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TYBA DRAMA SYLLABUS WEF 2015 and Question Paper Format new

English General Paper - III (G-III)

ENG - 351 & ENG - 361

The Study of Drama

Objectives:

1. To acquaint the students with origin of drama and dramatic art.
2. To introduce the students to the aspects and genres of drama.
3. To enable the students to trace the development of English drama.
4. To inculcate amongst the students the competence to study drama systematically.
5. To acquaint the students with representative English dramatists.

Semester - V    (ENG -351)

A) Drama: Origin, Definitions and Nature of Dramatic Art
B) Aspects and Genres of Drama:
1) Aspects: Theme, Plot (dramatic structure: Freytag’s analysis), Characters, Setting,
Dialogue and Conflict
2) Major Genres: Comedy, Tragedy, Tragi-Comedy and History (Historical Play)
3) Minor Genres: Farce and Melodrama, Opera, Pantomime, Masque and Burlesque
C) Dramatic Devices:
Soliloquy, Aside, Expectation and Surprise, Irony (verbal and dramatic), Stage directions and
Poetic Justice (Nemesis)
D) Drama: “The Rivals” by R. B. Sheridan

Semester - VI    (ENG - 361)

E) History and Development of English Drama:
1) Classical Greek and Roman Drama
2) Mediaeval Drama: Miracle and Morality Plays
3) English Drama: Elizabethan, Jacobean, Restoration, Sentimental Drama, Victorian and
20th century Drama: Poetic Play, Problem Play and Absurd Drama
F) Drama: “Pygmalion” by G. B. Shaw

Recommended Books:

1) Birch, Dinah. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: OUP, 2009.
2) Boulton, M. The Anatomy of Drama. London: Routledge and Paul, 1960/68.
3) Boulton, M. The Anatomy of Drama. London: Taylor and Francis, 2013.
4) Evans, Ifor. A Short History of English Drama. London: Greenwood Press, 1945/1978.
5) Prasad, B. A Background to the Study of English Literature. Delhi: Macmillan India Ltd.,
1985.
6) Rees, R. J. English Literature: An Introduction for Foreign Readers (Chapters III and IV),
2007.
7) Shaw, G. B. Pygmalion. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 2003.
8) Sheridan, R. B. The Rivals. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1926.
9) www.drama.com.
10) www.englishdrama.com.

Sem-V 
English G3 The Study of Drama
Time: 2 Hrs                                                                                  Marks-60
Q.1 A. MCQ on prescribed Drama (6/9)                                               06
       B. Answer in one sentence each on units A, B, C (6/9)                 06
Q.2 Answer in two sentences each unit A&C (6/9)                              12
Q.3 Answer in 50 words each on unit B (4/6)                                      12
Q.4 Answer in 80 words each on all units A, B, C (3/5)                      12
Q.5 Write notes on any two on prescribed drama (2/4)                        12

Sem-VI 
English G3 The Study of Drama
Time: 2 Hrs                                                                                                 Marks-60
Q.1 A. MCQ on prescribed Drama (6/9)                                            06
B. Answer in one sentence each on all theory units (6/9)                  06
Q.2 Answer in two sentences each on all theory units                       12
(Background of English drama)(6/9)                          
Q.3 Answer in 50 words each on unit E 1 & E2 (4/6)                       12
Q.4 Answer in 80 words each on all units (3/5)                                12
Q.5 Write notes on any two on prescribed drama (2/4)                     12

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