Kautilya Academy-English Literature Coaching in Indore

English Literature Wing

English Literature Wing

Programs we offer for English Literature

Message



Dr. Anand Soni

Ph.D.(English), M.Phil.(English), M.A.(English), B.Sc.(Comp.Sc.)
from DAVV, Indore (15 Years of Academic Experience)





I feel honored to invite you into this mesmerizing milieu of English literature.

I take pride in announcing that Kautilya Academy is the only institute in Central Madhaya Pradesh which is going to provide an elite platform and geared up to take the responsibility to nurture the seeds of English literature among its aspirants of M.A.(English literature) and B.A.(English literature) not confined to Indore city only, rather to Central India. It is going to lay an especial emphasis to produce an environment for the students to edifice firm foundation of in-depth knowledge of English literature, which will help to craft professionalism in their life.

The exclusive aim of introducing English literature branch is to train the students who are desperate in seeking its knowledge in the right direction and to provide them expertise in language with the development of their writing proficiency. The key feature of our academic mentoring for the English literature aspirants of poetry, Drama, Prose, Fiction, American Literature, Linguistics & Stylistics, Indian Writing in English and Critical theory, is to provide them appropriate notes and annotations in such a manner, which will help them to relate the text books contents to practical world. It will definitely encourage them to efficiently apply their knowledge in the outer world and ensure their winning in all spheres of life.



MA English Literature
M.A. 1st Semester:
Papar Name of Papar Maximum Marks Minimum Passing Marks
1. Poetry 85 28
2. Drama 85 28
3. Fiction 85 28
4. Prose 85 28


Poetry
Unit-1: Annotations (Any two out of the four given passages. At least one from each unit).
Unit-2: Epic Poetry: John Milton: Paradise Lost Book 1 Edward Spencer: Fairie Queene
Unit-3: Narrative Poetry: Geoffrey Chaucer: The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. S.T. Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Unit-4: Renaissance Poetry: William Shakespeare: Sonnets Nos. 23, 24, 26, 27, 31, 44. John Donne: The Extasie, A Valediction Forbidden Mourning. The Good Morrow, Love's Alchemie, The Canonization, The Anniversarie.
Unit-5: Satirical Poetry: John Dryden: Alexander Pope: Absolom and Achitophel. The Rape of the Lock.
Books Recommended: Emile Legouis: Chaucer. EMW Tillyard: Milton. Compton Rickett: History of English Literature. David Daiches: History of English Literature.


Drama
Unit-1: Annotations (Any two out of four given passages selecting at least one from each unit).
Unit-2: Sophocles: Oedipus Rex. Kalidas: Abhigyana Shankuntalam. (English Translation, Sahitya Academy)
Unit-3: Shakespearean Tragedy: Hamlet, king Lear.
Unit-4: Other Shakespearean Plays: Twelfth Night, The Tempest.
Unit-5: Renaissance Drama: (Non- Shakespearean) Christopher Marlowe: Dr.Faustus. Ben Jonson: Every Man in His Humour.
Books Recommended: A.C.Bradley: Shakespearean Tragedy. H.B.Charlton: Shakespearean Comedy. Ram Vilas Sharma Shakespearean Tragedy. Allardyce Nicoll: British Drama.


Fiction
Unit-1: Early Prose Narrative: Daniel Defoe : Robinson Crusoe Cervantes: Don Quixote.
Unit-2: Henry Fielding: Tom Jones. Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels
Unit-3: Historical Novel; George Orwell's Animal Farm' Leo Tolstoy's 'War & Peace'
Unit-4: Fiction by Women: George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss. Emily Bronte: Jane Eyre.
Unit-5: 19th Century Realistic Novel: Charles Dickens: Great Expectations. Zola: Nana.
Books Recommended: Walter Allen: History of English Novel. David Daiches: Critical Approaches to Literature. O.P.Budholia: George Eliot:Art and Vision in Her Novels. Austin Dobson: Fielding. lan Watt: The Rise of the Novel.


Prose
Unit-1: Annotations (Any two out of the four given passages. At least one from each unit).
Unit-2: Biography and Autobiography: J.L. Nehru: Autobiography (Fourth Chapter). Kamala Das: My Story (Fourth Chapter).
Unit-3: Political and Social Writings: Plato: The Republic, Book II (First four chapters). Bacon: Of Truth, Of Studies, Of Revenge, Of Love.
Unit-4: Philosophical Writings: J. Krishnamurti: 1. Individual and Society. 2. Action and Idea. 3. What is Self? 4. What are We Seeking? Lala Hardayal: Intellectual Culture.
Unit-5: Bertrand Russell: Bertrand Russel's Competition - Chapter III. William Hazlitt: 1. The Ignorance of the Learned. 2. The Indian Jugglers.
Books Recommended: Hugh Walker: The English Essay and Essayists. Benson: The Art of Essay Writing. J. Krishnamurti: The First and the Last Freedom.


M.A. 2nd Semester:
Paper Name of Paper Maximum Marks Minimum Passing Marks
1. Poetry 85 28
2. Drama 85 28
3. Fiction 85 28
4. Prose 85 28


Poetry
Unit-1: Pre- Romantic Poetry: Thomas Gray: The Bard, The Progress of Poesy. William Blake: On Another Sorrow, From Auguries of Innocence., The Poison Tree
Unit-2: Romantic Poetry: W.Wordsworth: Tintern Abbey, Ode on Intimations of Immortality. P.B.Shelley: Adonais. John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to Autumn.
Unit-3: Victorian Poetry: Alfred Tennyson: Ulysses, The Lotos Eaters Matthew Arnold: Thyrsis, The Scholar Gypsy.
Unit-4: The Waste Land W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming, Byzantium, Sailing to Byzantium.
Unit-5: Modern Poetry: W.H.Auden: Strange Meeting, The Shield of Achilles, Dylan Thomas: Fern Hill, A Refusal to Mourn the Death of a Child.
Books Recommended: Desmond King-Helle: Shelley- His Thought And Work, Macmillan, London. Graham Hough: The Last Romantics Humphrey House: Coleridge C.M.Bowra: The Romantic Imagination.


