Background to English Literature Study Materials, B.A English Literature, University of Madras

 B.A English Literature

1^st Year 1^st Semester – Allied paper

Background to English Literature – I                Subject Code: AG31A

Study Materials Links

Unit 1:

I. Literary Forms

1.1 Poetry:

1. Metrical Romance, Ballad, Lyric Poetry: https://youtu.be/rEkVe5-elaw 

2. Sonnet and its types, Allegory Poetry: https://youtu.be/rEzspC6saNc  

 

1.2 Drama:

1. Mystery and Morality Plays: https://youtu.be/N5zAHzpUCSc 

          2. Tragedy:

a. Greek Tragedy, Classical Tragedy | Senecan Tragedy  https://youtu.be/DRhnMX4ddvo 

b. RomanticTragedy, HeroicTragedy,Neo-classical Tragedy- https://youtu.be/ih89tmviwok 

          3. Masque and Anti-Masque: https://youtu.be/MK1aqU0eILk 

 

1.3 Prose:

1. Fable and Parable: https://youtu.be/KeqFRXtIpv0 

2. Essay: https://youtu.be/mrH_cXbytsM 

 

1.4 Fiction:

1. Non- Fiction [Biography, Auto-Biography]: https://youtu.be/eVuC6VW3Hik 

 

II. Literary Elements

1. Drama Elements: https://youtu.be/CJ-8Vbak1C0 

 

Unit 2:

Impact of the History of English Language on Literature from 11th to 17th Century

2.1 The Descent of the English Language - https://youtu.be/-Z9qaq-Kp20A 

2.2 The Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period - https://youtu.be/aX1oNSjGM5k

The Old English Characters - https://youtu.be/dYjaR5HqotY

2.3 The Middle English Period - https://youtu.be/MacUrjLTito  

 

Unit 3:

Impact of Socio- Political History on Literature from 11th to 17th Century

3.1 Anglo-Saxon England - https://youtu.be/slTO-y7PUmA 

 

3.2 Medieval England

a. The Norman Conquest [1066] - https://youtu.be/iFO32-pTeco 

b. A Struggle for Power –Magna Carta [1215] - https://youtu.be/VwO9LlM3AgA 

c. Henry VI and the Wars of Roses [1421- 71] - https://youtu.be/zzc9a9bDs_c 

 

3.3 Tudor Dynasty

Henry VIII and the Break with Rome - https://youtu.be/nTqDSXQuF_I 

 

Unit 4: Literary History

4.1 Anglo-Saxon Literature - https://youtu.be/_DJRlIArhNA 

       Romanized Britons & Development of Christianity - https://youtu.be/_DJRlIArhNA

       Development of Middle English Prose & Verse - https://youtu.be/FEafvmQjkj4

 

4.2 Middle English Literature –

       a. Courtly French Romance - https://youtu.be/JLi_xi0jhR4

       b. Chaucer and Gower - https://youtu.be/6_KkxeEbJHI

 

4.3 The Early Tudor Scene: –

a. New geographical discoveries and its impact on literature and

 Spenser & his Time - https://youtu.be/pwjHykDsgLI

b. Drama from Miracle to Marlowe, University Wits - https://youtu.be/psYKjLOHGIQ

c. Shakespeare, Professional man of the theatre - https://youtu.be/uzyZpIhTwTk

d. Drama from Jonson to the Closing of Theatres and

Analysis of English Poetic Drama - https://youtu.be/ylFKxe0vyls

4.4 Poetry after Spenser:-

a. Metaphysical Poets, The Metaphysical Traditions &

Donne’s influence - https://youtu.be/nicOAu8BGog

4.5 Prose in the 16th and 17th Centuries:-

https://englishlitmeet.blogspot.com/2021/02/pamphleteering-and-colloquial-prose-and-bible-translations.html

Unit 5:

Impact of European and British Legend on Literature

 

5.1 Valhalla – the Valkyrior  - https://youtu.be/6MJ9xOvcbfI

5.4 Beowulf - https://englishlitmeet.blogspot.com/2022/12/beowulf-.html 

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