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                                                                                          Welcome to My Class

      Dear Students, I welcome all of you to my course "Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Literature". The course covers a wide range of genres about British history, religious conflict, and political upheaval in relation to its historical and social contexts. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English literature are connected to our contemporary society in many ways that increases its importance among the students of English literature. Therefore, studying the course will not only provide you a deep insight about the contemporary culture and history, but also offer you an opportunity to make a comparison between that time with the recent world to see the extent of  social and cultural changes happened so far. I firmly believe that you all will love this course, wish you all the best. 

  • Introduction



    This course is intended to provide students with a deeper understanding of seventeenth & eighteenth century English literature and its reception in contemporary culture in order to facilitate the development of independent critical thinking.


    Course Objectives: 

    After completing this course, students will be able...


    --  To develop a clear understanding of seventeenth century English literary period.

    --  To broaden a student’s intercultural reading experience.

    --  To deepen a student’s awareness of the universal human concerns that are the basis for literary works.

    -- To stimulate a greater appreciation of language as an artistic medium and of the aesthetic principles that shape literary works.

    --  To understand literature as an expression of human values within an historical and social context.

     

     


    Course Contents:
                                         Seventeenth Century Literature


    • John Milton: Paradise Lost (Books IX & X)
    • William Congreve: The Way of the World

                                           Eighteenth Century Literature

    • Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels    
    • Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe
    • Edmund Burke: “Speech on East Indian Bill”

  • Lesson 1: An Overview of Eighteenth Century English Literature


    The 18th century is essentially an Age of Satire. Judging and condemning became common to the society of this age, and this habit naturally gave birth to the spirit of satire. Actually in the e18th century satire is everywhere in the air. There is satire in poetry, in drama, in prose, as well as in the essay and novel. Indeed it is a great age of Prose-Satire, and Jonathan Swift, the greatest of prose Satirists in English, belongs to this period. Addison and Steele are the other remarkable prose satirists of the century. So Satire is the predominant form of literature of the 18th century and Swift, Addison and Steele used this powerful weapon in their famous work.

    Lesson Objective:

    --Students will be able to identify and restate the literary characteristics of 18th century English literary period.

    --Students will be able to  analyze critically any text of eighteen century English literature.

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    • Class Recording Link:  

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kUmOBHFtixB3iwMTZz3IuzYyDIJfBhxL/view?usp=sharing


      Date: 31/6/20

  • Lesson 5: The Way of the World by William Congreve



    Lesson Objectives:

    --Students will get familiar with a Restoration Drama.

    --They will learn about the Comedy of Manners.

    --They will also know the contemporary life of aristocratic people of England through the symbolic characters of the play.


  • Midterm Exam



    Midterm Syllabus

    The Way of the world (full text)


    Marks Distribution

    Short Question: 5+5+5=15

    Broad Question: 1x10=10

    Total Marks= 25


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      Daffodil International University

      Department of English, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

      Midterm Examination, Fall 2020 @ DIU Blended Learning Center

      Course Code: ENG 321 (Day), Course Title: Victorian Literature

      Instructor: FY          Modality: Open Book Exam

      Date: Tuesday  3 November, 2020      Time: , Marks: 25



  • A Glossary on Gulliver's Travels

    ALLEGORY - A story in which characters, situations, and places have a significance beyond what they are themselves; characters, situations, and places that represent something or someone else; the aim of allegory is to teach or edify. 

    BALNIBARBI - An island ruled by the king of Laputa. Found in Part III. 

    BLEFUSCU - Lilliput's enemy. Blefuscu is an allegorical representation of France. Occurs in Part I. 

    BOLINGBROKE, HENRY ST. JOHN (1678-1751) - Tory leader.

    TORIES - One of two rival political parties in England. The Tories tended in Swift's time to support more wholeheartedly the Church of England, to support the monarchy in favor of the newer, merchant classes, and to be generally more conservative than the Whigs. Swift was a Tory from 1710 on. 

    WALPOLE, SIR ROBERT (1676-1745) - Whig prime minister 1715-17 and 1721-42. Swift's enemy. 

    WHIGS - One of two rival political parties in England. During Swift's time the Whigs tended to support the newer, merchant classes in favor of the monarchy and the gentry, were more in step with the Enlightenment, and were generally more liberal than the Tories. 

    NARDAC - Tide of honor bestowed by the Lilliputian emperor on Gulliver after he seizes the Blefuscudian Fleet. 

    OXFORD, EARL OF - Robert Harley, Tory leader eventually ousted by Bolingbroke in 1714. 

    QUEEN ANNE - English queen 1702-14; last of the Stuart monarchs, favored the Tories.

    BROBDINGNAG - Land of the giants visited by Gulliver in Part II. 

    BROBDINGNAGIANS - Inhabitants of Brobdingnag. 