Drama
Unit-1: Annotations: (Any two out of four given passages selecting at least one from each unit)
Unit-2: Restoration Drama: John Dryden: All For Love. Congreve: The Way of the World.
Unit-3: Drama: G.B.Shaw: Man and Superman Galsworthy: Justice
Unit-4: Modern Drama: Ibsen: A Doll's House Brecht: Mother Courage
Unit-5: Drama: Girish Karnad: The Fire and the Rain Mahesh Dattani: Tara
Books Recommended: Frederick Lumley: Trends in 20th Century Drama. Allardyce Nicoll: British Drama. Raymond Williams: Drama from Ibsen to Eliot. O.P.Budholia: Critical Essays on Indian English Literature.


Fiction
Unit-1: 19ın Century Fiction: Flaubert: Madame Bovary. George Meredith: The Egoist.
Unit-2: Rural Novel: Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D'urbervilles. Premchand: Godaan.
Unit-3: Psychological Novel: Virginia Woolf: To the Light house. D.H.Lawrence: Sons and Lovers.
Unit-4: Naturalist Novel: Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim. Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea.
Unit-5: Post Naturalist Novel: William Golding: Lord of the Flies. Saul Bellow: Her Zog.
Books Recommended: Sisir Chattopadhyaya: The Technique of the Modern English Novel. A.S. Collins: English Literature of the 20th Century. Arnold Kettle: An Introduction to the English Novel. David Daiches: The Novel and the Modern World. Dorothy Van Ghent: The English Novel Form and Function lan Watt: The Rise of the Novel. Sisir Chatterjee: Problems in Modern English Fiction. Katherine Lever: The English and the Reader. Wilbur L. Cross: The English Novel. David Cecil: Early Victorian Novelists. S.S. Narula: Galsworthy and the English Novel.


Prose
Unit-1: Annotations: (Any two out of four given passages. At least one to be selected from each unit).
Unit-2: Boswell: The Life of Dr.Johnson (From Everyman's Edition of Boswell.s Life of Dr.Johnson. London: J,M.Dent 1958 Vol. I, Introductory pp 5-11). Addison: Choice of Hercules, Uses of the Spectators.
Unit-3: Goldsmith: The Man in Black. Charles Lamb: New Years Eve, A Bachelors Complaint Against the Behaviour of Married People.
Unit-4: A. G.Gardiner: On the Rule of the Road, In Defence of Laziness. Robert Lynd: Back to the Desk. Forgetting, The Pleasures of Ignorance, Tremble to Think.
Unit-5: G.K.Chesterton: On Running after One.s Hat, Patriotism and Sport. Hilarry Bellock: On Books, On Preserving English.
Books Recommended: R.P. Tiwari(ed): A.G. Gardiner: Selected Essays. Stuart Hodgson: A.G. Gardiner. G.S.Fraser: The Modern Writer and His World.


M.A. 3rd Semester:
Critical theory - 1 (Compulsory).
English Language - 1 (Compulsory).
Indian Writing in english/ common wealth literatute in english(optional)
linguistics & Stylistics American literatute/ special studies(optional)


Critical theory - 1 (Compulsory)
Unit-1 Indian Poetics: Natyashastra: Rasa Theory, Anand Vardhan: Dhwani Theory.
Unit-2 Aristotle: Poetics (Butcher.s Translation), Longinus: On the Sublime.
Unit-3 John Dryden: An Essay on Dramatic Poesy, Dr.Johnson: Preface to Shakespeare.
Unit-4 W.Wordsworth: Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, Coleridge: Biographia Literaria . Chapters XIII, XIV and XVIII.
Unit-5 Matthew Arnold: Essays in Criticism (Second Series). T.S.Eliot: Tradition and Individual Talent.
Books Recommended: Kapi! Kapoor: Critical Theory. R.S.Pathak: Literary Theory. O.P.Budhoilia: Dhvani in The Fire and the Rain. Charusheel Singh: Literary Theory: Linear configurations. Butcher (tr.): Aristotle.s Poetics. Scott James: The Making of Literature. David Daiches: Critical Approaches to English Literature.


Common Wealth Literature in English
Unit-1 Canadian Poetry: Margrate Atwood: This is A Photograph of Me, Tricks with Mirrors. Michael Ondaatje: The Cinnamon Peeler, To A Sad Daughter.
Unit-2 Canadian Fiction: Magarate Laurence: The Stone Angel, Magarate Atwood: Surfacing.
Unit-3 The African Novel: Nadime Gordimer: July.s People, Doris Lessing: The Grass is Singing
Unit-4 The Caribbean Novel: V.S. Naipal: A House of Mr. Viswas, George Lamming: In the Castle of My Skin.
Unit-5 The Austrialian Novel: Slizabeth jolley: My Father Moon, Patrick White: A Fringe of Leaves.
Books Recommended: Kapi! Kapoor: Critical Theory. R.S.Pathak: Literary Theory. O.P.Budhoilia: Dhvani in The Fire and the Rain. Charusheel Singh: Literary Theory: Linear configurations. Butcher (tr.): Aristotle.s Poetics. Scott James: The Making of Literature. David Daiches: Critical Approaches to English Literature.
Special Studies
Unit-1 Biography
Unit-2 Selected Works
Unit-3 Technique: Style, Language, Plot, Characterization.
Unit-4 Critical opinions on the author.
Unit-5 Impact of the author's work.


