Mital Helaiya

  Paper-105 : History of English Literature – From 1350 to 1900 “ Samuel Johnson and the Rise of Literary Criticism in the Neo-Classical Age” Academic Details : ● Name : Mital R. Helaiya  ● Roll Number : 17 ● Enrollment Number : 5108250018 ● Semester : 1 ● Batch : 2025-26 ● E-mail : mitalhelaiya@gmail.com Assignment Details : ● Paper Name : History of English Literature – From 1350 to 1900 ● Paper No : 105 ● Paper code : 22396 ● Topic :Samuel Johnson and the Rise of Literary Criticism in the Neo-Classical Age” ● Submitted To : Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi, Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. ● Submitted Date : November 10, 2025 Table of Contents Abstract Keywords Research Question Hypothesis Introduction Johnson and the Classical Inheritance The Association of Ideas: Psychology as Criticism Genre, Fiction, and the Re-Definition of “Kind” The Shakespearean Example: Criticism as Mediation Crosscurrents of the Age: Johnson’s Critical Position The...

                  Paper 104: Literature of the Victorians Oscar Wilde and the Art of Paradox: Social Satire in ‘ The Importance of Being Earnest' Academic Details : ● Name : Mital R. Helaiya  ● Roll Number : 17 ● Enrollment Number : 5108250018 ● Semester : 1 ● Batch : 2025-26 ● E-mail : mitalhelaiya@gmail.com Assignment Details : ● Paper Name : Literature of the Victorians ● Paper No : 104 ● Paper code : 22395 ● Topic :Oscar Wilde and the Art of Paradox: Social Satire in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ ● Submitted To : Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi, Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. ● Submitted Date : November 10, 2025 Table of Contents Abstract Keywords Research Question Hypothesis Introduction: The Paradoxical Vision of Oscar Wilde Paradox as Aesthetic and Moral Weapon The Social Context: Victorian Respectability and Hypocrisy The Aesthetic of Comedy as Social Critique The Language of Irony and Invers...