World Literature-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 513
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
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
14.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1

Sophocles

Oedipus The King

14.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

Kalidasa   

Meghdootam

10.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3

Fyodor Dostoevsky

An Honest Thief

The Peasant Marey

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

Gustav Flaubert                                                        

Madame Bovary

10.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

Henrik Ibsen                                                              

Ghosts

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: 
2021-2022