Dryden to Samuel Johnson

Course Outcomes

Teaching-Learning Strategies

Assessment Strategies

The students will:

CO 41. Acquire knowledge and understanding of the religious, socio-intellectual and cultural thoughts of the 17th and 18th centuries

CO 42. Critique key themes in the representative texts of the period

CO 43. Appreciate the genres of poetry and drama in terms of the socio-cultural contexts, use of literary devices, forms and techniques

CO 44. Appreciate the role of literary forms and structures in shaping a text’s meaning

CO 45. Develop insights into the socio-political dynamics, the structuring points of view, the dominant ideology that mediate the writing, production, reception and survival of a work

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