This course is designed to give students a broad overview ofLiterature from the age of Shakespeare to the age of Milton, emphasizing on significant concepts, theory, and research.The main objectives of the course are:• This Course Shakespeare to Milton discusses two most important writers of all times Shakespeare and Milton.• This course also includes Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, John Webster, and Thomas Kyd.• This course will acquaint the students with major tragedies written in this period.• This course will acquaint the students with major epics written in this period.• This course will also acquaint the students with metaphysical poetry.
Shakespeare to Milton: A Study of British Literature
English and Foreign Languages University and CEC via Swayam
Overview
Syllabus
Weekly Schedule
Weeks
Weekly Lecture Topics
Assignment
(No. & Type)*
Week1
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
:
Elizabethan Age to Puritan Age: A Review of Literary Traditions
The Renaissance
Renaissance And Elizabethan Literature
Reformation
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week-2
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
:
Medieval Drama
History of British Drama
Introduction to Tragedy
Introduction to Epic
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week-3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Introduction to Sonnet
Introduction to Shakespearean Drama
Shakespeare’s Drama Romeo andJuliet: The Theme of Love and Language Part -1
Shakespeare’s Drama Romeo andJuliet: The Theme of Love and Language Part -1
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week- 4
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Introduction to Shakespearean Tragedy
Tragedies of Shakespeare - King Lear Part – 1
Tragedies of Shakespeare - King Lear Part – 2
The Tragedies of Shakespeare - Hamlet - Part 1
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week- 5
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Tragedies of Shakespeare - Hamlet - Part 2
The Tragedies of Shakespeare - Othello Part – 1
The Tragedies of Shakespeare - Othello Part – 2
The Tragedies of Shakespeare - Othello Part – 3
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week- 6
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Understanding William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
A Study of different aspects of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Understanding: A Midsummer Night's Dream
As You Like It- Part -1
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week-7
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
As You Like It- Part -2
All The World’s A Stage – William Shakespeare
The Marriage of True Minds - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116Metamorphism
Spanish Tragedy - Part – 1
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week- 8
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Spanish Tragedy - Part – 2
Introduction to Doctor Faustus
Dr. Faustus Part 1
Dr. Faustus Part 2
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week-9
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Duchess of Malfi -Part-1
The Duchess of Malfi -Part-2
Meta Physical Poetry Part – 1
Meta Physical Poetry Part – 2.
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week-10
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Song – John Donne
Death’s Duel By John Donne - Part – 1
Death’s Duel By John Donne - Part – 2
The Good Morrow by John Donne
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week-11
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Introduction to John Milton
On His Blindness
John Milton’s The First Defense of The
Lycidas by John Milton
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Week-12
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Paradise Lost Part- 1
Paradise Lost Part- 2
Paradise Lost Part- 3
Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity
Multiple Choice and Descriptive
Taught by
Dr. Jai Singh
