The students will: CO53. Investigate the developments in Victorian literature vis-a-vis the socio-cultural contexts CO54. Critique the representative poets and dramatists, their style and treatment CO55. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the problematic relationship between science and religion and its representation in literature CO56. Devise and sustain arguments using appropriate contextual support in academic writings |
CO57. Perceive connections among literary narrations to analyze their functions and their relations with historical, social and political contexts.
Alfred Tennyson
The Lotos Eaters
Ulysses
Break, Break, Break
Matthew Arnold
Dover Beach
Thyrsis
G. M. Hopkins
Spring and Fall
The Habit of Perfection
The Sea and the Skylark
No Worst, There is None
Elizabeth B. Browning
To George Sand:
Sonnets from the Portuguese : Nos. 21 & 22
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Milford, Humphrey. Ed. Fifteen Poets. OUP, 1964.
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.
e-Resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVBQaAx5OOE&t=2s (Arnold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FX0siL31jo (Browning)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79eHrekn_bc (Hopkins)
Journals:
English studies
LIT Literature Interpretation Theory