Dryden to Samuel Johnson

Paper Code: 
ENG 223
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To familiarize the students with the respective literary ages and their salient features, various literary movements and trends and the representative poets and their individual traits.
14.00
Unit I: 

John Dryden                                                              

Absalom and Achitophel  (Part I)

12.00
Unit II: 

Jonathan Swift
The Battle of the Books

12.00
Unit III: 

Alexander Pope                                                                   

The Rape of the Lock

10.00
Unit IV: 

Samuel Johnson                                                      

Life of Milton

12.00
Unit V: 

Richard Sheridan                                                   

The Rivals

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Clay, N.L. The English Critic: From Chaucer to Auden. United Kingdom: Atlantic Publisher, 2001. Print.
  • Ford, Boris, ed. The Pelican Guide to English Literature.
  • MacMillin, 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.
  • Stephen, Leslie. Alexander Pope. London: Macmillan, 1888. Print.
  • T., Joseph, and Francis S. John Dryden: A Critical Study. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2006. Print
Academic Year: 
2016-2017