World Literature-I

World Literature-I [1]

Paper Code:

ENG 513

Credits:

Periods/week:

Max. Marks:

100

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.

14.00

Unit I:

Sophocles

Oedipus, The King

14.00

Unit II:

Kalidasa

Meghdootam

10.00

Unit III:

Fyodor Dostoevsky

An Honest Thief

The Peaant Marey

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

12.00

Unit IV:

Gustav Flaubert

Madame Bovary

10.00

Unit V:

Henrik Ibsen

Ghosts

SUGGESTED READINGS:

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

Academic Year:

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Links:
[1] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/world-literature-i
[2] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2019-2020