Critical theory - 2 (Compulsory).
Unit-1 Linguistics: 1. Language Varieties,, Dialect, Idiolect, Dialect Boundaries Diglossia, Standard Language, Pidgin and Creole. 2. Language Varieties, Register and Style, Language Variation and Sociolinguistics, Language change. 3. Competence and Performance. 4. Theories of Language Acquisition 5. Linguistic Fallacies. 6. Applied Linguistics.
Unit-2 Grammar: 1. Relative Clauses. Restrictive and Non. Restrictive 2. Complement causes. 3. Sub- ordination and Co-ordination . 4. Grammar and Usages.
Unit-3 Transformational Grammar: Affix switch, Negativization, Passivisation, Interrogative and Imperative Transformations
Unit-4 Phonetics: 1. Phoneme Theory & Syllable Theory 2. Transcriptions Phonetic & Phonemic 3. Stress and Intonation, Word accent, the Rules of stress, 4. Intonation 5. Strong and Weak Forms, Accent and Rhythm in Connected speech 6. Differences between R.P & G.I.E
Unit-5 Stylistics: 1. Nature and scope , Collocation. Pragmatics, Presupposition , Implicature, Metaphor, Felicity, Condition, Implicature in Literature. 2. The Irrational in Poetry, Oxymoron , Paradox , Ambiguity, Pun. syllopsis, Jingle as pun. The Grind and Tenor of Metophor, Analyzing Metaphor, Connotation 3. Deviation, Foregrounding and Parallelism, Inversion , Verbal Repetition


M.A. 4th Semester:
Critical theory - 2 (Compulsory).
English Language - 2 (Compulsory).
Indian Writing in english/ common wealth literatute in english(optional)
linguistics & Stylistics American literatute/ special studies(optional)


English Language II (Complusory)
Unit-1 Semantics: Nature and Characteristics Semantic features.
Unit-2 Semantics: Nature and Characteristics Semantic features.
Unit-3 Stylistics: Foregrounding and Parallelism. Verbal repetition Types of words in usages.
Unit-4 Transcription of isolated words, (b) Intonation.
Unit-5 Transformation: Aspects of Passivity and Perfectivity. Concord.
Books Recommended: Mittins: Attitudes to English Usage, Oxford. B.D. Graver: Advanced English Grammar. Collins Cobuild: English Grammar. N.Krishnaswamy: Modern English


Indian Writing in English Ill (Optional)
Unit-1 Annotions: (Six passages selecting at least two from units II, III and IV each to be set, two to be attempted).
Unit-2 Tagore: Geetanjali 1 to 15 stanzas (McMillan edition). Kamala Das: Introduction: Dance of the Eunuchs.
Unit-3 M.R.Anand: Coolie R.K.Narayan: The Guide.
Unit-4 Vishnu Sharma: Panchatantra (Book 1) Only First Five Stories. Munshi Premchand: The Kafan (Shroud)
Unit-5 Tagore: Nationalism, The Religion of Man S. Radhakrishnan: Religion in a Changing world (First two chapters).
Books Recommended: K.R.S.Iyengar: Rabindra Nath Tagore M.K. Naik: Perspective on Indian English Poetry K.K.Sharma: Tagore.s Aesthetics A.N.Dwivedi: Indo-Anglican Poetry.


Linguistics and Stylistics
Unit-1 Linguistics: 1. Language Varieties,, Dialect, Idiolect, Dialect Boundaries Diglossia, Standard Language, Pidgin and Creole. 2. Language Varieties, Register and Style, Language Variation and Sociolinguistics, Language change. 3. Competence and Performance. 4. Theories of Language Acquisition 5. Linguistic Fallacies. 6. Applied Linguistics.
Unit-2 Grammar: 1. Relative Clauses. Restrictive and Non. Restrictive 2. Complement causes. 3. Sub- ordination and Co-ordination . 4. Grammar and Usages.
Unit-3 Transformational Grammar: Affix switch, Negativization, Passivisation, Interrogative and Imperative Transformations
Unit-4 Phonetics: 1. Phoneme Theory & Syllable Theory 2. Transcriptions Phonetic & Phonemic 3. Stress and Intonation, Word accent, the Rules of stress, 4. Intonation 5. Strong and Weak Forms, Accent and Rhythm in Connected speech 6. Differences between R.P & G.I.E
Unit-5 Stylistics: 1. Nature and scope , Collocation. Pragmatics, Presupposition , Implicature, Metaphor, Felicity, Condition, Implicature in Literature. 2. The Irrational in Poetry, Oxymoron , Paradox , Ambiguity, Pun. syllopsis, Jingle as pun. The Grind and Tenor of Metophor, Analyzing Metaphor, Connotation 3. Deviation, Foregrounding and Parallelism, Inversion , Verbal Repetition


American Literature Paper- IV (b) Optional
Unit-1 Annotations:(Six passages selecting at least two from units II, III and IV each to be set, two to be attempted).
Unit-2 Prose Emerson: American Scholar, Self- Reliance, The Over Soul Thoreau : From Walden.. Where I Lived and What I Lived for.
Unit-3 Poetry Walt Whitman: O Captain, My Captain ; Song of Myself; Gross; When Lilacs last in the Dooryard Bloomed; I celebrate Myself Sylvia Plath: Daddy, Lady Lizarus, The Bee Meeting.
Unit-4 Poetry Robert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, After Apple Picking, Birches, The Road Not taken. Emily Dickinson: Because I could not Wait for Death, I Taste a Liquor never Brewed, Light in Spring, This is my Letter to the World.
Unit-5 Drama: Eugene O. Neil: The Mourning Becomes Electra. Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman Tony Morrison's: “A Pair of Blue Eyes"


Semester I
Paper I
Unit – II

Character sketch of Satan ?
or
Hero of paradise lost book - I ?

