Course Outcomes |
Teaching-Learning Strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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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 |
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel (Part I)
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Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock
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Samuel Johnson Preface to Shakespeare
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J.M. Synge The Playboy of the Western World
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Suggested Readings:
Clay, N.L. The English Critic: From Chaucer to Auden. Atlantic Publisher, 2001.
Ford, Boris, ed. The Pelican Guide to English Literature. 2005.
MacMillin, Scott, ed. Restoration and Eighteenth Century Comedy. W.W. Norton and Company, 1997.
Owen, Susan J, ed. A Companion to Restoration Drama. Blackwell Publications, 2001.
Palmer,John. The Comedy of Manners.Forgotten Books.2018.
Stephen, Leslie. Alexander Pope.Macmillan, 1888.
T., Joseph, and Francis S. John Dryden: A Critical Study. Anmol Publications, 2006.
e- resources:
The Age of Dryden by Prof.Merin Simi Raj Dept. Of Humanities & Social Sciences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2i3Ekb4FF4.
Journals:
17th and 18th Century Periodicals.