Elizabethan Drama

Paper Code: 
24CENG301
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.

 

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: 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

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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.