The Course will enable the students to appreciate the unique literary and stylistic features of Restoration prose and fiction and also such literary aspects as themes, style and treatment, as seen in texts from the Restoration Age.
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver’s Travels (Book I)
William Congreve
The Way of the World
Joseph Addison
Friendship
Remarks on the English by the Indian Kings
Household Superstitions
Women and Wives
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Thomas Gray
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Suggested Reference Books:
Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Macmillan, 1997. Bowra, C.M. The Romantic Imagination. OUP, 1950.
Collier, Jeremy. A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage. Routledge, 1996.
Ford, Boris. Ed. From Dryden to Johnson – The Pelican Guide to English Literature . vol. 4.Penguin, 1957.
Joseph, T. and Francis. John Milton: A Critical Study. Anmol Publications, 2005. Parfitt, George. English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century. Pearson, 1985.
Parry, Graham. Seventeenth Century Poetry: The Social Context. Harper Collins, 1987.
E-Resources including links:
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/289019674.pdf
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/289019674.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJP7jyVrX2w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JihlkIUvzKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JihlkIUvzKw
Reference Journals:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30053644
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The students will: CO13. Appraise the texts against the social, philosophical, intellectual and literary backgrounds CO14 Determine the evolution and development of Eighteenth Century drama CO15. Evaluate the unique literary and stylistic features of the Restoration prose and fiction CO16. Appreciate the genres of poetry and drama in terms of themes, use of literary devices, forms and techniques CO17. Critique various genres in eighteenth-century England within a history of ideas |
CO18.Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.