Nineteenth-Century Poetry and Drama-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 311
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

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.

9.00
Unit I: 

Alfred Tennyson                                            

The Lotos Eaters

Ulysses

Break, Break, Break

 

11.00
Unit II: 

Matthew Arnold

Dover Beach

Thyrsis

 

9.00
Unit III: 

G. M. Hopkins                                                

Spring and Fall

The Habit of Perfection

The Sea and the Skylark

No Worst, There is None

 

8.00
Unit IV: 

Elizabeth B. Browning

            To George Sand:

  • A Recognition
  • A Desire

Sonnets from the Portuguese : Nos. 21 & 22

 

8.00
Unit V: 

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.

 

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

 

Academic Year: