Kazi Nazrul University
Semester 1
Core Course 1(BAHENGC 101) British Poetry: Anglo-Saxon to Seventeenth Century
Unit I: Literary and Social History
Unit II: Poems
Spenser: Sonnet no. 75
Sidney: Loving in Truth from Astrophel and Stella
Queen Elizabeth I: On Monsieur’s Duty
Andrew Marvell: To His Coy Mistress
- Critical Appreciation of “To His Coy Mistress”
- Critically comment on “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell as a metaphysical poem.
- Explanation of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell or To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell – Summary, Analysis & Themes
Unit III: Rhetoric and Prosody
Core Course 2 (BAHENGC 102) British Prose and Drama: Anglo-Saxon to Seventeenth Century
Unit I: Literary and Social History
- Revenge Tragedy in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama: Origins, Features, and Key Plays
- Evolution of English Drama: From Liturgical Plays to Shakespeare and Beyond
- Comedy of Humours by Ben Jonson – Origin, Features, and Significance
- Note on Growth of Press
- Development of British Prose
Unit II: Prose
Francis Bacon: i-Of Studies
ii-Of Travail
iii-Of Death
Aphra Behn: Oroonoko
Unit III: Play
Christopher Marlowe: Dr Faustus
Semester 2
Core Course 3 (BAHENGC 201)
Unit I:Sonnets
Unit II: Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- Imagery in Macbeth: Symbolism of Garments, Darkness, Blood, and Violence I Imagery in Macbeth
- Macbeth as a Tragic Hero: Ambition, Prophecy, and Anagnorisis in Shakespeare’s Tragedy
- The significance of monarchy in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth kingship and Monarchy in Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Divine Right, Power, and Tyranny
Unit III: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
- Disguise and Goal Setting in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
- William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night as Romantic Comedy
- Significance of title in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
- Role of Feste / Court Jester in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Core Course 4 (BAHENGC 202)
Unit I: Literary and Social History
Unit II: Poetry and Drama
Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock Canto 1 and 2
Richard B. Sheridan: The School for Scandal
Unit III: Prose
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe
Semester 3
Core Course 5 (BAHENGC 301)
Core Course 6 (BAHENGC 302)
Core Course 7 (BAHENGC 303)
Semester 4
Core Course 8 (BAHENGC 401)
Core Course 9 (BAHENGC 402)
Core Course 10 (BAHENGC 403)
Semester 5
Core Course XI(BAHENGC 501) : Modern European Drama
Unit I: Literary and Social History
Unit II: Plays-I
Riders to the Sea by JM Synge
- Riders to the Sea as a Tragedy | Aristotelian Elements in Synge’s Play
- Riders to the Sea as a One-Act Play | Aristotelian Structure & Yeats’s View
- Significance of title in Riders to the Sea | Mythological, Biblical & Tragic Dimensions
Unit III: Plays-II
Bertolt Brecht: Galileo
Core Course XII (BAHENGC 502) : American Literature
Unit I : Literary and Social History
Unit II: Plays and Poetry
Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Unit III: Prose
Toni Morrison : Beloved
Edgar Allan Poe: The Purloined Letter
O’Henry: One Dollar’s Worth