    GEORGE I - Hanoverian king of England 1714-27; favored the Whigs. Satirized by Swift in Part I, allegorized by the Lilliputian emperor. 

    GLUBBDUBDRIB - Island of Sorcerers visited by Gulliver in Part III. 

    IRONY - A device in which the meaning of a statement or action is opposite to that which is presented. 

    LAPUTA - Flying island encountered by Gulliver in Part III. It is inhabited by foolish, wildly impractical visionaries. 

    LILLIPUT - Land visited by Gulliver in Part I; its inhabitants are six inches high. 

    LILLIPUTIANS - Inhabitants of the land of Lilliput. 

    STRULDBRUGS - A race of immortals who live in Luggnagg, found in Part III. 

    LINDALINO - City that rebelled against Laputa; allegory for Dublin rebelling against England. 

    LUGGNAGG - Island Gulliver visits in Part III, home of the Struldbrugs, who are immortal. 

    HOUYHNHNMS - Totally rational horses idealized by Gulliver in Part IV.

    YAHOOS - Odious humanoids Swift uses to allegorize the worst traits to be found in human nature. 


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  • Lesson 2: Gulliver's Travels Part I


    "A Voyage to Lilliput"

    Gulliver’s Travels is regarded as Swift’s masterpiece. It is a novel in four parts recounting Gulliver’s four voyages to fictional exotic lands. His travels is first among diminutive people–the Lilliputians, then among enormous giants–people of Brobdingnag, then among idealists and dreamers and finally among horses. Each book has a different theme, but their common trait is the use of satire.

    Lesson Objectives:

    --Students will be able to know many political aspects of contemporary England through the symbolic incidents as well as characters of the story.

    --They will also know the historical conflict between two religious faction- Protestants and Catholics.

  • Quiz I



    Quiz Contents:

    Lesson I

    Lesson II

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  • Lesson 3: Gulliver's Travels Part II


    "A Voyage to Brobdingnag"


    Lesson Objectives:

    --Students will have a deep insight about the contemporary British politics.

    --They will also learn the expectation and reality from the author's perspective.


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      1. Why does Gulliver tell the King of Brobdingnag about gunpowder?

      2. What is the King’s reaction to what Gulliver tells him about gunpowder and firearms?

      3. What does Gulliver think of the King of Brobdingnag’s ideas about government?

      4. A comparative study between Book I and II. 


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  • Quiz 3



    Syllabus of Quiz III

    Gullivers' Travels (script writing)


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  • Lesson 4: Gulliver's Travels Part IV



    "A VOYAGE TO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOUYHNHNMS"


    Lesson Objectives:

    --Students will be able to make a comparison between the vices of human being in general with the virtues of fictitious Houyhnhnms.

    --They will also learn the political and social corruption of the contemporary England through the symbolic characters and incidents of Part IV.


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      Chapter 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB-Ky18Xb0Q 

      Chapter 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myMYKlcM7tA

      Chapter 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kwpiYkcPCQ

      Chapter 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmN9zlhyMeE

      Chapter 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXsoXaDIKaE

      Chapter 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2wnJJ6I0FM

      Chapter 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92X9VEA9H-A

      Chapter 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rlsE0xpnQ4

      Chapter 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pesIzLxZMqw

      Chapter 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfG12ZXYitc

      Chapter 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuluDJrf-X8

      Chapter 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5his-hZuqyE



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      Yahoos

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  • Quiz 2



    Syllabus of Quiz II

    Gulliver's Travels  Part IV


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      To Be Held on 10/8/2020 at 4.30 pm

  • Lesson 6: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe



    Lesson Objectives:

    -- Students will be able to read a realistic fiction of this era.

    -- They will get acquainted with the philosophical views of Colonialism.


  • Assignment



    Task: Preparing a Power Point Presentation on a Specific Author 


    Instructions: 

    Students will be divided into groups having 4-5 students in each group. They will be working on biographies of the famous authors of 17th and 18th century. Each group will take one author and present the birth, parenting, education, philosophy, list of writings, interests and other mentionable facts about that particular author in their Power Point Slides. 

    Here is a list of the writers:

    Jonathan Swift

    Daniel Defoe

    Alexander Pope

    John Dryden

    William Congreve 

    John Milton

    Samuel Johnson


  • Presentation



    Presentation Topic:

    Role Play on "The Way of the World"


    Instructions: 

     Students have to role play based on the characters of "The Way of the World". Each students will get 2 minutes for their performance. Performance can be done within a group or individually. 

  • Final Exam



    Syllabus of the Final Exam

    Gulliver's Travels 
    Book 1 
    Book 2 


    Instructions for Final Exam

    -- Broad Questions: 2x20= 40

    Total Marks:                      =40

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