Syllabus of B.A. I Year: English Literature- Major Paper I (Theory & Practical)

Syllabus of B.A. I Year: English Literature (Major Paper I- Theory) - Major/Main (मुख्य)
Program: Certificate Course 

Class: B.A. I Year; Session: 2021-22 onwards
Course Title: Study of Drama (Paper I- Theory)
Course Type: Core Course
Credit Value: 4 (Theory) + 2 (Practical)
Total Marks: Max. Marks: 30+70; Min. Passing Marks: 35
Content of the Course
Unit I
Classical Drama:
1.1 Sophocles: Oedipus Rex – Story
Keywords: Sanskrit theatre, Rasa theory, Classical tragedy, Greek tragedy, Greek theatre, Trilogy, Plot structure, Oedipus complex, Electra complex, Epic theatre.
Unit II
Renaissance Drama:
2.1 Christopher Marlow: Dr. Faustus
2.2 William Shakespeare: Tragedy in The Merchant of Venice
Keywords: Renaissance, Characteristics of literary renaissance, Elizabethan drama, Elizabethan comedy, Morality plays, Elizabethan Tragedy, Catharsis.
Unit III
Restoration Drama:
3.1 John Dryden: All for Love
Keywords: Restoration drama, Restoration comedy, Comedy of manner Heroic couplet, Restoration of monarchy, Rejection of Puritanism, Satire, Faith and Politic.
Unit IV
Indian Drama:
4.1 Girish Karnad: Hayavadana
Keywords: Indian English Drama, Indian society, Morality, Modern Indian theatre, Regional drama: Gender concern, Mythical and social elements.
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Syllabus of B.A. I Year: English Literature (Paper I- Practical)- Major/Main (मुख्य)
Program: Certificate Course

Class: B.A. I Year; Session: 2021-22 
Course Title: Applied Drama (Major Paper I- Practical)
Course Type: Core Course
Credit Value: 2
Content of the Course
Unit I
1. American Drama:
1.1 Arthur Miller: All My Sons
Keywords: American drama, American tragedy, Native themes, American theatre, Realism in American drama, American dream, Urban plays, Eugene O’ Neill. Feminist drama.
Unit II
2. Modern Drama:
2.1 J.M. Synge: Riders to the Sea
Keywords: Modern drama, Problem plays, Realism, Symbolism, Celtic literature, Tragedy, Modernism, Protest drama, Drama of the twentieth century.
Unit III
3. Applied Drama: Problems and Prospects.
3.1 Difference between comedy, tragedy and tragic comedy, Theme, Plot, Diction, Characters, Comic elements, stage and costumes.
3.2 Dialogue, action, conflict and mood of the audience.
3.3 Rising and falling action and climax.
Keywords: Catastrophe, Spectacle, Catharsis, Exposition, Antagonist, Melodrama.