Answer :

Chronologically speaking, the hero is a paragon (model) of virtues like nobility, courage, generosity, kind and a good hearted person. As the Iliad exists for Achilles, the Odyssey for Odysseus like wise John Milton’s Paradise lost book – I exists for one and only one Satan. It is however surprising that the character of Satan has been a subject of sharp controversy among critics. In the words of Robert Burns;

“Give me a spirit like my favorite hero : Milton’s Satan.”

Satan possessed a towering personality like Gulliver with gigantic structure. He is compared with legendary Titans;

“Titanium or Earthborn, that warr’d on Jove,

Briorior or Typhon, whom the Den

By ancient Tarsus held or seabeast leviathan.”

The formost quality of his character is great courage and indomitable will. Even after loosing the first battle he declares;

“What thou the field be lost ?

All is not lost the unconquerable will

And study revenge, immortal hate.

And courage never to submit of field.”

He hates weakness saying that to be weak is miserable by his strength;

“Can make a Heaven of Hell, A Hell of Heaven.”

Even he finds an advantage in his defeat;

“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.”

Satan also possesses qualifies of leadership, tact, presence of mind, wisdom and insight. It is because of these qualities that he succeed in injecting a new life to his fallen comrades. He is a good orator, as he declares;

“Awake, Arise or be forever fallen!”

Satan has unbending pride and thorough hatred towards Almighty. In his first speech to Beelzebub his pride is seen. He doubts whether Beelzebub is same that he had close association before. This behavior of Satan reflects his proudness.

However Satan is equally bad, a villain. His character gradually degenerates, as he suffers from detest, crafty and cunning nature, jealously and meanness. Infact, all his virtues turn to vices when he crossed the limit. His ambition, envy, hate and anger further adds fuel to fire. There is no doubt that Satan is a villain as he addressed as –

“Arch fiend”, “Arch enemy”, The Adversary of God and Man, The Author of an Ill, The Spirit Malign and so on.

Some critics like William Blake and Mark Pattison are in the view that - Milton is Satan and Satan is Milton. Pattison remarks;

“Milton projects himself his feelings, his knowledge and inspiration into the character of his epic.”

Satan is a tragic character as Tillyard in his book Studies in Milton, Milton compares Satan to Macbeth i.e. one of the Shakespearian tragic hero. Like Macbeth Satan also have excessive ambition and therefore Satan like Macbeth wants to get the ultimate throne. But the point which is noted here is that Satan is avaster and classic figure than Macbeth. He possesses a towering personality with gigantic size.

On the whole with all his demerits he remains the grandeur figure not only in English but in world literature. It is because of his heroic qualities. He deserves to be called as the hero of paradise lost book-I. In these reference William Hazlidd;

“Satan in undoubtable hero of this epic infact the most heroic subject that had ever chosen by Milton.”

Semester III
Paper I
Unit –II

On the sublime “Sources of Sublimity.” By Longinus.

Answer :

The most important legacy of the Graceo Roman period to the literary criticism is undoubtedly the fragmentary treaties entitled On The Sublime. This treatise bears on its title page the name of Longinus. On the sublime is a Greek document in epistolary form addressed to a person named Postumius Terentianus. This treatise contains the sources of sublimity.

The word sublime means ‘elevation’, sublimity is a certain distinction and excellence in composition. The true sublime can be best explained by distinguishing it from it false variety. False sublimity is based on ‘timidity’ which means bombast of language. On the contrary, true sublime pleases all and pleases always. It expresses the thoughts of universal validity.

There are five principal sources of the sublimity -

Grandeur of Thought : The first and the foremost source of sublimity is Grandeur of thought. Sublimity is the echo of a great soul. It is, in truth, an endowment rather than an acquirement we should nurture our souls on sublime thought. In this reference, W. R. Opines;

“Great accents we expect to fall from the lips of those whose thoughts are deep and grave.”

Therefore, one must feed his soul on the works of the great masters like Homer. This reflects the classicism of Longinus. However, Longinus does not say to imitate as it is but that - Men catch fire from the spirit of others.

Then comes the suitable treatment of the material. Details should be chosen as to form an organic whole i.e. Amplification. Amplification means accumulation of all the details of a given subject. But Amplification is a mere body of which sublimity is the soul. In other words, sublimity is the elevation while Amplification is the extension.

Vehement Passion - The second source of sublimity is vehement and inspired passion. Longinus asserts that nothing can be above genuine emotion. However this topic has not been explained in detail as we know that On The Sublime is a fragmentary treatise.

The Use Of Figures - Figures of speech should not be used mechanically, rather they must be rooted in genuine emotion. If they are used naturally, they impart elevation to style. Longinus considered the following figures of speech as very important. These are ‘Asyndeton’ i.e. omission of conjunction, ‘Hypervaton’ i.e. repetition of words and ‘Apostrophe’ i.e. address to abstract.

Diction - This source includes choice and arrangement of words. In other words by ‘diction’ Longinus means ‘Verbal Music’ Longinus considers ‘Metaphor’ as the queen of figures.

