Nineteenth Century Poetry and Drama-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 311
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  • Examine the developments in Victorian literature with an emphasis onthe socio-cultural contexts
  • Analyze the representative poets and dramatists, their style and treatment
  • Compare and contrast the prevailing controversy between science and religion in the Victorian era and its representation in literature
9.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1

Alfred Tennyson                                                      

TheLotos Eaters

Ulysses

 Break, Break, Break

11.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

Alfred Tennyson                                                      

TheLotos Eaters

Ulysses

 Break, Break, Break

9.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3

G. M. Hopkins                                                            

Spring and Fall

The Habit of Perfection

The Sea and the Skylark

No Worst, There is None

8.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

Elizabeth B. Browning

To George Sand:

  • A Recognition
  • A Desire

Sonnets from the Portuguese: Nos. 21 & 22

8.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

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: 
2021-2022