Paper 101: Literature of the Elizabethan and Restoration Periods
Unit 1: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
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)
Theme of 'Great Chain of Being' - Kingship as Divine Right - Kings as Chosen People
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
Video Recording of Online Classes on 'Macbeth'
Unit 2: John Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel
Characters (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)
Themes (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)
Literary Elements (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)
Key Terms (Only for regular students of Dept. of Eng., MKBU)
Video Recoding of the Online Classes on Absalom and Achitophel
Video Recording of the Online Classes on Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel
Unit 3: Aphra Behn’s The Rover
Additional Reading Resources:
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
Aphra Behn's The Rover: Evaluating Women's Social and Sexual Options
JOURNAL ARTICLE - "Imposing Nought But Constancy in Love": Aphra Behn Snares "The Rover" - Joseph F. Musser, Jr. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43291367
The Sexual Politics of Behn's "Rover": After Patriarchy - Stephen Szilagyi
Video Recordings of Online Classes on Aphra Behn's 'The Rover'
Unit 4: Metaphysical Poetry
2. General Characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry
3. Select Poems - John Donne's Death Be Not Proud, Flea, The Sun Rising
Analysis of 'Ecstasy' - Another analysis
4. George Herbert's 'The Collar'
Analysis of 'To his Coy Mistress'