Department of B.A. in English Syllabus

First Year:Semester I

Course No. / Course Title / Hours/Week
Theory + Lab / Credits
ENG 111 / Introduction to Literature / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 112 / Socio-Political History of England / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 113 / Seminar Assignment + Viva Voce / 0+2 / 0.5+0.5=1
ENG 101 / English Language / 2+0 / 2.0
ENG 102 / English Language (Lab and Viva Voce) / 0+2 / 1.0
BNG 101 / Bangla Language / 2+0 / 2.0
BNG 102 / Bangla Language Lab. / 0+2 / 1.0
PSS 102 / Politics and Administration in Bangladesh / 3+0 / 3.0
Total / 13+6 = 19 / 16.0

First Year: Semester II

Course No. / Course Title / Hours/Week
Theory + Lab / Credits
ENG 121 / Greco-Roman Epic Poetry / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 122 / Drama: From Aeschylus to Seneca / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 123 / Advanced English / 2+0 / 2.0
ENG 124 / Seminar / Viva Voce / 0+2 / 1
SCW 201 / Social Welfare Policy & Programme / 3+0 / 3.0
SOC 101B / Principles of Sociology / 3+0 / 3.0
ECO 103 / Principles of Economics / 4+0 / 4.0
Total / 18+2 = 20 / 19.0

Second Year:Semester I

Course No. / Course Title / Hours/Week
Theory + Lab / Credits
ENG 211 / History of English Literature / 4+0 / 4.0
ENG 212 / Old & Middle English Poetry / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 213 / Elizabethan & Metaphysical Poetry / 4+0 / 4.0
ENG 214 / Seminar Article + Viva Voce / 0+2 / 1.0
MAT 101 / Mathematics / 2+0 / 2.0
PAD 102 / Introduction to Public Administration / 3+0 / 3.0
Total / 16+2 = 18 / 17.0

Second Year:Semester II

Course No. / Course Title / Hours/Week
Theory + Lab / Credits
ENG 221 / American Poetry / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 222 / Poetry from Chaucer to Milton / 4+0 / 4.0
ENG 223 / Elizabethan & Jacobean Drama / 4+0 / 4.0
ENG 224 / Seminar Paper + Viva Voce / 0+2 / 1.0
ENG 225 / Introduction to English Literature
(for Bangla Dept. students) / 4+0 / 4.0
CSE 2050 / Database Management & Programming Theory / 2+0 / 2.0
CSE 2060 / Database Management & Programming Lab / 0+6 / 3.0
Total / 17+8 = 25 / 21.0

Third Year:Semester I

Course No. / Course Title / Hours/Week
Theory + Lab / Credits
ENG 311 / Poetry from Dryden to Blake / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 312 / 17th Century Prose / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 313 / English Critical Theory / 4+0 / 4.0
ENG 314 / Restoration Drama / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 315 / 18th Century Prose / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 316 / History of Ideas / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 317 / Viva Voce + Seminar Assignment / 0+2 / 1.0
Total / 19+2 = 21 / 20.0

Third Year:Semester II

Course No. / Course Title / Hours/Week
Theory + Lab / Credits
ENG 321 / 18th Century English Novel / 4+0 / 4.0
ENG 322 / Romantic Poetry / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 323 / Victorian Poetry / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 324 / 19th Century English Novel / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 325 / Research Methodology / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 326 / Viva Voce / 0+2 / 1.0
Total / 16+2 = 18 / 17.0

Fourth Year:Semester I

Course No. / Course Title / Hours/Week
Theory + Lab / Credits
ENG 411 / American Drama / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 412 / American Fiction / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 413 / 20th Century British Drama / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 414 / 20th Century British Literature / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 415 / Phonetics and Phonology / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 416 / Literature in Translation / 2+0 / 2.0
ENG 417 / Viva Voce / 0+0 / 1.0
Total / 17+0 = 17 / 18.0

Fourth Year:Semester II

Course No. / Course Title / Hours/Week
Theory + Lab / Credits
ENG 421 / Shakespeare / 4+0 / 4.0
ENG 422 / Continental Literature / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 423 / ELT and Teacher’s Education / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 424 / South-Asian Literature in English / 3+0 / 3.0
ENG 425 / The Short Story / 4+0 / 4.0
ENG 426 / Seminar Assignment + Viva Voce / 0+2 / 2.0
Total / 17+2 19 / 19.0

