit II From the Age of Sensibility to the End of the Nineteenth Century (1750-1900)

i. Sub-unit-1: “Prefaces to Shakespeare” (1765) Samuel Johnson

ii. Sub-unit-2: “Essay Supplementary to Preface to Lyrical Ballads” (1815). William Wordsworth 

Assessment: Format and Schedule

1 )Two in-semester assessments will be conducted during the course according to the following plan. Cumulatively these two tests will contribute to 20% of your final score in  the course.

(a) An MCQ quiz on the basics of all four sub-units was held on 8 October at 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. The quiz was based on all the audio files linked to the Google Sheet of the course progress plan as given below. The quiz also included the entire Introduction to the Loeb Classical library edition of On The Sublime. 

(b) The Second Internal Assessment in blended mode was held on 2 Feb from 10 AM to 12 noon. The test was be based only on the resources as part of Contents learning module as indicated in the Google Sheet detailing Course Progress Plan. 

2) End-semester schedule and format are announced by the University authority.

Class Schedule: TU: 10:30-12:30 ; TH: 10:30-12:30

This is not the schedule of live class via Google Meet. 

This is the schedule of posting of study materials. 

It is expected that students will read and listen to these materials at least during these 4 hours a week to make steady progress in the course.

Students' Hour: Every Tuesday (network permitting) the teacher will hold an hour of discussion on the questions raised by students on the study materials indicated on previous Thursday. This is not an usual class to deliver content. There will be no content delivery during this Students' Hour meetings. Drop by if you have a question. 

Link to join Students' Hour Google Meet https://meet.google.com/sox-gods-rhm The Meet begins at 11:30 AM. 

Course progress plan: 

All study materials are listed and linked to this Google Sheet [LINK]. The proposed plan may be modified under unavoidable circumstances.

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