SYLLABUS
UNIT 1 – Drama
UNIT 2 – Poetry
UNIT 3 – Fiction, Short Stories
UNIT 4 – Non-Fictional Prose
UNIT 5 – Language: Basic concepts, Theories
and Pedagogy
UNIT 6 – English in India: History, Evolution
and Futures
UNIT 7 – Cultural Studies
UNIT 8 – Literary criticism
UNIT 9 – Literary Theory Post World War 2
UNIT 10 – Research Methods and
Materials in English
SYLLABUS BREAKDOWN
Unit I | Drama
Chapter 1: Ancient, Medieval and Anglo-Norman Drama
Drama: An Introduction
Ancient and Medieval Drama
Drama of the Age of Revival
Important Dramatists of the Age of Revival
Chapter 2: Elizabethan to Jacobean Drama
Elizabethan Age
Main Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Contemporaries
Chapter 3: Restoration to Neo-Classical Age Drama
Restoration Age
Dramatists of the Restoration Age
Neo-Classical Drama
The Age of Jonson
Chapter 4: Victorian Age to Modern Age Drama
The Victorian Drama
Modern Age Drama
Major Dramatists of the Modern Age
Chapter 5: The Contemporary Drama
Drama in Contemporary Period
Contemporary Dramatists
Unit II | Poetry
Chapter 1: Pre-Chaucerian and The Age of Chaucer Poetry
English Poetry
Pre-Chaucerian Age
Anglo-Norman Poets
Age of Chaucer
Alliterative Revival
Other Poets of the Age of Chaucer
Chapter 2: Poetry in the Age of Revival (1400-1550)
The Age of Revival
English Chaucerians
Scottish Chaucerians
New Court Poets
Chapter 3: The Elizabethan Poetry
The Elizabethan Poetry: An Introduction
Literary Criticism in Elizabethan Age
Shakespearean Poetry
Chapter 4: The Puritan and Restoration Age Poetry
English Renaissance Poetry
Spenserian Poets
Cavalier Poets
Metaphysical Poets
Other Poets of the Puritan Age
Restoration Age
Chapter 5: Neo-Classical / Augustan Age (1700-1798)
Augustan Age: An Introduction
Major Poets of the Augustan Age
Chapter 6: The Romantic Age Poetry (1798-1837)
Background to the Romantic Age
Major Poets of the Romantic Age
Chapter 7: The Victorian Poetry (1837-1901)
Victorian Age
Poets of the Victorian Age
Pre-Raphaelite Poets
Chapter 8: The Modern, Contemporary Age and American Poetry
Modern Poetry
Major Poets of the Modern Age
Contemporary Poetry
American Poetry
Poets of American Poetry
Unit III | Fiction, Short Stories
Chapter 1: Pre-Chaucerian to Elizabethan Age
Introduction to Fiction
Pre-Chaucerian Period
Age of Chaucer
The Age of Revival
Elizabethan Age
Chapter 2: Puritan, Restoration and Neo-Classical Age (1625-1798)
Puritan Age
Restoration Age
Major Writers of Puritan Age
Neo-Classical Age or Augustan Age
Major Writers of Augustan Age
Chapter 3: The Romantic Age (1798-1837)
Introduction of Romantic Age
Gothic Novels in the Romantic Age
The Jacobin Novel in the Romantic Age
Second Stage of Novel Writing in Romantic Age
Novels of Manner
Chapter 4: The Victorian Age (1837-1901)
Victorian Age
Major Novelists of the Victorian Age
Chapter 18: Fiction in Modern Age (1910-1945)
Introduction of Modern Age
Major Novelists of the Modern Age
Chapter 5: Contemporary Period (Post 1945)
Introduction: Contemporary Period
Major Contemporary Writers
American Literature
Major American Novelists
Non-British and Non-American Literature
Major Non-British and Non-American Writers
Unit IV | Non-Fictional Prose
Chapter 1: Non-Fiction in Anglo-Norman Period
Non-Fiction: An Introduction
Chronicles in the Anglo-Norman
Brut in the Anglo-Norman
Non-Fiction Writers of the Chaucerian Age
Non-Fiction Writers of the Age of Revival
Elizabethan Chroniclers and Antiquaries
Works of Literary Criticism in Elizabethan Age
Chapter 2: Puritan to the Romantic Age Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction in Puritan Age
Major Non-Fiction Writers of the Puritan Age
Non-Fiction in the Restoration Age
Major Non-Fiction Writers of the Restoration Age
Diary of the Restoration Age
Non-Fiction in Neo-Classical Age
Non-Fiction Prose Writers of the Neo-Classical Age
Major Philosophers of the Neo-Classical Age
Late 18th Century Non-Fiction Writers of the Neo-Classical Age
Non-Fiction in Romantic Age
Major Writers of the Romantic Age
Chapter 3: The Victorian and Modern Age Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction in Victorian Age
Non-Fiction Prose Writers of the Victorian Age
Non-Fiction Prose in the Modern Age
Non-Fiction Prose Writers of the Modern Age
Chapter 4: Contemporary American and Non-British Non-Fiction
Contemporary English Non-Fiction
Major Contemporary Non-Fiction Writers
Contemporary American Non-Fiction
Major Contemporary American Non-Fiction Writers
Non-British, Non-American Non-Fiction Writers
Unit V | Language: Basic Concepts,
Theories and Pedagogy
Chapter 1: Language: Basic Concepts, Theories and Pedagogy
Language: An Introduction and Definitions
Origin and Development of Language
Unit VI | English in India: History,
Evolution and Futures
Chapter 1: English in India: History, Evolution and Futures
Historical Background
Introduction of Indian English Literature
Indian English Writers
Unit VII | Cultural Studies
Chapter 1: Cultural Studies
Introduction of Cultural Studies
Major Thinkers of Cultural Studies
Feminism
Postcolonialism
Marxism
Poststructuralism
Unit VIII | Literary Criticism
Chapter 1: Nature and Functions of Literary Criticism
Criticism: Its Nature and Definition
Major Critics and their Works
Other Important Critics and their Works
Unit IX | Literary Theory Post World War II
Chapter 1: Literary Theory Post World War II
Introduction
New Criticism
Cultural Materialism
Feminist Criticism
Russian Formalism
Post-Colonialism
Moral Formalism: FR Leavis
The Sources of the Movement
Psychoanalytical Criticism
Unit X | Research Methods and
Materials in English
Chapter 1: Research Methods and Materials in English
Meaning of Research
Literary Research
Research Material
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