Lecture programme
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 22 2017:
A lecture programme under the theme, 'TS Eliot's Contribution to Contemporary Literary Cri-ticism' sponsored by Pro- fessor Nongmaithem Tombi Singh, was organised at Lamyanba Shanglen, Palace Compund, under the aegis of Naharol Sahitya Premi Samiti today.
Vice Chancellor, Manipur University of Culture, Professor Naorem Khagendra delivered a lecture on the contribution of TS Eliot in the field of literary criticism.
Speaking at the event, Professor Nongmaithem Tombi Singh said that the lecture programme has been organised with the aim of improving the standard of literary criticism in the State.
He said that the lecture programme has been planned with continuation in mind and expressed his wish for the programme to continue on even after his death as Nongmaithem Tombi Singh Memorial Lecture.
Nongmaithem Tombi said that the State has a low number of critic scholars who can provide valuable and fruitful criticism even though many novels and poems are published everyday.
"Art and literature will not develop without criticsm as Critics are the banks which shape the river that is literature", he added.