Hi, I am Dr Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi, a university professor and a professional linguist. Welcome to “Literary Theory and Criticism” at Udemy. In this course, you will learn about literary theory and criticism.

When it comes to reading literature whether it is poetry or novel, students enjoy it a lot but when it comes to analyzing and interpreting literature, they are not sure about it.

This course will give you the confidence to read and interpret a text easily. And by the end of this course, you will be able to use the theoretical lens of criticism and theory in your analysis.

Also, as a bonus, you will get the analysis of Lawrence’s “Sons and Lovers” and Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening”.

So, join this course and master literary theory and criticism. By the end of the course, titled “Literary Criticism and Theory” the student will learn about the following:

1. Formalism, Practical Criticism and New Criticism

2. Historicisms and Materialisms

3. Surface and Deep Structure; Iceberg Model and Application of Six-Word Rule

4. Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Relations

5. Existentialism

6. Poststructuralism

7. Analysis of Lawrence’s “Sons and Lovers”

8. Analysis of Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening”

9. The Standpoint Theory

10. Panopticon: Power, Knowledge, Discourse and Discursive Practices

I wish you a happy learning.