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History of English Literature: Anglo-Saxon to the Renaissance
Course Code:
ENG-CORE-(MJ/MN)-MC-0100104
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History of English Literature: Anglo-Saxon to the Renaissance
Course Code:
ENG-CORE-(MJ/MN)-MC-0100104
Click on the topics below to view the questions and answers for this paper:
History of English Literature: Anglo-Saxon to the Renaissance
(With Special Reference to Select Literary Texts)
Course Code: ENG-CORE-(MJ/MN)-MC-0100104
Course Content
UNIT I – Socio-Historical Background
2 Credits
Themes & Topics
- Anglo-Saxon Age: socio-political structure and culture
- Epic and Heroic Poetry: Beowulf
- Norman Conquest & Feudalism
- Medieval Romances, Fable, and Allegory
- Major Writers: Chaucer, Gower, Langland
- Renaissance in Europe: humanism, classical revival
-
Rise and Development of English Drama
- Mystery Plays
- Miracle Plays
- Morality Plays
- Interludes
- Elizabethan Drama, Poetry and Prose
- Revenge Tragedy
- Bacon and the rise of the English Essay
- Metaphysical Poetry: features, style, worldview
UNIT II – Literary Texts
2 Credits
Poetry
- Geoffrey Chaucer: Prologue to The Canterbury Tales (Lines 1–200)
- Shakespeare: Sonnets *30, * 65, 113
- Spenser: Amoretti Sonnet 75
-
John Donne:
- *A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- Death Be Not Proud
Drama
- William Shakespeare: *Hamlet
- Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus
Note: Texts with asterisk are meant for detailed study.
Suggested Reading
- Andrew Sanders – A Short Oxford History of English Literature
- David Daiches – A Critical History of English Literature
- W.J. Long - History of English Literature
- C.S. Lewis – The Allegory of Love
- M.H. Abrams – A Glossary of Literary Terms
- A.C. Bradley – Shakespearean Tragedy
History of English Literature: Anglo-Saxon to the Renaissance
(With Special Reference to Select Literary Texts)
Course Code: ENG-CORE-(MJ/MN)-MC-0100104
Course Content
UNIT I – Socio-Historical Background
2 Credits
Themes & Topics
- Anglo-Saxon Age: socio-political structure and culture
- Epic and Heroic Poetry: Beowulf
- Norman Conquest & Feudalism
- Medieval Romances, Fable, and Allegory
- Major Writers: Chaucer, Gower, Langland
- Renaissance in Europe: humanism, classical revival
-
Rise and Development of English Drama
- Mystery Plays
- Miracle Plays
- Morality Plays
- Interludes
- Elizabethan Drama, Poetry and Prose
- Revenge Tragedy
- Bacon and the rise of the English Essay
- Metaphysical Poetry: features, style, worldview
UNIT II – Literary Texts
2 Credits
Poetry
- Geoffrey Chaucer: Prologue to The Canterbury Tales (Lines 1–200)
- Shakespeare: Sonnets *30, * 65, 113
- Spenser: Amoretti Sonnet 75
-
John Donne:
- *A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- Death Be Not Proud
Drama
- William Shakespeare: *Hamlet
- Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus
Note: Texts with asterisk are meant for detailed study.
Suggested Reading
- Andrew Sanders – A Short Oxford History of English Literature
- David Daiches – A Critical History of English Literature
- W.J. Long - History of English Literature
- C.S. Lewis – The Allegory of Love
- M.H. Abrams – A Glossary of Literary Terms
- A.C. Bradley – Shakespearean Tragedy