The
eighteenth century produced prominent
English novelists such as Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne,
and Tobias Smollett. However, it was in
the nineteenth century that the English novel in its classical form reached its
height, at the hands of writers like
Jane Austen, W.M. Thackeray, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy.
Among some of the prominent twentieth century British novelists are E. M.
Forster, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Joseph Conrad. This course introduces
the learner to some of the finest writings of these novelists.
A study of this course will help the learner gain a sense of the development of the British novel from its beginnings in the eighteenth century till the later decades of the twentieth century. Apart from providing a broad overview of the great tradition of the British novel, the course takes up selected novels for close reading and detailed study.
The novels selected for detailed analysis are Tom Jones (Henry Fielding); Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen); Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte); Great Expectations (Charles Dickens); Middlemarch (George Eliot); Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad); A Portrait of the Artist as a Young man (James Joyce); A Passage to India (E. M. Forster) and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark). The course also includes readings of these novels from different critical perspectives such as the feminist, deconstructionist, new historicist, and the post-colonial.
| Course Status : | Completed |
| Course Type : | Core |
| Language for course content : | English |
| Duration : | 24 weeks |
| Category : |
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| Credit Points : | 8 |
| Level : | Postgraduate |
| Start Date : | 01 Jan 2024 |
| End Date : | 30 Apr 2024 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Exam Date : | 19 May 2024 IST |
| Shift : | Shift-II |
Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
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Dr. Malathy A. (Assistant Professor, Selection Grade) joined IGNOU in 2005 and has been involved with language editing of study material, and development and co-ordination of courses of BA (General), BA (Hons.) and Post Graduate Diploma in Book Publishing. A post graduate from the University of Kerala,
Dr. Malathy A. holds an MPhil in D. H. Lawrence studies from the University of Nottingham, UK, and a PhD in Australian fiction from JNU, New Delhi. Her research focuses on possibilities of re-interpreting traditional Indian critical concepts for contemporary critical discourse. She is also interested in eco-critical approaches to literary texts to consider the intersections between the human and the non-human worlds. She has presented papers at national and international conferences and published papers on these themes.
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