IGNOU MEG 2 Syllabus | British Drama

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The syllabus of IGNOU MEG 1 is divided in 9 blocks and each block is again divided in units.

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Block 1 - Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus

Unit 1 – Christopher Marlowe and The Elizabethan Drama
Unit 2 – The Tragic Drama of Doctor Faustus
Unit 3 – Irony and The Tragic Dilemma in Doctor Faustus
Unit 4 – The Renaissance and Reformation in Doctor Faustus
Unit 5 – Dramatic Poetry in Doctor Faustus
Unit 6 – The Performance of Doctor Faustus

Block 2 - William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Unit 1 – Background: Performance
Unit 2 – Romantic Comedy and the Language of the Play
Unit 3 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream-I
Unit 4 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream-II
Unit 5 – The Mechanicals

Block 3 - William Shakespeare: Hamlet

Unit 1 – Background
Unit 2 – Interpretations
Unit 3 – Language of Literature
Unit 4 – Hamlet: Other Dimensions
Unit 5 – “The World as Stage”: Wider Perspective
Unit 6 – Current Critical Approaches to Hamlet

Block 4 - Ben Jonson: The Alchemist

Unit 1 – The Dramatic Career of Ben Jonson
Unit 2 – Jonsonian Comedy and The Alchemist
Unit 3 – The Structure of The Alchemist
Unit 4 – The Alchemist in the Theatre
Unit 5 – Characterization and Language

Block 5 - The Playboy of the Western World

Unit 1 – Background to the Playboy
Unit 2 – Critical Annotations to the Playboy
Unit 3 – Close Analysis of the Playboy
Unit 4 – The Playboy: A Discussion
Unit 5 – The Playboy: A Discussion (Contd.)

Block 6 - Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion

Unit 1 – Background of English Drama from the Restoration Period to Bernard Shaw
Unit 2 – Pygmalion: Themes and Issues
Unit 3 – Dramatic Structure and Mingling of Genres
Unit 4 – Language and Style

Block 7 - T.S. Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral

Unit 1 – T.S.Eliot’s Essays and Other Works Related to the Play
Unit 2 – Background, Production and Performance History
Unit 3 – Critical Approaches to Play-I
Unit 4 – Critical Approaches to Play-II
Unit 5 – General Comments and other Reading

Block 8 - John Osborne: Look in Anger

Unit 1 – Background to the Play
Unit 2 – The Characters
Unit 3 – Language and Speech in Look Back in Anger
Unit 4 – Critical Approaches in Look Back in Anger
Unit 5 – Anger and After: The Play’s Subsequent Importance

Block 9 - Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot

Unit 1 – Waiting for Godot: An Avant Garde Play
Unit 2 – Godot: A Critical Analysis-I
Unit 3 – Critical Analysis-II
Unit 4 – Themes and Issues-I
Unit 5 – Themes and Issues-II

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