Dignified Composition - Then the proceeds to considers the fifth source of the sublime i.e. dignified and noble composition. By composition, he simply means a verbal order i.e. Rhythm.

So it is crystal clean that, out of these sources, the first two sources (Grandeur of thought, Vehement Passion) are innate while the remaining – (Use of Figures, Diction, Dignified Composition) are product of art. Thus, Nature and Art both contribute to the sublimity of style. To conclude in the views of Wimsatt Brooks;

“In many events Longinus must be saluted as a lover of great literature”

BA English Literature
B.A. 1st Year:
The scheme of examination and the allotment of marks shall be as Regular Students

Section-A Short Answer Type Question Short Answer Type Questions (Annotations) (Ten questions (Minimum two from each unit) to be set from Unit II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted) 1X5 = 5 Marks
Section-B Objective Type Questions (At least one question to be set from each unit) 3X5 = 15 Marks
Section-C Long Answer Type Questions (Ten questions (two from each unit) to be set from unit I, II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted . 6X5 = 30 Marks
TOTAL 50


B.A. Part-I
Subject- Poetry
Maximum Marks -50

Unit -1 Metaphysical Poetry, Epic Poetry, Satire Poetry, The Romantic Movement
Unit -2 John Donne : Canonization Death be not Proud The Good Morrow The Relic
Unit -3 John Milton : Paradise Lost- Book I- First to 250 Lines
Unit -4 Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock Dr. Hee 0 (Oums. Bharaty Aloe 2016/2019 Yavuz 30 gooika) raj Aguinhala (Prof. Alex Chansarne), Tere J s aanilathalen u sika By, Resta't Trinda profuis Astigteille commis.bhovany Bhat) Kurther
Unit -5 William Wordsworth : Ode on Intimations of Immortality, Tintern Abbey
BOOKS & REFERENCES Evans, J. Martin. “Paradise Lost and the Genesis Tradition, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1968 Lewis, C.S. A Preface to Paradise Lost, Oxford: OUP, 1968 Steadman, John M. Epic and Tragic Structure in Paradise Lost, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976 Bennett, John. Five Metaphysical Poets, Cambridge University Press, 1964 B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms , Penguib Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume I & II do Vyshełm Alov 16/2019 Jezuslool19 (Prof Alok Chansoria) car likas Dawikan) Ascendere Bhhan 2 619 e from v dostonist de Dromise Rathon br. Roh Ar. Rohit Trivedi (Duims. Bharati Bhat)


B.A. Part-I
Subject- Prose
Maximum Marks -50

Unit -1 Prose and Its Forms
Unit -2 Francis Bacon : Of Studies Of Travel Of Love Of Revenge Awarly
Unit -3 Joseph Addison Varthenay : Sir Roger at Church Sir Roger at Home Yex 03/06/19 d (Prof. Alok Chansoria) ca.vikas Iooolkon DA5zendere sach de h ar sasnolens ig Dromiso Behan (Dr. Heerey Aquinatnog - Drilonis Tiredi at Bhan 08/08/2019 a los llen.inse Bharati Bhar) The Spectator's Account of Himself The Adventures of A Shilling
Unit -4 A.G. Gardiner : On Saying Please H.G. Wells : The Stolen Bacillus
Unit -5 Charles Lamb : A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People All Fools' Day E.V. Lucas : On Finding Things Unbirthday and Other Presents
BOOKS & REFERENCES B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An Outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms , Penguib Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume I & II (Prof. Alok Chansoria) con likas Sarolkas). Daron do Asschoene, 116111 Dr Ashok Sachdena a 1. Drogas. Rathore car. Theeraj Apunhats) Bhau Dr. Rohis Trivedi' 8370412019 LO3T06 Th9 on. ps. Bharali Show) Wall 19 an Vay there


The scheme of examination and the allotment of marks shall be as Non-Collegiate Students

Section-A Short Answer Type Question Short Answer Type Questions (Annotations) (Ten questions (Minimum two from each unit) to be set from Unit II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted) 1X5 = 5 Marks
Section-B Objective Type Questions (At least one question to be set from each unit) 2X5 = 10 Marks
Section-C Long Answer Type Questions (Ten questions (two from each unit) to be set from unit I, II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted . 5X5 = 25 Marks
TOTAL 40


B.A. Part-I
Subject- Poetry
Maximum Marks -40

Unit -1 Metaphysical Poetry, Epic Poetry, Satire Poetry, The Romantic Movement
Unit -2 John Donne : Canonization Death be not Proud The Good Morrow The Relic
Unit -3 John Milton : Paradise Lost- Book I- First to 250 Lines
Unit -4 Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock Dr. Hee 0 (Oums. Bharaty Aloe 2016/2019 Yavuz 30 gooika) raj Aguinhala (Prof. Alex Chansarne), Tere J s aanilathalen u sika By, Resta't Trinda profuis Astigteille commis.bhovany Bhat) Kurther
Unit -5 William Wordsworth : Ode on Intimations of Immortality, Tintern Abbey
BOOKS & REFERENCES Evans, J. Martin. “Paradise Lost and the Genesis Tradition, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1968 Lewis, C.S. A Preface to Paradise Lost, Oxford: OUP, 1968 Steadman, John M. Epic and Tragic Structure in Paradise Lost, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976 Bennett, John. Five Metaphysical Poets, Cambridge University Press, 1964 B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms , Penguib Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume I & II do Vyshełm Alov 16/2019 Jezuslool19 (Prof Alok Chansoria) car likas Dawikan) Ascendere Bhhan 2 619 e from v dostonist de Dromise Rathon br. Roh Ar. Rohit Trivedi (Duims. Bharati Bhat)


