World Literature-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 513
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

Objective :

 

To familiarize the students with some prominent world classics in translation

 

To develop the ability to appreciate, analyse and interpret the classics in the light of contemporary

Societal systems and value structures

 

 

Unit 1 (14 Hrs.)

 

Sophocles                                                   Oedipus, The King

 

Unit 2 (12 Hrs.)

 

Euripides’                                                    The Bacchae

 

Unit 3 (10 Hrs.)

 

Kalidasa                                                      Meghdootam

 

Unit 4 (12 Hrs.)

 

Henrik Ibsen                                                Ghosts

 

 

Unit 5 (12 Hrs)

 

Gustav  Flaubert                                          Madame Bovary 

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Readings:

 

  • Bloom, Harold. Ed. Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex: Modern Critical Interpretations. New Delhi: Viva, 2010.
  • Heath, Malcolm. The Poetics of Greek Tragedy. London: Duckworth, 1987.
  • Hogan, James C. A Commentary on the Play of Sophocles. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1991.
  • Kale, M.R. The Meghduta of Kalidasa. New Delhi: Motilal Banrasidas, 2002.
  • McFarlane, James. Ed.  The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1994.
  • Walcot, Peter. Greek Drama in its Theatrical and Social Context .Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1976.
  •  Winnington-Ingram, R. P. Sophocles: An Interpretation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980.

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016