IGNOU MEG-02
- British Drama,
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MEG-02 English Topics Covered

Block 1 - Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus

• Unit 1 - Christopher Marlowe and The Elizabethan Drama
• Unit 2 - The Tragic Drama of Doctor Faustus
• Unit 3 - Irony and The Tragic Dilemma in Doctor Faustus
• Unit 4 - The Renaissance and Reformation in Doctor Faustus
• Unit 5 - Dramatic Poetry in Doctor Faustus
• Unit 6 - The Performance of Doctor Faustus

Block 2 - William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Unit 1 - Background: Performance
• Unit 2 - Romantic Comedy and the Language of the Play
• Unit 3 - A Midsummer Night's Dream-I
• Unit 4 - A Midsummer Night's Dream-II
• Unit 5 - The Mechanicals

Block 3 - William Shakespeare: Hamlet

• Unit 1 - Background
• Unit 2 - Interpretations
• Unit 3 - Language of Literature
• Unit 4 - Hamlet: Other Dimensions
• Unit 5 - "The World as Stage": Wider Perspective
• Unit 6 - Current Critical Approaches to Hamlet

Block 4 - Ben Jonson: The Alchemist

• Unit 1 - The Dramatic Career of Ben Jonson
• Unit 2 - Jonsonian Comedy and The Alchemist
• Unit 3 - The Structure of The Alchemist
• Unit 4 - The Alchemist in the Theatre
• Unit 5 - Characterization and Language

Block 5 - The Playboy of the Western World

• Unit 1 - Background to the Playboy
• Unit 2 - Critical Annotations to the Playboy
• Unit 3 - Close Analysis of the Playboy
• Unit 4 - The Playboy: A Discussion
• Unit 5 - The Playboy: A Discussion (Contd.)

Block 6 - Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion

• Unit 1 - Background of English Drama from the Restoration Period to Bernard Shaw
• Unit 2 - Pygmalion: Themes and Issues
• Unit 3 - Dramatic Structure and Mingling of Genres
• Unit 4 - Language and Style

Block 7 - T.S. Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral

• Unit 1 - T.S.Eliot’s Essays and Other Works Related to the Play
• Unit 2 - Background, Production and Performance History
• Unit 3 - Critical Approaches to Play-I
• Unit 4 - Critical Approaches to Play-II
• Unit 5 - General Comments and other Reading

Block 8 - John Osborne: Look in Anger

• Unit 1 - Background to the Play
• Unit 2 - The Characters
• Unit 3 - Language and Speech in Look Back in Anger
• Unit 4 - Critical Approaches in Look Back in Anger
• Unit 5 - Anger and After: The Play’s Subsequent Importance

Block 9 - Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot

• Unit 1 - Waiting for Godot: An Avant Garde Play
• Unit 2 - Godot: A Critical Analysis-I
• Unit 3 - Critical Analysis-II
• Unit 4 - Themes and Issues-I
• Unit 5 - Themes and Issues-II

Previous Year Solved Question Papers Included

MEG-02 English (Total-41, Solved-22, Unsolved-19)

• June (2002-2003, 2005-2022-2023)
• December (2002-2003, 2005-2019, 2022)
• February (2021)

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