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I do not love thee with mine eyes”  \nJacobean Period:  \na) John Donne:  \n“The Flea”  \n“The Anniversarie”  \nHoly Sonnets:  \n“This is my play’s last scene”  \n“A Hymne to God the Father”  \nb) George Herbert:  \n“Mortification”  \n“Love”  \nRestoration Period:  \na) John Milton:  \n“Lycidas”  \n“On his Blindness”  \nb) Alexander Pope  \nFrom Rape of the Lock  \nCanto I  \nWhat dire offence from am’roupus causes springs,(line 1) And Betty’s prais’d for Labours not her own (line 148)  \nII  \ne) John Dryden  \nFrom Absalom and Achitophel  \nfrom “Of these the false Achitophel was first …(line 150) to Drawn from the Mouldy Rolls of Noah’s Ark”(line 302)  \nBackground Topics:  \nThe teaching of the background topics should be related to the major literary works of the period. Students are expected to be acquainted with these works and to use them as illustrations when answering questions.  \nThe Elizabethan Age (1550 – 1600):  \nA. i) The Renaissance: The beginnings : its manifestations in the literature and culture of the period, with special focus on humanism.  \nii) The Reformation  \nB. A survey of the drama, poetry and prose of the period includingthe literary movement with which the following are associated.  \nDrama: The University Wits  \nPoetry: The epic (Spenser) the pastoral, the sonnet sequence  \nProse: Sidney, Lyly and Greene  \nThe Jacobean and Caroline Age (1601 – 1650) :  \nA. The temper of the age: the shift fro the Elizabethan sensibility : the impact of this shift on the literature of the period.  \nB. A survey of the poetry, drama and prose of the period, includingthe literary movements with which the following are associated : Drama: Ben Jonson, John Webster and Cyril Tourneur  \nPoetry: Metaphysical and Puritan poetry  \nProse: Bacon, Bunyan, Sir Thomas Browne  \nThe Restoration (1660 onwards) :  \nA. The re-establishment of the monarchy after the fall of the Protectorate: the first appearance of women on the English stage. The Comedy of Manners.  \nB. A survey of the poetry, drama and prose of the period, includingthe literary movements with which the following are associated : Drama: William Wycherley. William Congreve, John Dryden, George Etherege  \nPoetry: Neo-Classical poetry, Drydend, Alexander Pope  \nProse: Rise of the periodical essay – Joseph Addison’s and Richard Steele’s Tatler and Spectator  \nIII  \nRecommended Reading :  \n1. Alpers, Paul E. Elizabethan Poetry : Modern Essays In Criticism (OUP, 1967) .  \n2. Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature (Seckerand Warburg, London, 1960) .  \n3. Ford. Boris Ed. The New Pelican Guide To English Literature : The Age of Shakespeare Vol. 2 (Penguin, 1993), From Donneto Marvell Vol. 3 (Penguin, 1990) .  \n4. Keast. William B. Seventeenth Century English Poetry : Modern Essays in Criticism (OUP. 1971) .  \n5. King, Bruce, Seventeenth Century English Literature (Macmillan, 1983) .  \n6. Leggatt, Alexander English Drama : Shakespeare to the Restoration 1590 – 1660. (Longman Literature in English Series, 1988) .  \n7. Perfitt, George, English Poetry Of the Seventeenth Century (Longman Literature in English Series 1992) .  \n8. Parry, Graham. The Seventeenth Century : The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature. 1603 – 1700 (Longman Literature in English Series, 1989) .  \n9. Pooley, Roger. English Prose of the Seventeenth Century (Longman Literature in English Seri","cbCaieM85yZcClqI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieM85yZcClqI","pdf",2598688,336,"English","# Syllabus Overview\n## Prescribed Texts\n## Elizabethan Period\n## Jacobean Period\n## Restoration Period\n## Background Topics by Period\n## Recommended Reading\n## Paper Pattern","[{\"question\":\"What are the prescribed texts for British English Literature 1550-1750?\",\"answer\":\"The syllabus lists Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet, Wycherley’s The Country Wife, and selected verse from the Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Restoration periods.\"},{\"question\":\"Which poets and works are included in the Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Restoration sections?\",\"answer\":\"Elizabethan selections include Spenser and Shakespeare’s Sonnets; Jacobean selections include Donne and Herbert; Restoration period coverage includes Milton and Pope excerpts.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the paper structured in the Paper Pattern section?\",\"answer\":\"The paper has five questions of 20 marks each, one question with three alternatives on background topics for each period, and a question with alternatives for the three main texts with a mix of essay and short-notes formats.\"}]","British English Literature 1550-1750 Syllabus | PDF",1789940056,517]