Principles of Literary Criticism ( M.A 1st Sem Syllubus 2010-2011)

UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD

Department of Telugu

HT 503 Principles of Literary Criticism

I Semester, M. A. Telugu Core Course 3 Credits

Course Teacher: Dr.Darla Venkateswara Rao.

Email: vrdarla@gmail.com

UNIT – I

Nature and Scope of Criticism-Definition of Criticism – Art and Literature- Relations between Poet and Critic –Poet as a Critic- Value of Criticism -Qualities of Good Critic and Types of critics -Basic Principles of literary Criticism: a) Analysis. b) Interpretation. c) Comparison. d) Judgment.

UNIT – II

An outline of Classical Telugu Criticism: Distinguished features in kavyavatarika’s (Prefaces), Lakshanagrandha’s(Poetics), Chatuva’s (Figurative Verses or Couplets), Theeka’s (Commentaries) and others.

UNIT – III

Origin and Evolution of Telugu Literary Criticism – Influence of Western Literature- Biographical Sketches of Deccan Poets- Early age Telugu Critics – Kasibhatta Brahmaiah Sastry – Kandukuri Veeresa Lingam – Venneti Ramachandra Rao- and others.

Appreciation of Poem – Kattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy.

Appreciation of Aesthetic elements in a Poem – Rallapalli Anantakrishna Sarma, Duvuuri Rami Reddy.

Study of Silpa in a Poem – Viswanatha Satyanarayana

Appreciation of a Synthesis – Pingali Laksmi kantham, G.V.Krishna Rao, C.NarayanaReddy, R.S.Sudarsanam

Symbolist Approach and Prominence to Poetic Diction- Gunturi Seshendra Sarma

Dialectical Materialist (Marxist) Approach

a) Socialist Humanism – Sri Sri

b) Socialist and Critical Realism – Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao

c) Socialist Consciousness – Kandurthi Anjaneyulu

New Trends in literary Criticism

Feminist, Dalit, Post modernism, Post Structuralism etc.

UNIT – IV

Methods of Literary Criticism

a) Textual Criticism, b) Biographical Criticism, c) Psychological Criticism, d) Historical Criticism,

e) Marxist Criticism, f) Stylistic Criticism, g) Comparative Criticism and other methods.

h) Difference & Similarities between Comparative and Argumentative Criticism.

Reference books:

Telugulo Sahitya Vimarsa – S.V.Rama Rao

Adhunika Telugu Sahitya Vimarsa: Saampraadayika Reeti- Kovela Sampatkumaracharya

Vimarsa Moulika LakshaNaalu- Mudigonda Veerabhadraiah

Anuvartita Vimarsa Bhashaa saastra drukkonaalu- Parimi Rama narasimham

20th Century Literary Criticism - (Ed) David Lodge

Principles of literary criticism - Richards, I.A.