B.A. Part-I
Subject- Prose
Maximum Marks -40

Unit -1 Prose and Its Forms
Unit -2 Francis Bacon : Of Studies Of Travel Of Love Of Revenge Awarly
Unit -3 Joseph Addison Varthenay : Sir Roger at Church Sir Roger at Home Yex 03/06/19 d (Prof. Alok Chansoria) ca.vikas Iooolkon DA5zendere sach de h ar sasnolens ig Dromiso Behan (Dr. Heerey Aquinatnog - Drilonis Tiredi at Bhan 08/08/2019 a los llen.inse Bharati Bhar) The Spectator's Account of Himself The Adventures of A Shilling
Unit -4 A.G. Gardiner : On Saying Please H.G. Wells : The Stolen Bacillus
Unit -5 Charles Lamb : A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People All Fools' Day E.V. Lucas : On Finding Things Unbirthday and Other Presents
BOOKS & REFERENCES B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An Outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms , Penguib Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume I & II اطلع ا Hole 0310612019 3.8.1 (Prof. Alok Chansoria) con likas Sarolkas). Daron do Asschoene, 116111 Dr Ashok Sachdena a 1. Drogas. Rathore car. Theeraj Apunhats) Bhau Dr. Rohis Trivedi' 8370412019 LO3T06 Th9 on. ps. Bharali Show) Wall 19 an Vay there


B.A. 2nd Year:
The scheme of examination and the allotment of marks shall be as Regular Students

Section-A Short Answer Type Question Short Answer Type Questions (Annotations) (Ten questions (Minimum two from each unit) to be set from Unit II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted) 1X5 = 5 Marks
Section-B Objective Type Questions (At least one question to be set from each unit) 3X5 = 15 Marks
Section-C Long Answer Type Questions (Ten questions (two from each unit) to be set from unit I, II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted . 6X5 = 30 Marks
TOTAL 50


B.A. Part-II
Subject- DRAMA
Maximum Marks -50

Unit -1 Drama and its forms The Renaissance: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Twentieth Century Drama
Unit -2 William Shakespeare : King Lear The Tempest
Unit -3 Henric Ibsen A Doll's House Hon 2019 Hou, hero3106 Brcndeve o3106)9019 (Prof. Alok Chansone) CD. likas Tacolkas) or theeran ASINGDu ris. Sharath Sheer) Dr. Rohit Trivedi Rathore I Vithana
Unit -4 John Osborne : Пе Look Back in Anger
Unit -5 Samuel Becket : Waiting for Godot
BOOKS & REFERENCES Bradley A.C. , Shakespearean Tragedy, Penguin, Random House Iyengar K.R.S , Indian Writing in English, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Sengupta S.C., Shakespearean Comedy Brodbury Malcolm: Comic Transformation in Shakespeare, OUP, London. Alou ool2019 jurosloolia di hotel din 3.16-19 (Prof. Alote chansoria) carikas Tavolcan) a Terni Agnihotzi) drama Droouus. Rathore Aszondene 16 lis Khhal 3 16/15 D Dr. Ashok Sachdevą 83106119 CDni Ms. Bharati Bhar) Dr. Rohit Trivela 0310412019 Drik Vurn


B.A. Part-II
Subject- FICTION
Maximum Marks -50

Unit -1 Henry Fielding : Tom Jones
Unit -2 Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice
Unit -3 Charles Dickens : Hard Times
Unit -4 Thomas hardy : Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Unit -5 Virginia Woolf : Mrs Dalloway Teoses kelia Here 03406/2019 di (Pr. Neeraj Agültig Behan A szondens 116115 n Dr. Rohit Trivedi Dubla 03/06/2016 (Prof. Alok chansones No For the Rohit hinlove) ,, 0310611ğ Dr Ms. Bhararthe Very shelma
BOOKS & REFERENCES Forster E,M., Aspects of the Novel, Naik M.K. A History of Indian English Literature B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms, Penguila Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume I & II. Hlor tool2019 Neeraj Aquilata) tAgendeve 316115 Dr. Ashok sacideve (Prof. Alok Chansorial Irinedi) Belhaus tr. Rohit 0310611g Dr. Ms. Sharati Bhat Viney thalina Vineyth


The scheme of examination and the allotment of marks shall be as Non-Collegiate Students

Section-A Short Answer Type Question Short Answer Type Questions (Annotations) (Ten questions (Minimum two from each unit) to be set from Unit II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted) 1X5 = 5 Marks
Section-B Objective Type Questions (At least one question to be set from each unit) 2X5 = 10 Marks
Section-C Long Answer Type Questions (Ten questions (two from each unit) to be set from unit I, II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted . 5X5 = 25 Marks
TOTAL 40


B.A. Part-II
Subject- DRAMA
Maximum Marks -40

Unit -1 Drama and its forms The Renaissance: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Twentieth Century Drama
Unit -2 William Shakespeare : King Lear The Tempest
Unit -3 Henric Ibsen A Doll's House Hon 2019 Hou, hero3106 Brcndeve (Prof. Alok Chansone) CD. likas Tacolkas) or theeran ASINGDu ris. Sharath Sheer) Dr. Rohit Trivedi Rathore I Vithana
Unit -4 John Osborne : Пе Look Back in Anger
Unit -5 Samuel Becket : Waiting for Godot
BOOKS & REFERENCES Bradley A.C. , Shakespearean Tragedy, Penguin, Random House Iyengar K.R.S , Indian Writing in English, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Sengupta S.C., Shakespearean Comedy Brodbury Malcolm: Comic Transformation in Shakespeare, OUP, London. Alou ool2019 jurosloolia di hotel din 3.16-19 (Prof. Alote chansoria) carikas Tavolcan) a Terni Agnihotzi) drama Droouus. Rathore Aszondene 16 lis Khhal 3 16/15 D Dr. Ashok Sachdevą 83106119 CDni Ms. Bharati Bhar) Dr. Rohit Trivela 0310412019 Drik Vurn


