Twentieth Century Poetry and Drama-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 413
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  • Relate with the significance of twentieth century schools of thought in poetry and drama
  • Develop an insight into the literary expression of thespiritual anxiety and existential crisis
  • Argue and defend the literary techniques and style of twentieth century literature
12.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1

Dylan Thomas                                                           

Fern Hill

A Refusal to Mourn the Death

Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night

After the Funeral

13.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

W.H. Auden                                                                 

In Memory of W.B. Yeats

September 1, 1939

Musee Des Beaux Arts

Lay Your Sleeping…

13.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3

T.S. Eliot   

The Cocktail Party

11.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

D.H. Lawrence                                                           

Snake

Piano

Trees in the Garden

The Mess of Love

Last Lesson of the Afternoon

11.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

Sean O’ Casey                                                             

Juno and the Paycock

Source Books: 

Allison, Barrow, Blake. The Norton Anthology of Poetry 5th Ed. WW Norton, 1983.

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms 7th Ed. Heinle, 1999.

Leavis, F.R. New Bearings in English Poetry. Chatto & Windus, 1950.

Matthiessen, F.D.The Achievement of T.S. Eliot.OUP, 1958.

Saqar, Keith. The Art of D.H. Lawrence. CUP, 1996.

Smith, Stan. Ed. The Cambridge Companion to W.H. Auden. CUP, 2005.

Ward, A.C. Twentieth Century Literature.Methuen, 1965.

Academic Year: 
2021-2022