Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Elements of DramaUnit 2: Elizabethan Drama and Shakespearean TragedyUnit 3: Shakespearean Comedy
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century DramaUnit 5: Modern Drama
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 3 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 23 topics
01Unit 1: Elements of Drama
5 topics+
- Plot, character, dialogue and conflict
- Aristotle's Poetics: tragedy, hamartia, catharsis
- Three unities
- Soliloquy, aside and chorus
- Types of comedy and tragedy
02Unit 2: Elizabethan Drama and Shakespearean Tragedy
4 topics+
- University Wits
- Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus
- Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth / Hamlet
- Tragic hero and supernatural elements
03Unit 3: Shakespearean Comedy
5 topics+
- Features of Shakespearean comedy
- As You Like It
- Twelfth Night
- The Merchant of Venice
- Women characters in Shakespearean comedy
04Unit 4: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama
4 topics+
- Restoration comedy of manners
- William Congreve: The Way of the World
- Oliver Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer
- R.B. Sheridan: The Rivals
05Unit 5: Modern Drama
5 topics+
- G.B. Shaw: Arms and the Man
- John Galsworthy and the problem play
- T.S. Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral
- J.M. Synge: Riders to the Sea
- Samuel Beckett and the Theatre of the Absurd
About this course
You will be able to
- Explain the elements of drama: plot, character, dialogue, conflict, soliloquy and aside
- Explain Aristotle's concept of tragedy: hamartia, catharsis and the three unities
- Analyse a Shakespearean tragedy and comedy prescribed in the syllabus
- Explain the comedy of manners and the plays of Congreve, Goldsmith and Sheridan
- Discuss modern drama: Shaw, Galsworthy, Eliot, Synge and the Theatre of the Absurd
- Write character sketches and reference-to-context answers
Who it is for
- B.A Semester 3 students with English as a major subject (UP State Universities, NEP 2020)
- Students preparing for TGT / PGT / UGC NET English
What you need
- English Poetry and Prose papers of Semesters 1-2
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
Questions
Which syllabus does this course follow?
It follows the UP State Universities NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus (MGKVP, VBSPU, Lucknow University and others) for B.A English, Semester 3. Where your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university syllabus.
How will I be tested?
Unit-wise MCQ tests, short and long answer practice in university exam pattern, and a final mock paper.
Which plays will be taught in detail?
The plays prescribed by your university; summaries, scene analysis and character sketches are given for each.
