Dryden to Samuel Johnson

Paper Code: 
ENG 223
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

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

 
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

 
12.00
Unit IV: 

Samuel Johnson

Preface to Shakespeare

 
10.00
Unit V: 

J.M. Synge

The Playboy of the Western World 

 
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. 

 

Journals: 

17th and 18th Century Periodicals.

E- resources: The Age of Dryden  by Prof.Merin Simi Raj Dept. Of Humanities & Social Sciences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2i3Ekb4FF4.

 
Academic Year: 
2023-2024