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British Literature – 18th Century (Theory) [1]

Paper Code: 
25CENG211
Credits: 
6
Periods/week: 
6
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The Course will enable the students to appreciate the unique literary and stylistic features of Restoration prose and fiction and also such literary aspects as themes, style and treatment, as seen in texts from the Restoration Age.

 

Course Outcomes: 

The students will:

CO13. Appraise the texts against the social, philosophical, intellectual and literary backgrounds

CO14 Determine the evolution and development of Eighteenth Century drama

CO15. Evaluate the unique literary and stylistic features of the Restoration prose and fiction

CO16. Appreciate the genres of poetry and drama in terms of themes, use of literary devices, forms    and

techniques

CO17. Critique various genres in eighteenth-century England within a history of ideas

CO18.Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

 

19.00
Unit I: 

Jonathan Swift

Gulliver’s Travels (Book I)

18.00
Unit II: 

William Congreve

The Way of the World

16.00
Unit III: 

Joseph Addison

  Friendship

Remarks on the English by the Indian Kings

Household Superstitions

Women and Wives

 

21.00
Unit IV: 

Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

16.00
Unit V: 

Thomas Gray

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Reference Books:

Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Macmillan, 1997. Bowra, C.M. The Romantic Imagination. OUP, 1950.

Collier, Jeremy. A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage. Routledge, 1996.

Ford, Boris. Ed. From Dryden to Johnson – The Pelican Guide to English Literature . vol. 4.Penguin, 1957.

Joseph, T. and Francis. John Milton: A Critical Study. Anmol Publications, 2005. Parfitt, George. English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century. Pearson, 1985.

Parry, Graham. Seventeenth Century Poetry: The Social Context. Harper Collins, 1987.

 

E-Resources including links:

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/289019674.pdf [2]

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/289019674.pdf [2]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJP7jyVrX2w [3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JihlkIUvzKw [4]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JihlkIUvzKw [4]

 

Reference Journals:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/30053644 [5]

https://joell.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/122-124-CONTEMPERORY-WOMENHO... [6]

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026 [7]

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Links:
[1] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/british-literature-%E2%80%93-18th-century-theory
[2] https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/289019674.pdf
[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJP7jyVrX2w
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JihlkIUvzKw
[5] http://www.jstor.org/stable/30053644
[6] https://joell.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/122-124-CONTEMPERORY-WOMENHOOD-IN-SOCIETY-IN-POPE%E2%80%99S-THE-RAPE-OF-THE-LOCK.pdf
[7] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2025-2026