Dynamics Of Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (Hardcover-2024)

Dynamics of Twentieth Century Literary Criticism offers a comprehensive coverage of the various aspects of contemporary literary criticism. The book discusses the significance and interplay of different schools of critical thought like Formalism, Marxism, New Criticism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Feminism and Orientalism, tracing the growth and development of the modern literary temper. This is accentuated by the evaluative study of select essays by seminal twentieth-century critics like T.S. Eliot, I.A. Richards, F.R. Leavis and Herbert Read, whose works and ideas have been instrumental in shaping the current literary outlook.

Presently, the domain of literature is being explored by a variety of associated disciplines, such as Sociology, Anthropology, Politics, Cultural Studies, Psychoanalysis, Linguistics and Science. In this atmosphere of crowded discourse, this book provides a streamlined overview of twentieth-century criticism, emerging as an indispensable resource for students and enthusiasts of literature.

Dr. Bijay Ketan Pattanayak earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Utkal University, Odisha and his Ph.D. from Ravenshaw University. He is currently engaged as Lecturer in English at the Rural Institute of Higher Studies, Bhograi, while simultaneously pursuing his post-doctoral research. Dr. Pattanayak is a prolific scholar with articles published in numerous reputed national and international journals. He has also authored several books, including Aspects of Post-Structuralism, Theory of Deconstruction and Feminist Criticism and Reflections on Maxims and Mottos, exploring his interests in Literary Criticism, Literary Theories, Linguistics and Phonetics, Grammar, Indian English Fiction and Religious Literature.