Syllabus For The Subject ADVANCED ENGLISH-II

UNIT - 01

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY - THE STORY - IMPORTANT

INCIDENTS - IMPORTANT EPISODES - CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE PRESCRIBED

PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 02

MACBETH NIGHT - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY - THE STORY - IMPORTANT INCIDENTS -

IMPORTANT EPISODES - CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF

SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 03

TWELFTH NIGHT - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY - THE STORY - IMPORTANT INCIDENTS -

IMPORTANT SCENES - CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF

SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 04

KING LEAR - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY - THE STORY - IMPORTANT EVENTS -

CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 05

A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY - THE STORY - IMPORTANT

EVENTS - CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 06

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY - THE STORY - IMPORTANT

INCIDENTS - CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 07

JULIUS CAESAR - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY - THE STORY - IMPORTANT INCIDENTS -

IMPORTANT SCENES - CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF

SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 08

SHAKESPEAREAN THEATRE AND AUDIENCE - SHAKESPEARES CAREER - THEATRE -

AUDIENCE IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 09

VARIOUS THEMES OF SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS - TWELFTH NIGHT AS A ROMANTIC

COMEDY - KINDS OF LOVE IN TWELFTH NIGHT - PURITANISM IN TWELFTH NIGHT -

ROMANTICISM IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM - CONFLICT BETWEEN A JEW AND A

CHRISTIAN IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - HERO OF THE PLAY THE MERCHANT OF

VENICE IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 10

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TITLE OF SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS - TWELFTH NIGHT - KING

LEAR - A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING IN THE

PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE.

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH

2 Yr.

ADVANCED ENGLISH-II(1010109)

UNIT - 11

OMENS, PORTENTS AND OTHER SUPERSITITIONS IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE IN

THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE.

UNIT - 12

GENERAL ESSAYS - PLOT CONSTRUCTION IN THE PLAY - THE MERCHANT OF VENICE -

TRAGIC ELEMENTS IN THE PLAY - MACBETH - INTRODUCTION OF MUSIC AND SONGS IN

THE PLAY - TWELFTH NIGHT - MIXING OF SUBPLOT WITH THE MAIN PLOT IN THE PLAY,

KING LEAR - ROMAN MOBS IN THE JULIUS CAESAR IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF

SHAKESPEARE.

PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE:

1.THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

2.MACBETH

3.TWELFTH NIGHT

4.KING LEAR

5.A MIDSUMMER NIGHT`S DREAM

6.MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

7.JULIUS CAESAR