The Course will enable the students to understand and classify the modes and conventions of the age and gain an insight into the creative imagination and techniques employed in Elizabethan works.
Ben Jonson
Every Man in His Humour
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
Othello
Christopher Marlowe
Tamburlaine
Thomas Kyd
The Spanish Tragedy
Suggested Reference Books:
Baldick, Chris. Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms. OUP, 2004.
Ford, Boris. ed. From Donne to Marvell : The Pelican Guide to English Literature, vol. 3. Penguin, 1983.
---. Ed. The Age of Shakespeare: The Pelican Guide to English Literature, vol. 2.Penguin, 1969. Gordon, G. Shakespearean Comedy and Other Studies. Oxford, 1944.
Hadfield, Andrewand A. L. Prescott. ed. Edmund Spenser’s Poetry: Norton Critical Edition. Norton, 1969.
Hudson, W.H. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. George. G. Harrap & Co., 1936. Stoll, E.E. Art and Artifice in Shakespeare. Macmillan, 1933.
E-Resources including links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Man_in_His_Humour#:~:text=Every%20Ma... Humour%20is%20a%201598%20play%20by,over%2Driding%20humour%20or%20obsession. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamburlaine
Reference Journals:
Shakespeare Quarterly https://academic.oup.com/sq
Shakespeare Bulletin https://uosc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01USC_INST/dm54be/alma991... gl=1*1qypxcr*_ga*MTI0NDkyMTIzLjE2ODU2MTU1Mzc.*_ga_YRR9RE26RP*MTY4NTYxNTUzOC4xLjA uMTY4NTYxNTUzOC4wLjAuMA
The students will: CO13. Analyze the genre of Elizabethan drama and the literary features of the age CO14. Assess various genres of drama and the distinct Renaissance characteristics in terms of language, style, form and theme CO15. Examine the social, cultural and political influence of the age on the dramatists CO16. Critique the universal themes and human conditions revealed in Elizabethan dramas. CO17. Critique the texts by reading and theorizing them in the context of tragedy and its historical relevance. |
CO18.Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.