B.A. Part-II
Subject- FICTION
Maximum Marks -40

Unit -1 Henry Fielding : Tom Jones
Unit -2 Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice
Unit -3 Charles Dickens : Hard Times
Unit -4 Thomas hardy : Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Unit -5 Virginia Woolf : Mrs Dalloway Teoses kelia Here 03406/2019 di (Pr. Neeraj Agültig Behan A szondens 116115 n Dr. Rohit Trivedi Dubla 03/06/2016 (Prof. Alok chansones No For the Rohit hinlove) ,, 0310611ğ Dr Ms. Bhararthe Very shelma
BOOKS & REFERENCES Forster E,M., Aspects of the Novel, Naik M.K. A History of Indian English Literature B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms, Penguila Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume I & II. Hlor tool2019 Neeraj Aquilata) tAgendeve 316115 Dr. Ashok sacideve (Prof. Alok Chansorial Irinedi) Belhaus tr. Rohit 0310611g Dr. Ms. Sharati Bhat Viney thalina Vineyth


B.A. 3rd Year
The scheme of examination and the allotment of marks shall be as Regular Students

Section-A Short Answer Type Question Short Answer Type Questions (Annotations) (Ten questions (Minimum two from each unit) to be set from Unit II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted) 1X5 = 5 Marks
Section-B Objective Type Questions (At least one question to be set from each unit) 3X5 = 15 Marks
Section-C Long Answer Type Questions (Ten questions (two from each unit) to be set from unit I, II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted . 6X5 = 30 Marks
TOTAL 50


B.A. Part-III
Subject- Poetry
Maximum Marks -50

Unit -1 Alfred Tennyson : First Five Cantos
Unit -2 W.B Yeats A Prayer for my Daughter The Second Coming Sailing to Byzantium Among School Children
Unit -3 T. S. Eliot : The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock Journey of the Magi Burnt Norton I blue 03/06/19 Duque Bharats' Bhour Srinden 3.6.19 & Ashok 'Scchiers d da W 316/19 (Prof. Alok Chansonia) Viertheim 3.6.19 (ar Heerg CDS Ms. Rathua 1 Hlok Chansozial
Unit -4 W. H Auden : In Memory of W. B Yeats The Unknown Citizen The Shield of Achilles' Petition September 1, 1939
Unit -5 Philip Larkin : Next Please Deceptions A River Obituary A.K. Ramanujan
BOOKS & REFERENCES David Perkins, A History of Modern Poetry, Harvard University Press Parthasarthy, R. Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets. New Delhi : OUP. B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms , Penguib Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume 1 & Il Wole Thola 2/6119 As Isrendevy 31&lis Dr. Ashok Sachdeve VAD1907 2-6.19 na thinkers Dr. Ashok so . (Prof. Alok Chansnia) . (drsnis fathre) (drons. Rathre ) : Dr. Rohit Trivedi El . (or Teeraj Aquitatan) Belhan 03106119


B.A. Part-III
Subject- FICTION
Maximum Marks -50

Unit -1 Joseph Conrad : Lord Jim
Unit -2 D.H. Lawrence : Sons and Lovers
Unit -3 E. M. Forster : A Passage to India
Unit -4 Raja Rao : Kanthapura
Unit -5 V.S. Naipaul : A House of Mr. Biswas = 3106119 How X2 0370612019 7.6.19 t rendene vrythil Khan 3101 (Prod. Alok Chansonié) (Dr. m-s. Rathore Dorshok Saandene Du. Mein Tor. Rohit Trivedithan others in a lansion de
BOOKS & REFERENCES Forster E,M., Aspects of the Novel, Penguin, 2005 Naik M.K. A History of Indian English Literature Iyengar K.R.S, Indian Writing in English, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms , Penguib Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume I & Il Alole Chat 03/06/19 Drontal Tasolon 2 onders 19 '03106/2019 (Prof. Alok Chanseina) (Droonis. Rathore-) 376115 Dr. Ashok Sachdeve Blehaus Dog Tool14 fode ander CON .MS, Bharati Bhal) 316019 Vung them co Rohit Trivedo ) 13. He


The scheme of examination and the allotment of marks shall be as Non collegiate Students

Section-A Short Answer Type Question Short Answer Type Questions (Annotations) (Ten questions (Minimum two from each unit) to be set from Unit II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted) 1X5 = 5 Marks
Section-B Objective Type Questions (At least one question to be set from each unit) 2X5 = 10 Marks
Section-C Long Answer Type Questions (Ten questions (two from each unit) to be set from unit I, II, III, IV & V and five to be attempted . 5X5 = 25 Marks
TOTAL 40


