Events June, 2025

       On 8.6.2025, Prof. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal, Department of English in the College, had an enriching discussion with the senior literary theorist, Prof. Rajnath, former Professor and Head, Department of English, University of Allahabad. Prof. Rajnath has extensively formulated on literary theory and criticism. Raj Kamal Prakashan has also brought out the Hindi version of some of his essays in the volume entitled ‘पाश्चात्य काव्यशास्त्र की नई प्रवृत्तियां’.

       In his ‘Journal of Literary Criticism’ and ‘Essays of Modern Criticism’, Prof. Rajnath has published internationally established scholars such as M.H.Abrams, Jonathan Culler, Terry Eagleton, Murray Krieger, Norman N. Holland, Christopher Norris, Jonathan Hart, Y. Sahai, V.Rai and P.S.Sastri etc. In the course of the interview, Prof. Rajnath dwelt at length on his long and variegated journey as a literary critic. He enumerated how his focus has shifted from formalism to cultural criticism. He also elaborated how literature is the interplay of romanticism/personality and classicism/objectivity.

       He also discussed contemporary critical theories such as Chicago Criticism, New Criticism, Postmodernism, Deconstruction, Postcolonialism, Phenemonology etc. Prof. Rajnath also talked about his literary associations with eminent scholars such as Dr. Namvar Singh, Dr. Nagendra and Dr. Vinod Sena etc. He elaborated the abstract theoretical formulations in a simple and lucid manner.