Dryden to Samuel Johnson

Paper Code: 
ENG 223
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
To familiarize the students with:
     a) the representative writers and their individual traits
     b) poetic devices, strategies and applications
     c) interpretation and analysis of the text 
14.00
Unit I: 
John Dryden

Absalom and Achitophel (Part I)

12.00
Unit II: 
Jonathan Swift

The Battle of the Books

12.00
Unit III: 
Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock

10.00
Unit IV: 
Samuel Johnson

Life of Milton

12.00
Unit V: 
Richard Sheridan

The Rivals

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Ford, Boris, ed. The Pelican Guide to English Literature.
  • Stephen, Leslie. Alexander Pope. London: Macmillan, 1888. Print.
  • Clay, N.L. The English Critic: From Chaucer to Auden. United Kingdom: Atlantic Publisher, 2001. Print.
  • T., Joseph, and Francis S. John Dryden: A Critical Study. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2006. Print
  • McMillin, Scott, ed. Restoration and Eighteenth Century Comedy. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1997. Print
  • Owen, Susan J, ed. A Companion to Restoration Drama. United Kingdom: Blackwell Publications, 2001. Print.
Academic Year: 
2018-2019