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Week DateTextCredit LevelList of study materialsLink to the materials
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1Thursday, 3 September 2020Ars PoeticaBasics1. Textbook: Horace for students of literature . The ''Ars poetica'' and its tradition by O. B. Hardison, Leon Golden. University Press of Florida, 1995.
2. Vidya-Mitra lecture on Criricism in the Classical Period by Prof Lalit Kumar of DDU College, Delhi University 		1.I cannot share the text for copyright reasons. 2. LINK to the audio file of YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu7oJnPh5dQ.
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2Thursday, 10 September 2020On the SublimeBasics1.Prescribed text: Longinus, Fyfe, W. H. (tr.) and Russel, Donald (rev.). “On the Sublime”. The Loeb Classical Library, Vol. 199 edited by G.P.Goold. Harvard UP, 1995.pp 143-307. 2. Presentation by Dr Susan Alexander 1. I cannot circulate the text here for copyright restrictions. Acquire a fresh copy for yourself rather than passively using a copy passed down to you. 2. Link to Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF8x-rviLpQ
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3Thursday, 24 September 2020Preface to ShakespeareBasics1. Prescribed Text: The text of Preface to Shakespeare is in the public domain. You may download a copy from Gutenberg.org 2. Vidya-mitra lecture by Prof Anita Bhela of Delhi University(1) Link to Gutenberg.org page displaying various format options: (2) Link to Youtube: Duration: 36.33’ If Youtube does not work, a copy of the presentation may be downloaded from this LINK
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4Thursday, 1 October 2020
Essay Supplementary to ‘Preface’
BasicsPrescribed text: The essay appeared in the 1815 book titled Poems by William Wordsworth: including Lyrical ballads. A facsimile copy of the original book is available on the Archive.org. I would urge all interested students to download and browse through the copy. This week rather than directing you to fresh audio-visual material on the “Essay”, I would rather direct you to the following resources that allow you a thorough revision of the earlier two “Preface"s. 1. A facsimile copy of the original book is available on the Archive.org (LINK) 2. Dr Scott Mason of Tyndale University, Toronto, Canada offers a detail discussion of “Preface” to Lyrical Ballads Youtube: (LINK) ; duration: 1:14:59’
Audio file: (LINK); size: 137 MB
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5Thursday, 8 October 20201/2 Internal Assessment MCQ QuizBasicsAll the materials listed here under the column 'Link to the materials' and the entire Introduction to the Loeb Classical library edition of On The Sublime.
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5Thursday, 8 October 2020Ars PoeticaContentsRequired reading: It is an absolute necessity that during the week you finish reading the entire Ars Poetica with the help of Hardison’s annotations. Hardison is adequate for understanding at this stage. If you have finished reading and understanding Hardison and still have any query, feel free to contact the teacher before the Students' Hour next Tuesday. Audio file: This is an hour long talk by Dr Scott J Mason (LINK to bio) of Tyndale University, Toronto, Canada. The audio file is meant only as additional material. It is not enough to simply listen to the audio file withour reading the text as advised above. In fact, Mason’s lecture is included here only as a demonstration of how to close-read Ars Poetica.
Youtube LINK, Downloadable audio file LINK, file size:142 MB duration: 1:18:04
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6Thursday, 15 October 2020 "ContentsBased on the discussion and feedback received during the Students' Hour of 13 Oct, it was decided not to provide any further reading material for this week. Students are urged to finish reading the entire Ars Poetica as advised in the previous week. They are also advised to send any query emails for discussion on 20 Oct Students' Hour by 8 AM, 20 October.
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BREAKStudents are urged to finish reading rest of the texts during this break so that they can join the second half of the course with renewed confidence of having familiarized thoroughly with the text. This is last and final chance to read and understand the text thoroughly.
