Paper 101: Literature of the Elizabethan and Restoration Periods 

Unit 1: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth 

• eText: Read original play 'Macbeth' online

• Original Play - Shakespeare's Macbeth - PDF Download

• Teacher's Blog: Highlights and Points to be Discussed

• Shakespearean Tragedy: This is very important as it incorporates several other questions - Presentation

• Study Material-1: Macbeth (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)

• Study Material-2: Macbeth (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)

• Aristotelian Tragic Hero & Hamartia (Tragic Flaw): Get this point from Six Parts of a Tragedy: Aristotle's Poetics

• Lady Macbeth: A Feminist Reading

• Theme of 'Great Chain of Being' - Kingship as Divine Right - Kings as Chosen People

• Time Analysis: Unity of Time in 'Macbeth'

• Time of historical Macbeth in Scotland

• Macbeth's 'Tomorrow' Speech: Analysis

• Film Study: Three Distinctive Adaptations of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'

• BALDO, JONATHAN. “The Politics of Aloofness in ‘Macbeth.’” English Literary Renaissance, vol. 26, no. 3, 1996, pp. 531–560. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43447533 

• Reid, B. L. “‘Macbeth’ and the Play of Absolutes.” The Sewanee Review, vol. 73, no. 1, 1965, pp. 19–46. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27541080 

• Question Bank: Macbeth

• Test your understanding of the play 'Macbeth' - Click to open the blog and scroll down to the link of online test

Unit 2: John Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel 

• Original Poem

• Introduction

• Characters (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)

• Analysis

• Summary and Analysis

• Thematic Study of Absalom and Achitophel

• Themes (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)

• Genre Study - Political Satire

• Literary Elements (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)

• Key Terms (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)

• Check your understanding: Online Test

• Question Bank: Absalom and Achitophel

• Video Recoding of the Online Classes on Absalom and Achitophel

Unit 3: Aphra Behn’s The Rover 

1. The Original Play - The Rover - Aphra Behn

2. The Rover - Aphra Behn - Overview

3. Introduction

4. Plot Summary

5. Prologue and Acts - Analysis

6. Prologue (Original Text)

7. Themes1 / Themes2

8. Characters1 /Character List 2Symbols

9. Essay Questions with Answers

10. Question Bank - The Rover

11. Video Resources

12. Check your understanding - Online Quiz

13. Additional Reading Resources:

    1. Journal Article: Rape and the Female Subject in Aphra Behn's "The Rover" Published By: The Johns Hopkins University Press - https://www.jstor.org/stable/30030182

    2. Aphra Behn's The Rover: Evaluating Women's Social and Sexual Options

    3. Aphra Behn's The Rover engages with the social, political and sexual conditions of the 17th century, as well as with theatrical traditions of carnival and misrule. Elaine Hobby introduces Behn's play and explores how it was first performed and received

    4. JOURNAL ARTICLE - "Imposing Nought But Constancy in Love": Aphra Behn Snares "The Rover" - Joseph F. Musser, Jr. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43291367

    5. The Sexual Politics of Behn's "Rover": After Patriarchy - Stephen Szilagyi

    6. Rape and the Female Subject in Aphra Behn's "The Rover" Published By: The Johns Hopkins University Press

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Unit 4: Metaphysical Poetry

1. General Characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry

2. About John Donne

3. Selected Poems by John Donne

• Death Be Not Proud

• Summary and Analysis of 'Death Be Not Proud'

• The Flea

• Summary and Analysis of 'The Flea'

• The Sun Rising

• Analysis of 'The Sun Rising'

• The Ecstasy

• Summary and Analysis of 'Ecstasy'

4. About George Herbert

• The Collar by George Herbert

• Summary and Analysis of 'The Collar'

5. About Andrew Marvell

• To His Coy Mistress

• Summary and Analysis of 'To his Coy Mistress'

For Further Reading:

• Johnson On Wit And Metaphysical Poetry by David Perkins

• The DigitalDonne Project

• T. S. Eliot's The Metaphysical Poets

Quiz on Metaphysical Poetry

Question Bank - Metaphysical Poetry