3 Review(s)

UNIT I : Background and Important ConceptsSECTION A : The Restoration Period (1660-1700)1. Characteristics of Restoration Period (Major events of the age and their impact on literature)2. Restoration Poetry (Epic, Mock epic, Satire)3. Restoration Drama Comedy of Manners, Heroic Tragedy4. Diary WritingSECTION B : Neo-Classical Period (1700-1798)1. Neo-Classical/Augustan2. Age of Satire3. Rise of the Periodical Essay and the NovelUnit II : John Dryden : All for Love OR Oliver Goldsmith : She Stoops to ConquerUnit III : Selected Verse from the Puritan Era, the Restoration Period and the 18th Century Restoration Period(A) John Milton : from Paradise Lost Book I(B) Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock - Canto II Lines 1-54(C) John Dryden : “The Fire of London”