British Literature – 18th Century

Paper Code: 
CENG 211
Credits: 
06
Periods/week: 
06
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will:

CO1.      Acquire knowledge of the social, philosophical, intellectual and literary background

CO2.      Demonstrate an understanding of the evolution and development of Eighteenth Century drama

CO3.      Evaluate the unique literary and stylistic features of the Restoration prose and fiction

CO4.  Appreciate the genres of poetry and drama in terms of themes, use of literary devices, forms and techniques

18.00
Unit I: 

Jonathan Swift

Gulliver’s Travels (Book III)

 
 

 

18.00
Unit II: 

William Congreve

The Way of the World

 

18.00
Unit III: 

Samuel Johnson

London

 

18.00
Unit IV: 

Laurence Sterne

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

 

18.00
Unit V: 

Thomas Gray

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

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:

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/289019674.pdfhttps://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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Academic Year: 
2023-2024