This course will emphasize literary theory and criticism which emphasises on diverse analytical concepts and criticism by renowned theorists, authors, and critiques. The aim will be to understand primary theoretical concepts through the reading of literary works with attention to historical and social contexts. The course shall extensively study the twentieth-century development of literary criticism based on the concepts of formalism, feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, post-colonialism, and post-modernism. These concepts will help the students understand what “theory” is and how it can be related to “literature,” “literary criticism,” and “literary history”.