Contemporary British Literature – I (Poetry and Drama)

Course Outcomes

Teaching-Learning Strategies

Assessment Strategies

The students will:

1. Acquire a deeper understanding of the representative writers from the 1950s onwards
2. Understand the experimentation in thematic and stylistic expressions in the literature of the age
3. Critically appreciate the cultural and literary characteristics of the period and trace the emergence of pre and post war sensibility in the chosen works
4. Compare and contrast the moral and literary aspects of poetry and drama of the pertaining age and analyze the influence of various schools of thought on the selected texts
5. Defend and explain the literary techniques and style of 20th century literary works and be familiar with the idea of modernism in the literary works

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, presentations

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation