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MEG-02 English Topics Covered
Block 1 – Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus
- Unit 1 – Christopher Marlowe and The Elizabethan Drama
- Unit 2 – The Tragic Drama of Doctor Faustus
- Unit 3 – Irony and The Tragic Dilemma in Doctor Faustus
- Unit 4 – The Renaissance and Reformation in Doctor Faustus
- Unit 5 – Dramatic Poetry in Doctor Faustus
- Unit 6 – The Performance of Doctor Faustus
Block 2 – William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Unit 1 – Background: Performance
- Unit 2 – Romantic Comedy and the Language of the Play
- Unit 3 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream-I
- Unit 4 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream-II
- Unit 5 – The Mechanicals
Block 3 – William Shakespeare: Hamlet
- Unit 1 – Background
- Unit 2 – Interpretations
- Unit 3 – Language of Literature
- Unit 4 – Hamlet: Other Dimensions
- Unit 5 – “The World as Stage”: Wider Perspective
- Unit 6 – Current Critical Approaches to Hamlet
Block 4 – Ben Jonson: The Alchemist
- Unit 1 – The Dramatic Career of Ben Jonson
- Unit 2 – Jonsonian Comedy and The Alchemist
- Unit 3 – The Structure of The Alchemist
- Unit 4 – The Alchemist in the Theatre
- Unit 5 – Characterization and Language
Block 5 – The Playboy of the Western World
- Unit 1 – Background to the Playboy
- Unit 2 – Critical Annotations to the Playboy
- Unit 3 – Close Analysis of the Playboy
- Unit 4 – The Playboy: A Discussion
- Unit 5 – The Playboy: A Discussion (Contd.)
Block 6 – Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion
- Unit 1 – Background of English Drama from the Restoration Period to Bernard Shaw
- Unit 2 – Pygmalion: Themes and Issues
- Unit 3 – Dramatic Structure and Mingling of Genres
- Unit 4 – Language and Style
Block 7 – T.S. Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral
- Unit 1 – T.S.Eliot’s Essays and Other Works Related to the Play
- Unit 2 – Background, Production and Performance History
- Unit 3 – Critical Approaches to Play-I
- Unit 4 – Critical Approaches to Play-II
- Unit 5 – General Comments and other Reading
Block 8 – John Osborne: Look in Anger
- Unit 1 – Background to the Play
- Unit 2 – The Characters
- Unit 3 – Language and Speech in Look Back in Anger
- Unit 4 – Critical Approaches in Look Back in Anger
- Unit 5 – Anger and After: The Play’s Subsequent Importance
Block 9 – Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot
- Unit 1 – Waiting for Godot: An Avant Garde Play
- Unit 2 – Godot: A Critical Analysis-I
- Unit 3 – Critical Analysis-II
- Unit 4 – Themes and Issues-I
- Unit 5 – Themes and Issues-II
