Site on Literary Theory and Criticism

Aneesha has sent sites on literary theory and criticism. Here they are...
1. Critical Reading: An Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism
2. Dr Kristi Siegel's webpage

Below are the one's I have come across for more extensive academic engagement.
1. Marxists Internet Archive
2. Semiotics for Beginners
3. Textetc.com
4. Philosophy Study Guides from Sparknotes

'Paradise Lost' extract - notes

Siddarth has asked me to post material on the exact from Paradise Lost. Here it is.
1. From Sparknotes
2. From Pinkmonkey
3. A paper on invocation

Material on 'Macbeth'

1. Annotated hypertext
2. 'Enjoying Macbeth' by Ed Friedlander
3. From Sparknotes
4. From Classicnotes
5. From Wikipedia

'Semilogy and Rhetoric' Paul de Man - notes

1. A commentary by John Phillips
2. Notes by Richard Clarke

Announcement - Certificate Course in Philosophy

Next Saturday, 27 September 2008 will be the last day of the Certificate Course in Existentialism class. Dr Kachappilly will discuss Nietzsche on that day. Those interested are welcome.

There will be a photo session of the course participants after the class. Would request those who have digital camera to come with one as I do not have access to one.

On 28 Sept 2008, 2 pm onwards there will be viva for evaluation in Dr Kachappilly's office, DVK Auditorium Block near University car park.

Alternatively, those who wish to submit papers in the normal research paper format my do so latest by 5 October.

Notes on 'Alexander's Feast'

1. From Representative Poetry Online
2. Tercentenery Essays on Dryden
3. With 'sidenotes'!

Notes on 'Rape of the Lock'

1. From Sparknotes
2. From Wikipedia
3. From Cummings Study Guides
4. With Annotations
5. From Representative Poetry Online
6. From Literary Encyclopedia
7. From Enotes
8. An essay by Ian Mackean on 'Rape of the Lock'
9 'Rape of the Lock' Home Page

Department of Media Studies

presents
BACKSTAGE PASSES

(A PERFORMANCE BASED LITERATURE SEMINAR)

DATE- Sunday, 21st September 2008
TIME- 10 AM to 5 PM
VENUE- Christ University Auditorium

Inaugural Address - Dr.(Fr.) Thomas C Mathew
Vice-Chancellor, Christ University


Chief Guest

Shobhaa De
Novelist & Columnist

'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' by Thomas Gray - Notes

1. From The Thomas Gray Archive
2. With annotations
3. With related resources
4. From Representative Poetry Online - with extensive notes

Note: I will be circulating photocopied material tomorrow on 'Elegy...' and 'Rape of the Lock' through the class reps.

'Tyger' and 'Lamb' by William Blake

The Lamb (1789)
1. From Wikipedia
2. Write up by Ralph Dumain

The Tyger (1794)
1. From Sparknotes
2. From Wikipedia
3. Lecture on Youtube
4. 'Understanding William Blake's "Tyger"'

'The Lamb and the Tyger: Binary Archetypes' by Dr Sebastian Mahfood
Note: I wanted to mention in the class today that Blake married Catherine Boucher, an illiterate, whom he taught to read and write, and to help him in engraving and printing.

IFEP OE CIA 3 Test

Tomorrow between 11 and 12 there will be Optional English CIA 3 Test on Northanger Abbey. The questions will include objective types, fill in the blanks and true or false. There will be 20 questions in all carrying one mark each. All the best.

Kubla Khan notes

1. From Representative Poetry Online
2. From enotes
3. From Sparknotes
3. From ....

Resolution and Independence notes

1. Tenets of Wordsworth in Resolution and Independence
2. An analysis

To Sir with Love Script

Please click here to view the complete script of To Sir With Love

Enhancing Quality of Answers - Presentation

What does a question test?
• Comprehension of the question
• Logic of answering- sentences, paragraphs
• Spelling, punctuation
• Expression within the given word limit

Common Mistakes/Errors

Mistakes/Errors	Appropriate Usage
english	English
actually, basically	???????????
tough	Difficult, challenging
don’t, can’t	do not, cannot (Contractions)
called as	called
eg, for eg,	e.g.
Yours Faithfully	Yours faithfully
Your’s	Yours

• Difference between speaking and writing
• No religious symbols – Malpractice
• Draw margins and write question numbers outside the margin
• Make paragraphs for longer answers
• Do not write answers in points
• Single inverted commas for titles of poems or essays
• Underline titles of books, plays, films
• Names begin with capital letters
• Quote only if you know exactly
• Avoid use of green or red ink