Nineteenth Century Poetry and Drama-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 311
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
4
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  • Gain an understanding of the developments in Victorian literature with an emphasis onthe socio-cultural contexts
  • Get an insight into the representative poets and dramatists, their style and treatment
  • Understand the prevailing controversy between science and religion in the Victorian era and its representation in literature

 

 

9.00

Alfred Tennyson                                                        

TheLotos Eaters

Ulysses

 Break, Break, Break

 

11.00

Matthew Arnold

Dover Beach               

Thyrsis

 

9.00

G. M. Hopkins                                                               

Spring and Fall

The Habit of Perfection                

The Sea and the Skylark

No Worst, There is None

 

8.00

Elizabeth B. Browning                                           

To George Sand:

  • A Recognition
  • A Desire

Sonnets from the Portuguese: 21 & 22

 

8.00

Oscar Wilde                                                                   

Lady Windermere’s Fan

 

Source Books: 

Milford, Humphrey. Ed. Fifteen Poets. OUP, 1964.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Macmillan, 1997.

Buckley, F.H. The Victorian Temper. Harvard UP, 1969.

Chesterton, G. K. The Victorian Age in Literature. William & Norgate, 1913.

Dobree, B.The Victorians and After.The Cresset, 1930.

Hudson, W.H. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. George. G. Harrap&  Co., 1936.

Prasad, B. A Background to the Study of English Literature. Trinity Press, 1999.

Walker, Hugh. Literature of the Victorian Era.CUP, 2011.

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021