Detailed Syllabus

ENG 101 BASIC ENGLISH (COMPULSORY)

2 Hours/week, 2 Credits

(Developing Writing, Reading, Listening, and Speaking Skills)

1. Problems with: (a) Main Verbs; (b) Tense; (c) Modals and Modal-related patterns; (d) Causatives; (e) Conditionals; (f) Subjunctives; (g) Infinitives; (h) Have + Participle; (i) Auxiliary Verbs; (j) Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Nouns and Adjectives, Nouns functioning as Adjectives and other Parts of Speech; (k) Determiners; (l) Comparatives; (m) Prepositions and prepositional idioms; (n) Point of View for Syntactical Pattern; (o) Agreement of verbs; (p) Introductory verbal; Modifiers; (q) Sentences and Clauses; (r) Word Choice – Vocabulary – Antonym, Synonym, Homonym, Homograph, Homophone; (s) Wh. Questions; (t) Punctuations: Full stop, comma, colon, semi colon, apostrophe, capital letter, hyphen, quotation marks, titles etc.; (u) Proofreading;

2. One Reading Comprehension of 20 marks (6 questions carrying 2.5 marks each)

3. One Paragraph

Recommended Books:

1. Barron's TOEFL: 2. Standard Grammar book of Instructor's choice

ENG 102 BASIC ENGLISH (LAB AND VIVA VOCE): (COMPULSORY)

2 Hours/week, 1 Credit

Five students to be brought on the dais at a time. Other students of the class will be interrogating and likewise every student should be brought in turn and questions should be asked from the fields of literature, science, current politics, international affairs, games and sports, etc. The Instructor will act as a conductor.

ENG 103 ADVANCED ENGLISH (Optional, in lieu of Bangla)

2 Hours/week, 2 Credits

Part: A (Marks: 25)

1. IPA Symbols

2. Writing Composition (Essay, Paragraph and Report)

(To answer one question of 10 marks out of two)

3. Letter Writing: Formal And Informal, Business Letters, Letters of Opinion, Application and CV writing, Fax, E-mail, Memo, etc.

(To answer one question of 10 marks out of two)

Part: B (Marks: 25)

1. Short Story: ‘Tolerance’ by E. M. Forster

2. ‘Dacca Gauzes’ by Aga Shahid Ali

(Five short questions will carry 4 marks each; one explanation will carry 5 marks)

Recommended Books: To be decided by the Instructor.

ENG 104 ADVANCED ENGLISH LAB & VIVA-VOCE (COMPULSORY, IF TAKEN ENG 103)

2 Hours/week, 1 Credit

1. Wide discussion on how to prepare a Seminar or Research paper (according to MLA Handbook 7th edition) on either the short story or the poem taught in ENG 103.

2. Individual and group discussion on the stories (in the form of both lecture and interrogation) in the class.

3. Viva Voce

ENG 111INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

3 Hours/ weeks (3+0), 3 Credits

1. Linguistic competence to appreciate literature—nature, need and means of attainment.

2. Rhetoric and Prosody:

3. Poetry: a. Kinds and themes; b. Structural devices; c. Contrast; d. Illustration; e. Repetition; f. Mood; Imagery; Tone; Principal verse forms—descriptive, narrative, lyrical, reflective, etc.; Interrelationship; and Effect.

4. Non-fiction Prose:

a. Theme; b. Structure; and c. Style.

5. Essay: a. Structure: Beginning, Middle, End; b. Forms: Narrative, Descriptive, and Expository; c. Unity, Order, Coherence, Transition, Clarity, Using Examples, Comparison & Contrast, and Cause & Effect.

6. Drama: Plot—its Structure, Action, Conflict, Characterization, Style, and Dialogue.

7. Fiction: Plot—its Structure, Point of view, Characterization, Setting, Style, Narration, and Technique.

8. Short Story; 9. Novel; 10. Literary Terms; 11. Practical Criticism 12. i) Shall I compare thee…, by William Shakespeare; ii) Valediction Foreboding Mourning, by John Donne; iii) The Lady of Shalott, by Alfred Tennyson; iv) The Solitary Reaper, by William Wordsworth; i) Lispeth, by R. Kipling; ii) Shooting an Elephant, by G. Orwell; The Arms and The Man, by G. B. Shaw

