English Drama: Elizabethan to Victorian

To introduce the learners to the art and techniques of drama; to enable them to grasp the nuances of the English Theater and its evolution from the Elizabethan to Victorian period; to provide them with critical insights on the essential differences between the literary and theatrical aspects of drama.

Unit 1

Introduction to the drama and its artistic, literary and theatrical aspects-Forms, Genres, Types and dramatic devices.

Unit 2

Marlowe. Dr. Faustus [Detailed]. 
Shakespeare. Julius Caeser [Non Detailed].

Unit 3

Sheriden. School for Scandal [Detailed].

Unit 4

Goldsmith. She Stoops to Conquer [Non-Detailed].

Unit 5

Oscar Wilde. Importance of Being Earnest [Detailed].
G B Shaw. Caeser and Cleopatra [Non-detailed].

1. Any standard edition of the prescribed texts.

1. Powell, Kerry (ed.).The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre. London: CUP, 2004.
2. Rowse, AL.The Elizabethan Renaissance and the Cultural Achievement. London: Mac Millan,1972.
3. Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature.Vol.I. Ahmedabad: Allied,1969.
4. Ricks, Christopher (ed.). English Drama to 1710. London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd,1975.
5. Turner, WJ(ed.). Impressions of English Theatre. London: Collins,1947.