Elizabethan Drama

Paper Code: 
25CENG301
Credits: 
06
Periods/week: 
06
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
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.
Course Outcomes: 
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.
18.00
Unit I: 
Ben Jonson
 
Every Man in His Humour
18.00
Unit II: 
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
18.00
Unit III: 
William Shakespeare
 
Othello
18.00
Unit IV: 
Christopher Marlowe
Tamburlaine
18.00
Unit V: 
Thomas Kyd
The Spanish Tragedy
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
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:
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Reference Journals:
Shakespeare Quarterly https://academic.oup.com/sq
Shakespeare Bulletin
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Academic Year: 
2025-2026