Chaucer to the Elizabethans

Paper Code: 
ENG 122
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Teaching-Learning Strategies

Assessment Strategies

 
 

The students will:

CO6. Value the tradition of English literature from the 14th to the 16th century

CO7. Develop a better understanding of Renaissance Humanism that provides the basis for the texts suggested

CO8. Examine the poems and plays in the larger socio-political  and religious contexts of the time

CO9. Develop an understanding of  theme, structure , style and other literary features to better critique  British poetry and drama

CO10.  Formulate an understanding of different genres and critique the artistic, aesthetic and cultural influence that shaped the literature of the age

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Reading assignments, Demonstration

 

Learning activities for the students:

Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Quizzes

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation

 

 

13.00

Geoffrey Chaucer                              

The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales

 

 

 

12.00

Edmund Spenser                              

Epithalamion

 

 

 

9.00

Philip Sidney                                    

He Seeks Inspiration…

The Sleepless Lover

With How Sad…

My True Love

Because I…

I Never…                                                       

 

 

 

12.00

Christopher Marlowe                         

Dr. Faustus

 

 

 

14.00

Francis Bacon                                    

 Of Truth

 Of Death

Of Revenge

 Of Adversity

 Of Parents

 Of Marriage and Single Life

 Of Envy

 Of Love

 

 

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Readings:

Chopra, D.K. Essays by Francis Bacon. Ratan Prakash Mandir, 1984.

Ford, Boris. The Age of Chaucer.  Atlantic,1994.

Hamilton,A.C. Philip Sidney : A Study of His Life and Works.CUP, 2012.

Jump, O John.,et.al. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: A Selection of Critical Essays. Palgrave, 2007. 

Patrick, Riley. The Cambridge to ChristopherMarlowe. CUP, 2004.

Piero, Biotani. The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer.  CUP, 2003.

 

e-resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdrBrjaS7dg (Chaucer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLD2t06cQic (Spencer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMHInvGoiDA (Marlowe)

 

Journals:

Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance

English Literary Renaissance

 

Academic Year: