Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- identify the characteristics of various theoretical movements/schools such as Formalism, New Criticism, Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Psychoanalytic theory, Hermeneutics, Deconstruction, Marxist Criticism, and Feminist Criticism
- read critically a wide range of theoretical selections from different periods and reflect on them from their own vantage point
- write insightful papers with a theoretical awareness
- improve their ability to articulate ideas and responses against the backdrop of different theories
- to practice skills that will enable them to analyse other textual material like films, iconic signs, cultural elements and rituals with a theoretical awareness