The University of Burdwan//Syllabus //Complete Note Links//3-Year Degree / 4-Year Honours in English // (CCFUP) as per NEP, 2020 //2023-24//-- A Message, Note Cluster, MAJOR COURSE Semester I

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 SEMESTER I 

• MAJOR COURSE
•  ENGL1011: Introduction to Poetry and Prose 
• [4 Cr, Full Marks: 75 (Theory: 60 + IA: 15), LH: 60 hrs] 

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

 The objective of this course is to introduce students to major literary forms and encourage an appreciation of the various thematic and stylistic aspects of these forms. Students will also be introduced to various genres and sub-genres of poetry, drama and fiction. The course also introduces students to a range of simple but significant poems, essays and short stories. Moreover, the course also offers a component on rhetoric and prosody in order to enable students to better understand the elements of style in English composition, particularly in poetry. The primary objective of the course is to acquaint students with major literary forms and some seminal but short literary texts, and to encourage them to develop strategies of critical reading.

Literary Forms: (LH: 10) Poetry, Drama, Fiction 

Poems: (LH: 20)

Sidney: Sonnet No. 1 (from Astrophel and Stella)
 Shakespeare Sonnet No. 29 
John Donne: “Go and Catch a Falling Star” 
John Milton: “On His Blindness” 
William Wordsworth: “The Solitary Reaper” 
John Keats: “Bright Star” 
Lord Byron: “She Walks in Beauty”
 Elizabeth Barrett Browning: “How Do I Love Thee” 
W.B. Yeats: “The Wild Swans at Coole” 
Wilfred Owen: “Anthem for Doomed Youth” 

(Note Cluster:

Sidney: Sonnet No. 1 (from Astrophel and Stella)

• Defining Rhetoric :Sir Philip Sidney's ASTROPHEL AND STELLA ( Sonnet No 1)
• Sir Philip Sidney’s "Loving In Truth" in Sonnet Series "Astrophil and Stella" as a Typical Love Poem
• Sir Philip Sidney as a Sonneteer: A Discussion on "Astrophil and Stella"

 Shakespeare Sonnet No. 29 

• Short Question Answer from Shakespeare's "Sonnet No. 29" (2 marks)
• Critical Appreciation of Shakespeare's "Sonnet No. 29" (10 marks)
• Who is W.H.? How is he a subject in Sonnet no 29? Answer it with textual references.(10 marks)
• What is called a sonnet sequence? How does Shakespeare’s “Sonnet No. 29” represent a part of the sequence? (10 marks)
• Examine the use of allusion and personification in Shakespeare’s “Sonnet No. 29.” How do these literary devices contribute to the emotional depth of the sonnet? (10 marks)
• Discuss the use of rhythm and meter in Shakespeare’s “Sonnet No. 29.” How do rhythm and meter contribute to the overall impact of the sonnet? (10 marks)
• Discuss the elements of a sonnet with reference to Shakespeare's "Sonnet No. 29."/ What are the defining features of a sonnet, and how do they manifest in this particular sonnet?
• Shakespeare's "Sonnet No. 29": Textual Analysis
• Shakespearean Sonnets: An Overview

John Donne: “Go and Catch a Falling Star” 

• John Donne's "Go and catch a falling star": Analysis of Rhetoric
• John Donne's "Go and Catch a Falling Star" as a Metaphysical Poem

John Milton: “On His Blindness” 

• Critical Appreciation of John Milton’s sonnet "On His Blindness"

William Wordsworth: “The Solitary Reaper” 

• Critical Appreciation of William Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper"

John Keats: “Bright Star” 

• Presiding over Sensuousness in Poetry, John Keats’ Bright Star Embodies Many of the Opposites that had Long Haunted Keats’s Iimagination—Death and Iimmortality, Stasis and Change, Love and Sex

Lord Byron: “She Walks in Beauty”

• Critical Appreciation of Lord Byron’s "She Walks in Beauty"

 Elizabeth Barrett Browning: “How Do I Love Thee” 

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43 from Sonnets from the Portuguese/ “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”----Discuss as a love sonnet.

W.B. Yeats: “The Wild Swans at Coole”

• Analysis of “The Wild Swans at Coole” by W.B. Yeats

Wilfred Owen: “Anthem for Doomed Youth” 

• Anthem for Doomed Youth – Wilfred Owen’s Attitude Towards War)

Essays and Short Stories: (LH: 20) 

Francis Bacon: “Of Studies” 
Addison: “Mischiefs of Party Spirit” 
Charles Lamb: “Old China” 
Somerset Maugham: “The Lotus Eater” 
Arthur Conan Doyle: “The Speckled Band” 
O’ Henry: “The Last Leaf”

(Note Cluster:

Francis Bacon: “Of Studies” 

• "Of Studies" by Francis Bacon -- the Theme and Style of the Essay

Addison: “Mischiefs of Party Spirit” 

• Joseph Addison as a Social Critic with Special Reference to "Mischiefs of Party Spirit"

Charles Lamb: “Old China” 

• The Conflict Between the Pleasures of Youth and the Pleasures of Poverty-- An Analysis of Charles Lamb's Essay, "Old China"

Somerset Maugham: “The Lotus Eater” 

• Short Questions From William Somerset Maugham's ‘The Lotus Eater’
• Beauty of Capri as told in Maugham’s Short Story ‘The Lotus Eater’
• Somerset Maugham’s" The Lotus Eater": Model Question Paper English Literature Literary Texts 
• William Somerset Maugham’s "The Lotus Eater" Paints Thomas Wilson as Lotophagi ("lotus-eaters")

Arthur Conan Doyle: “The Speckled Band” 

• Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" as a Detective Short Story

O’ Henry: “The Last Leaf”

• O Henry’s "The Last Leaf" as a Short Story
• The Character of Johnsy in O' Henry's Short Story “The Last Leaf”)

Rhetoric and Prosody (LH: 10)

 COURSE OUTCOME:

 It is desired that the course will inculcate in students a love for literature and an appreciation of the nuanced texture and stylistic elements of literary texts.