History of English Language and Literature

By Prof. Merin Simi Raj | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 3535

This course is a chronological survey of the major forces and voices that have contributed to the development of an English literary tradition. It intends to cover the literary ground from the Old English Period till the mid twentieth century focusing on the emergence, evolution and progress of English language and literature through different ages and periods. The course will showcase major literary moments, movements and events in the context of the social, political. religious and economic changes that shaped England and its history from the 5th century BC on wards. The objective of the course is to enable a critical understanding of the intellectual history of England and to equip the learners to analyse literary products within particular socio-historical contexts.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Any Interested Learners

PRE-REQUISITES: No formal pre-requisites.However, a familiarity with and an interest in English literary studies would be much appreciated.Industry that will recognize this course.The course is best suited for the academic fraternity.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	29 Jul 2019
End Date :	18 Oct 2019
Exam Date :	17 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction and Old English Period

Week 2: Middle English Period and Renaissance

Week 3: English Renaissance and Elizabethan Period

Week 4: The Age of Shakespeare

Week 5: The Restoration Age to Enlightenment

Week 6: Augustan Age

Week 7: The Romantic Age

Week 8: The Age of Wordsworth and Romantic poetry

Week 9: The Victorian Age

Week 10: The Rise of the Novel

Week 11: The Age of Modernism

Week 12: The Age of Postmodernism

Books and references

An Outline History of English Literature – William Henry Hudson,The Cambridge
Companion to Old English Literature – ed. Malcolm Godden and Michael Lapidge,
History of English Literature, Fifth edition – Edward Albert,The Oxford
Illustrated History of English Literature – Pat Rogers,
English Social History: A Survey of Six Centuries – Chaucer to Queen Victoria – G M Trevelyan,
An Outline History of the English Language – Frederick T Wood,
The Oxford English Literary History, Vol 12 / 1960-2000 – Randall Stevenson,
A Critical History of English Literature (4 volumes) – David Daiches,
The Routledge History of Literature in English, 2nd edition

Instructor bio

Dr. Merin Simi Raj teaches in the Dept.of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras.Her teaching and research interests include literary historiography, Literary Criticism, Indian writing in English, Postcolonial literature and Narratives of marginality.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 17 November 2019, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched

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