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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Semester 6 — subject classesसेमेस्टर 6 — विषयवार कक्षाएँEvery theory subject of the term, unit by unit, with notes, numericals and doubt classes.
Literary Criticism and TheoryLiterature in Translation
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Labs, practicals & project workलैब, प्रैक्टिकल और प्रोजेक्टExperiments / jobs / project work as in the syllabus, with practical file and viva preparation.
Research Project-II
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Unit tests & mid-termयूनिट टेस्ट और मिड-टर्मA test after every unit and a mid-term in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 6 mock testमॉक टेस्टA full mock test of all subjects before the exam, with analysis.
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Semester 6 exam (university / board)सेमेस्टर / वार्षिक परीक्षाPrevious papers, important questions and full revision.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
सिलेबस · पाठ्यक्रम
3 subjects · 15 chapters · 72 topics
Literary Criticism and Theory5 chapters · 6 Months
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01Unit 1: Classical Criticism
6 टॉपिक+
- Plato: theory of imitation and banishment of poets
- Aristotle's Poetics: definition of tragedy
- Six parts of tragedy, plot and hamartia
- Catharsis
- Longinus: On the Sublime and its five sources
- Horace: Ars Poetica (introduction)
02Unit 2: Neoclassical Criticism
5 टॉपिक+
- Sidney: An Apology for Poetry
- Dryden: An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
- Ancients versus Moderns and the three unities
- Dr Johnson: Preface to Shakespeare
- Pope: An Essay on Criticism (introduction)
03Unit 3: Romantic and Victorian Criticism
6 टॉपिक+
- Wordsworth: Preface to Lyrical Ballads
- Poetic diction and the language of common men
- Coleridge: Biographia Literaria - fancy and imagination
- Willing suspension of disbelief
- Arnold: The Study of Poetry, touchstone method
- Arnold: function of criticism
04Unit 4: Modern Criticism
5 टॉपिक+
- T.S. Eliot: Tradition and the Individual Talent
- Impersonality and the catalyst analogy
- Objective correlative and dissociation of sensibility
- I.A. Richards: Practical Criticism
- New Criticism: close reading, intentional and affective fallacies
05Unit 5: Literary Theory and Indian Poetics
6 टॉपिक+
- Saussure: signifier and signified
- Structuralism and Roland Barthes
- Derrida and deconstruction
- Feminist criticism: Woolf and de Beauvoir
- Postcolonialism: Edward Said's Orientalism
- Indian poetics: Bharata's rasa theory and Anandavardhana's dhvani
Literature in Translation5 chapters · 6 Months
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01Unit 1: Translation Studies
6 टॉपिक+
- Definition and need of translation
- Jakobson: intralingual, interlingual and intersemiotic translation
- Dryden: metaphrase, paraphrase and imitation
- Nida: formal and dynamic equivalence
- Venuti: domestication and foreignization
- Transcreation and problems of cultural words
02Unit 2: Indian Poetry in Translation
4 टॉपिक+
- Kalidasa and classical Sanskrit in English translation
- Tagore: Gitanjali (Song Offerings)
- Kabir and Bhakti poetry in translation
- Modern Hindi and Urdu poems in translation
03Unit 3: Indian Fiction in Translation
5 टॉपिक+
- Premchand: The Shroud (Kafan)
- Saadat Hasan Manto: Toba Tek Singh
- Ismat Chughtai: The Quilt (Lihaaf)
- Mahasweta Devi: Draupadi (tr. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak)
- U.R. Ananthamurthy: Samskara (tr. A.K. Ramanujan)
04Unit 4: Indian Drama in Translation
4 टॉपिक+
- Girish Karnad: Hayavadana
- Vijay Tendulkar: Silence! The Court is in Session
- Themes of identity, gender and society
- Stagecraft and folk forms
05Unit 5: World Literature in Translation
5 टॉपिक+
- Leo Tolstoy: How Much Land Does a Man Need?
- Anton Chekhov: Misery (The Lament)
- Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis
- Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez and magic realism (introduction)
Research Project-II5 chapters · 6 Months
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01Milestone 1: Review of Semester 5 Work
4 टॉपिक+
- Revisiting the synopsis and supervisor comments
- Updating the research questions
- Fresh reading and additions to the bibliography
- Work plan and time line for the semester
02Milestone 2: Analysis and Chapter Writing
5 टॉपिक+
- Applying a critical approach (thematic, feminist, postcolonial, psychoanalytic ...)
- Close reading of primary texts with quotations
- Writing the core chapters
- Linking chapters to the research questions
- Supervisor review of each chapter
03Milestone 3: Conclusion and Documentation
4 टॉपिक+
- Writing the conclusion and findings
- Abstract and keywords
- MLA works cited and in-text citation check
- Plagiarism check and corrections
04Milestone 4: Final Dissertation
4 टॉपिक+
- Formatting: title page, declaration, certificate, acknowledgement, contents
- Proof-reading and language editing
- Printing and binding as per department rules
- Submission before the deadline
05Milestone 5: Presentation and Viva
3 टॉपिक+
- Preparing 8-10 presentation slides
- Mock viva with the trainer
- Final viva-voce before internal and external examiners
About this course
आप यह कर पाएँगे
- Complete Literary Criticism and Theory syllabus with regular tests
- Complete Literature in Translation syllabus with regular tests
- Complete Research Project-II syllabus with regular tests
यह किसके लिए है
- B.A English students of Semester 6 under UP state universities (NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus)
- Students preparing for UGC-NET / TGT-PGT English literary criticism sections
आपको क्या चाहिए
- Completed B.A English Semesters 1-5
- Reading knowledge of English poetry and drama
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
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सवाल
Which syllabus is followed?
The UP NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus for B.A English Semester 6. The centre follows the student's own university syllabus (MGKVP, VBSPU, Lucknow University or any other) where it differs from this outline.
Are original texts read in class?
Yes, key extracts of each critical essay are read and explained, with summaries and model answers.
Does this help in UGC-NET?
Yes, the same critics and theory terms form a large part of the NET English criticism section.
Are tests held?
Yes, unit-wise MCQ tests and long-answer practice are held before the semester exam.
Which texts are prescribed?
The texts follow the UP NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus; colleges may choose different stories or plays. The centre follows the student's own university syllabus (MGKVP, VBSPU, Lucknow University or any other) where it differs from this outline.
Do I need to know Hindi or another language?
No, all texts are read in English translation, but knowing the source language helps in discussing translation problems.
How are classes taught?
Each text is read with summary, character study, themes and important passages, followed by MCQ and long-answer practice.
Is translation theory asked in the exam?
Yes, short questions on Jakobson, Nida, Venuti and types of translation are common.
