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Literary Criticism and Theories

Notes 32.8 Key-Words

1. Simulacrum : (L. ‘to make like’) in the postmodernism of Jean Baudrillard the simulacrum
is defined in terms of the substitution of the sign of the real for the real itself,
in terms of a copy without origin.
2. Sjuzhet : (Russian ‘plot’) term used by the Russian formalist critics and borrowed by
certain narratologists to denote the way in which a story is told, its ‘discourse’
or telling, as opposed to the events of the narrative, the fabula or story.

32.9 Review Questions

1. Write a brief analysis of Umberto Eco Casablanca.
2. Is Casablanca a Cult movie? Discuss.
Answers: Self-Assessment
1. (i)(c) (ii)(a)

32.10 Further Readings

1. Hutcheon, Linda A poetics of postmodernism, London: Routledge, 1988.
2. Kennedy, X.J., Dana Gioia, Mark Bauerlein, Handbook of Literary Terms:
Literature, Language, Theory, 1st edition, New Delhi: Pearson, 2007.
3. Lodge, David (ed.) Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, London: Longman,
1972.
4. Rice, Philip and Patricia Waugh (eds.) A Modern Literary Theory: A Reader, 3rd
edition, London: Arnold, 1999.
5. Sethuraman, V.S. and Ramaswamy (eds.) The English Critical Tradition, Volume
II, New Delhi, Macmillan, 1977.
6. Seturaman, V.S. (ed.) Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology, New Delhi:
Macmillan, 2008.

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