Foundations of Literary Theory & Criticism
Course Title: Foundations of Literary Theory & Criticism
Level: BS 5th
Course Code: ELL302
Course Description
This course introduces some of the most vital debates in the tradition of
English literary criticism from Plato and Aristotle in the Greek times to T.
S. Eliot in early twentieth century. Equipped with the ability of analyzing
and appreciating this literary tradition through all these centuries, the
students would be able to grasp arguments in classical and romantic
schools of literary criticism, represented by critics like Samuel Johnson,
Mathew Arnold, T. S. Eliot, and F. R. Leavis on the one hand, and Philip
Sidney, Wordsworth, and Coleridge on the other. That would help
students be conversant with ‘practical criticism’ / ‘close reading’ and
ideas-led’ criticism respectively. By concentrating on this rich canonical
tradition, students will be able to learn how each generation of critics has
responded to critical theorizing and creative works of not only their own
time…
