Shakespeare to Milton: A Study of British Literature

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.

Weekly Schedule

Weeks

Weekly Lecture Topics

Assignment

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Week1

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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

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Day 5

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Medieval Drama

History of British Drama

Introduction to Tragedy

Introduction to Epic

Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity

Multiple Choice and Descriptive

Week-3

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Day 3

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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

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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

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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

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Day 4

Paradise Lost Part- 1

Paradise Lost Part- 2

Paradise Lost Part- 3

Assignment and Interaction/Forum activity

Multiple Choice and Descriptive