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7Thursday, 24 December 2020On the SublimeContentsApart from thourughly reading the Loeb Classical edition as recommended earlier, listen to the following lectures. For any clarification on these resources or on the text, use the query Google Form circulated via Remind.com. If you have not received it via Remind.com, but need to submit a query, email me. (1) Lecture I by Merin Simi Raj of IIT Kanpur (2) Lecture II by Merin Simi Raj of IIT Kanpur(1) https://youtu.be/QG-0KimHGz8 (2) https://youtu.be/Uq-btefXAnQ
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8Thursday, 31 December 2020Preface to ShakespeareContentsIn the first module on the text you already had a fairly good grounding on the basic facts and features of the text. With the help of that in this module you are expected to acquaint yourselves closely with the text. Since this is the last week to finish reading the text thoroughly, please complete doing so with the help of a good dictionary like Shorter Oxford or OED. Even if Johnson’s syntax is often elaborate, if not long-winding compared to contemporary practices. But do remember that you are encountering one of the most important stylists of the English prose. Accordingly clarify every sentence as minutely as possible so that you can explain it satisfactorily to any intelligent lay reader. For allusions use Google intelligently. These are my old suggestions and are equally applicable here. For any query or clarification, do use the attached Google Form. DO remember that the Second Internal will be based solely on the textual content of the prescribed material.
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9Thursday, 7 January 2021
Essay Supplementary to ‘Preface’
Contents
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9Thursday, 14 January 2021Ars PoeticaIssues IRequired Reading: Horace for Students of Literature : The "Ars Poetica" and Its Tradition by O. B. Hardison. In focus will be the foloowing issues:
(a) Titles of the work (pp. 26 -28) (b) Context (pp. 28 - 33) (c) Decorum; "Fitting Together" (pp. 33 - 36) (d) Grammar, Rhetoric (pp. 36 - 38) (e) Influence of Neoptolemus of Parium (pp. 38-39) (f) Relationship with Aristotle’s Poetics (p. 40)
For clarification, comment or discussion of any aspect of the issues, use the Google Form linked to the right column.		(a) Link to online edition of Hardison's edition (b) LINK to Google form to submit query on these issues
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10Thursday, 4 February 2021On the SublimeIssues I“Before (and After) Longinus” from The Sublime by Philip Shaw. The New Critical Idiom. Routledge, 2006. pp 12-26. The chapter is already divided into five sub-sections. So, to begin with, these five subsections are what you should learn as the set of basic issues. You might stumble a little upon the specific reference to biblical textual materials, but they are not obscure and can be easily understood with a little digital aid. If the context is still not clear, you can submit the query form (LINK)
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11Tuesday, 2 February 2021
2/2 Internal Assessment MCQ Quiz
ContentsA 2-hour 50-marks test in blended mode will be held. The test will be based only on the resources as part of Contents learning module as indicated in the Google Sheet detailing Course Progress Plan.
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12Thursday, 11 February 2021Preface to ShakespeareIssues I“Shakespeare: Johnson’s Poet of Nature” by Philip Smallwood.[from] The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson edited by Greg Clongham. CUP, 1997.pp.143-160.
(1) Idea of Nature in "Preface to Shakespeare". (2) Critiques (i.e. both the full name of the authors and their works where they criticise Shakespeare) that Johnson responds to in his “Preface”. (3) How does Johnson respond to such criticism? (4) Finally, what are Johnson’s own criticisms of Shakespeare’s plays? - Needless to say that when you respond to the above questions, you are expected to write a discursive essay rather than simply listing the issues involved. 16 Feb being Saraswati Puja there will be no Students' Hour, but you can send queries using this Google Form (LINK)
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13Thursday, 25 February 2021
Essay Supplementary to ‘Preface’
Issues Ii. Role of Poet [ Can you also reflect in comparison to what Horace talks about the role of poet? ]
ii. Literary Taste
iii. How does this essay 'supplement' the "Preface" of 1802? Can you distinguish any significant change in WW's views from "Preface"
iv. What according to WW is the relationship between poetry and theology or religion?
v. Qualities required of a true critic [Can you also reflect w.r.t. Hume's ideas of a perfect critic?]

Majority of the listed topics are textual; that is, you can simply read the text and turn the ideas into a brief essay. Others are reflective, and it calls forth YOUR reflection and I cannot do that for you. Hence please do not ask me to elaborate on entire topics listed on the left. Of course, you can ask specific clarifications on any of these in next and final Meet on 2 March. You can send queries using this Google Form (LINK)
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