Reading Poetry and Drama

Paper Code: 
ENG 201
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Objective: 
Objectives
1. To introduce various literary forms in poetry & drama; important movements; poetic devices & strategies, & interpret; their effective use
2. To enable familiarity with the literary ages / periods; their salient features; the trends & individual traits of the representative poets
 
8.00
UNIT I
John Milton On His Blindness
                     On His Twenty-Third Birthday
                     When the Assault was Intended to the City
                     On the Late Massacre in Piedmont
9.00
UNIT II
John Dryden A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day
 
Alexander Pope Solitude
8.00
UNIT III
James Thomson                                          Autumn 
                                                                     Winter
                                                                    (from Strings of Gold)
William Collins                                             Ode to Simplicity
10.00
UNIT IV
Thomas Gray                                             Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
             
William Cowper                                          Light Shining out of Darkness
 
10.00
UNIT V
William Congreve                                         The Way of the World
 
Source Books: 
Source Books:
1. Strings of Gold ( Part-I )  edited by Prof. Jasbir Jain
2. A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H. Abrams
3. Norton Anthology of Poetry
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
Suggested  Readings:
1. An Outline History of English Literature by WH. Hudson
2. A Glossary of Literary Terms by M. H. Abrams
3. The Anatomy of Poetry by Marjorie Boulton
Academic Year: 
2014-2015