Paper 4: English Literature 2

This is a compulsory course in English (Hons), offered to students in the second year. The objective of this paper is to critically engage with representative mainstream English literature from seventeenth century to early eighteenth century. From Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra to Pope’s The Rape of the Lock, the texts prescribed in this course would be evaluated with reference to, on the one hand, the socio-political and religious attitudes and material conditions of life in this period and their intrinsic literary and artistic merit, on the other.

Students are expected to have a working knowledge of English literary history especially the literature of the period covered in this course. They would be required to submit one assignment per term.