Aristotle : Poetics
Sir Philip Sidney : Apology for Poetry
Dr. Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare
William Wordsworth : Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Matthew Arnold : The Study of Poetry
Reference Book:
1. Aristotle, Poetics, D& M Publisher, 1961. 2. Sethuraman, V.S.(Ed.). Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology, Vol. 1&2 Chennai: Macmillan. 3. Lodge, David, (Ed.) 20th Century Criticism: A Reader. London : Longman 4. Lodge, David, (Ed.) Modern Criticism and Theory : A Reader.London : Longman 5. Wolfreys. (Ed.) Introduction: Criticism at the 21st Century London: Routledge 6. Barry, Peter, Beginning Theory, London: Routledge 7. Harland, Literary Theory from Plato to Barthes, Routledge
Text Book:
1. Aristotle, Poetics, D& M Publisher, 1961. 2. Sethuraman, V.S.(Ed.). Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology, Vol. 1&2 Chennai: Macmillan. 3. Lodge, David, (Ed.) 20th Century Criticism: A Reader. London : Longman 4. Lodge, David, (Ed.) Modern Criticism and Theory : A Reader.London : Longman 5. Wolfreys. (Ed.) Introduction: Criticism at the 21st Century London: Routledge 6. Barry, Peter, Beginning Theory, London: Routledge 7. Harland, Literary Theory from Plato to Barthes, Routledge