Devika Panikar
δάσκαλος (dáskalos) means the teacher in Greek. Devika Panikar has been teaching English Language and Literature since 2006. She is an Assistant Professor with the Directorate of Collegiate Education under the Government of Kerala and now works at the Government College Kasaragod. This website is a collection of lecture notes she prepared by referring to various sources for her students’ perusal.
The Sleeper in the Valley
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Introducing Others
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The Scholar-Gypsy
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Introducing Oneself
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Exotic Perfume
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Structuralism and the Qualities of Literature
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Fallen Flower
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Structuralism and Beyond
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Four Kinds of Meaning
I A Richards, a prominent literary critic, introduced the concept of the "four kinds of meaning" in his influential book Practical Criticism (1929). Richards' theory was part of his effort to develop ...