Dryden to Samuel Johnson

Paper Code: 
ENG 223
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
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
John Dryden
Absalom and Achitophel(Part I)
 
12.00
Jonathan Swift
The Battle of the Books
 
12.00
Alexander Pope
The Rape of the Lock
10.00
Samuel Johnson
Life of Milton
 
12.00
Richard Sheridan
The Rivals
 
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • ord, 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.