World Literature-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 513
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  • Be familiar with a selection of world classics (earlier writings) in translation
  • Gain a critical understanding of the classics and their contemporary relevance
  • Develop an insight into the wide-ranging thematic focus and stylistic treatment of the chosen texts/ authors

 

Sophocles                                                                       

Oedipus The King

Kalidasa   

Meghdootam

Fyodor Dostoevsky

An Honest Thief

The PeasantMarey

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Gustav        Flaubert                                                   

Madame Bovary

Henrik Ibsen                                                                 

Ghosts

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Readings:

 

Bloom, Harold. Ed. Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex: Modern Critical Interpretations. Viva, 2010.

Heath, Malcolm. The Poetics of Greek Tragedy. Duckworth, 1987.

Hogan, James C.A Commentary on the Play of Sophocles. Southern IllinoisUP, 1991.

Kale, M.R. The Meghduta of Kalidasa. MotilalBanarsidas, 2002, Print.

McFarlane, James.Ed.  The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen.CUP, 1994.

Walcot, Peter.Greek Drama in its Theatrical and Social Context. University of Wales Press, 1976.

Winnington-Ingram, R. P. Sophocles: An Interpretation. CUP, 1980.


 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021