B.A. Part-III
Subject- Poetry
Maximum Marks -40

Unit -1 Alfred Tennyson : First Five Cantos
Unit -2 W.B Yeats A Prayer for my Daughter The Second Coming Sailing to Byzantium Among School Children
Unit -3 T. S. Eliot : The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock Journey of the Magi Burnt Norton I blue 03/06/19 Duque Bharats' Bhour Srinden 3.6.19 & Ashok 'Scchiers d da W 316/19 (Prof. Alok Chansonia) Viertheim 3.6.19 (ar Heerg CDS Ms. Rathua 1 Hlok Chansozial
Unit -4 W. H Auden : In Memory of W. B Yeats The Unknown Citizen The Shield of Achilles' Petition September 1, 1939
Unit -5 Philip Larkin : Next Please Deceptions A River Obituary A.K. Ramanujan
BOOKS & REFERENCES David Perkins, A History of Modern Poetry, Harvard University Press Parthasarthy, R. Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets. New Delhi : OUP. B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms , Penguib Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume 1 & Il Wole Thola 2/6119 As Isrendevy 31&lis Dr. Ashok Sachdeve VAD1907 2-6.19 na thinkers Dr. Ashok so . (Prof. Alok Chansnia) . (drsnis fathre) (drons. Rathre ) : Dr. Rohit Trivedi El . (or Teeraj Aquitatan) Belhan 03106119


B.A. Part-III
Subject- FICTION
Maximum Marks -40

Unit -1 Joseph Conrad : Lord Jim
Unit -2 D.H. Lawrence : Sons and Lovers
Unit -3 E. M. Forster : A Passage to India
Unit -4 Raja Rao : Kanthapura
Unit -5 V.S. Naipaul : A House of Mr. Biswas = 3106119 How X2 0370612019 7.6.19 t rendene vrythil Khan 3101 (Prod. Alok Chansonié) (Dr. m-s. Rathore Dorshok Saandene Du. Mein Tor. Rohit Trivedithan others in a lansion de
BOOKS & REFERENCES Forster E,M., Aspects of the Novel, Penguin, 2005 Naik M.K. A History of Indian English Literature Iyengar K.R.S, Indian Writing in English, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. B. Prasad, A Background to the study of English Literature, Macmillan Saintsbury, G. Short History of English Literature, London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928 Legouis, E. Short History of English Literature, OUP, 1976 Abrahams M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Bangalore, Prism Books Pvt. Ltd. 1993 Hudson W.H. An outline History of English Literature J.A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms , Penguib Edition. Daiches David: A Critical History of English Literature, Volume I & Il Alole Chat 03/06/19 Drontal Tasolon 2 onders 19 '03106/2019 (Prof. Alok Chanseina) (Droonis. Rathore-) 376115 Dr. Ashok Sachdeve Blehaus Dog Tool14 fode ander CON .MS, Bharati Bhal) 316019 Vung them co Rohit Trivedo ) 13. He




Study in the best English Literature Classes in Indore

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Literature is the mirror of society. The literature of an era reflects the culture, society, and personalities of that time. As English is a global language, the writers belonging to many cultures and societies have contributed to their works. Since the invention of the printing press, the English literature has grown leaps and bound. Studying in best English literature coaching in Indore enables students to understand and research various cultures, society, and their trends.

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Central India has a few literature classes. Many students who cannot attend college don’t opt literature for higher studies as they are not able to understand the key points of literature studies on their own. We aim to provide coaching of English literature so that more students can opt for the literature courses available in universities and grab the opportunities to make career in the field. On the other hand our expert faculty members always try to help students as best as they can so that the students can score better marks.

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English Literature

English literature is hundreds of years old and continues to be one of the most popular courses of study in High Schools and Universities around the world. Learn about what defines English literature and a few of its greatest writers. It is the study of literature written in the English language. The writers do not necessarily have to be from England but can be from all over the world. It includes some of history's most famous writers: James Joyce (Ireland), William Shakespeare (England), Mark Twain (United States), Arthur Conan Doyle (Scotland), Dylan Thomas (Wales), and Vladimir Nabokov (Russia), just to name a few. English literature dates back more than five centuries. It represents writers not only from different parts of the world and time periods, but it covers every major genre and style of writing as well.

The English language has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English. Beowulf is the most famous work in Old English, and has achieved national epic status in England, despite being set in Scandinavia. However, following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language became less common. Under the influence of the new aristocracy, French became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society. The English spoken after the Normans came is known as Middle English. This form of English lasted until the 1470s, when the Chancery Standard (late Middle English), a London-based form of English, became widespread. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 1400), author of The Canterbury Tales was a significant figure in the development of the legitimacy of vernacular Middle English at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were still French and Latin. The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1439 also helped to standardize the language, as did the King James Bible (1611) and the Great Vowel Shift.

Poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and one of the world's greatest dramatists. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. In the nineteenth century Sir Walter Scott's historical romances inspired a generation of painters, composers, and writers throughout Europe. The English language spread throughout the world with the development of the British Empire between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history. By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23% of the world population at the time, During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries these colonies and the USA started to produce their own significant literary traditions in English. And in the last hundred plus years numerous writers from Great Britain, the island of Ireland, the USA, and members of other former British colonies have received the Nobel Prize for works in the English language.

English : Literature Ranges from -
1 Old English literature (c. 450–1066)
2 Middle English literature (1066–1500)
3 English Renaissance (1500–1660)
3.1 Elizabethan period (1558–1603)
3.2 Jacobean period (1603–1625)
3.3 Late Renaissance (1625–1660)
4 Restoration Age (1660–1700)
5 18th century
5.1 Augustan literature (1700–1750)
5.2 Age of Sensibility (1750–1798)
6 Romanticism (1798–1837)
7 Victorian literature (1837–1901)
8 20th century
8.1 Modernism (1901–1922)
8.2 Modernism (1923–1939)
8.3 Post–modernism (1940–2000)
8.3.1 The novel
8.3.2 Drama
8.3.3 Poetry
8.3.4 Literature from the Commonwealth of Nations
8.3.5 American writers
8.4 Genre fiction in the twentieth-century
8.5 Literary criticism in the twentieth century



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