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English Drama (B.A English)

Study of English drama including Shakespeare and modern dramatists, with the elements of drama.

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01Unit 1: Elements of Drama 5 टॉपिक
  1. Plot, character, dialogue and conflict
  2. Aristotle's Poetics: tragedy, hamartia, catharsis
  3. Three unities
  4. Soliloquy, aside and chorus
  5. Types of comedy and tragedy
02Unit 2: Elizabethan Drama and Shakespearean Tragedy 4 टॉपिक
  1. University Wits
  2. Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus
  3. Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth / Hamlet
  4. Tragic hero and supernatural elements
03Unit 3: Shakespearean Comedy 5 टॉपिक
  1. Features of Shakespearean comedy
  2. As You Like It
  3. Twelfth Night
  4. The Merchant of Venice
  5. Women characters in Shakespearean comedy
04Unit 4: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama 4 टॉपिक
  1. Restoration comedy of manners
  2. William Congreve: The Way of the World
  3. Oliver Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer
  4. R.B. Sheridan: The Rivals
05Unit 5: Modern Drama 5 टॉपिक
  1. G.B. Shaw: Arms and the Man
  2. John Galsworthy and the problem play
  3. T.S. Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral
  4. J.M. Synge: Riders to the Sea
  5. Samuel Beckett and the Theatre of the Absurd

परिचय

आप यह कर पाएँगे

  • 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

यह किसके लिए है

  • B.A Semester 3 students with English as a major subject (UP State Universities, NEP 2020)
  • Students preparing for TGT / PGT / UGC NET English

आपको क्या चाहिए

  • English Poetry and Prose papers of Semesters 1-2

सवाल

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.

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