Twentieth Century Poetry and Drama-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 413
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  • Critically engage with the significance of twentieth century schools of thought in poetry and drama
  • Gain an insight into the literary expression of thespiritual anxiety and existential crisis
  • Understand the literary techniques and style of twentieth century literature

 

 

Dylan Thomas                                                              

Fern Hill

A Refusal to Mourn the Death

Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night

After the Funeral

W.H. Auden                                                                    

In Memory of W.B. Yeats

September 1, 1939

Musee Des Beaux Arts

Lay Your Sleeping…

T.S. Eliot  

The Cocktail Party

D.H. Lawrence                                                              

Snake

Piano

Trees in the Garden

The Mess of Love

Last Lesson of the Afternoon

Sean O’ Casey                                                                

Juno and the Paycock

Source Books: 

Source Books:

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

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

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: 
2020-2021