பாடத்திட்டம் 慧艺露 4. 5, ‘Origin of poetry-primitive songs-poetry and music dance and poetry-importance of rhythm-lyricai song as the nucleus of literature and its subsequent development into pcetry.classification of poetry-the two great divisions as subjective and objective forms-subjective: religious, mediative and philosophical; objective: heroic poetry, satire, elegy etc. the ballad, the epic, the ode, the lyrie etc.-Dramatic poetry-their characteristicscriteria for such classification-these types and forms in Tamii, Equipment of the poet-his power of communicationlevels of response and width of appeal-the availability of the pret’s experience- originality-learning and practite the relative merits of originality and learning. Enjoyment of poetry-the concept of meyppadu (rasa? and its realisation by the human mind-Is noeyppado. a subjective reality or an imaginary nothing-experiencing a poem-the theory of catharsis as enanciated by Aristotle. . Literature as a comprehensive term-Broad classification of iiterature as literature of knowledge and literature of power; the latter in the medium of prose like the novel, short story, fiction, essay, Salise musings, sketches etc., and their characteristics; external reality and truth in literature-classicism and romanticism. Critical studies of Drama, Epic, Novel and short storytheir development in Tamil-the principles of study to be applied to Tamil works. Creation and criticism-the scope of literary criticismcriticism as literature-its use and abuse-the study of criticism as literature-some qualifications of a true