Books Recommended:

  1. Ahmed, Sadruddin. Learning English the Easy Way.
  2. Martinet & Thomson. A Practical English Grammar.
  3. Hornby, A. S. The Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Current English.
  4. Cowie & MacKin. Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English.
  5. Hornby, A. S. Guide to Pattern and Usage of English.
  6. Burnet and Stubbs. Practical Guide to Writing.
  7. Islam, Jahurul. A Handbook of Practical Writing.
  8. Imhoof, Maurice. From Paragraph to Essay.
  9. Taylor, Clive. Advancing Language Skills.
  10. Close, R. A. The English We Use.
  11. Glover, A. J. Build Up Your English.
  12. Jones, D. English Pronouncing Dictionary.
  13. Quirk & Others. A Grammar of Contemporary English.
  14. McRae. Chapters of Verse.
  15. Leech. Communicative Grammar of English.
  16. Hudson, William. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. Harrap. London. 1965.
  17. Abrams. A Glossary of Literary Terms.
  18. Cuddon, J. A. A Dictionary of Literary Terms. Penguin. Ed. 1984.
  19. Bose & Sterling. Rhetoric & Prosody.
  20. Aristotle. Poetics (with an introductory essay by Butcher, S. H.).
  21. Willeck & Warren. Theory of Literature. Penguin.
  22. The Norton Introduction to Literature (volumes of Poetry, Fiction, and Short Fiction).
  23. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Vols. I & II.
  24. Daiches, David. Critical Approaches to Literature.
  25. Ford, B. The Pelican Guide to English Literature.
  26. Brooks & Heilman. Understanding Drama.
  27. Brooks & Warren. Understanding Poetry.
  28. Murray, P. Literary Criticism: A Glossary of Major Terms.
  29. Jones, R. T. Studying Drama: An Introduction.
  30. Kelsall, M. Studying Drama: An Introduction.
  31. Hawthorn, J. Studying the Novel: An Introduction.
  32. Forster, E. M. Aspects of the Novel.
  33. Hussain, Inari. A Handbook of English Literature. An Introduction to
  34. Literature. Longman. Ed. Barnet, Berman, Burto, and Cain. New York. 1997.
  35. Introduction to Literature. Ed. Kennedy, X. J.
  36. Legacies: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Non—Fiction. Bogard. 1995.

ENG 112SOCIO-POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND

3 Hours/weeks, 3 Credits

  1. The Phoenicians’ Trade with the BritonsBC 200BC 79;
  2. Roman Invasion by Julius Caesar’s LegionnairesBC 79449 AD (?);
  3. The Landing of Hengist and Horsa in Britain4491066 (Anglo Saxon Period);
  4. The Norman Invasion10661400 (Anglo Norman Period);
  5. The Revival of Learning14001558 (The Renaissance);
  6. The Age of Elizabeth I15501620;
  7. The Puritan Age16201660;
  8. Period of the Restoration16601700;
  9. The Eighteenth Century17001800;
  10. The Union of the Great Britain and Ireland to Crimean War18001854; and
  11. The Victorian Age18501900.

Books Recommended:

1. Mahajan, V. D. History of England.

2. History of England—See Seminar Books.

3. Long, J. William. English Literature.

4. G M Trevelyan. A Shortened History of England. Penguin Books.

5. G M Trevelyan. English Social History. Penguin Books.

6. John Thorn, Roger Lockyer, David Smith. A History of England. ATTBS Publishers and Distributors.

7. Robert M Adams. The Land & Literature of England: A Historical Account. W. W. Norton.

8. Dr. A N Johri. A Social History of England.

9. Kemp Melone & Albert C Baugh. Literary History of England. Routledge.

ENG 113SEMINAR ASSIGNMENT + Viva-Voce

Hours/weeks (0+2), (0.5+0.5) = 1 Credit

ENG 121 GRECO-ROMAN EPIC POETRY

3 Hours/week (3+0), 3 Credits

  1. Homer: The Iliad (Penguin Edition);
  2. Virgil: The Aenied. Penguin Translation;
  3. Dante: The Divine Comedy (The Paradiso);
  4. Petrarch: Sonnets (Selected Pieces)

Note:The works prescribed are to be studied with reference to the following a, b, & c:

a. i. Greek life and civilization; ii. The city state; iii. Position of Athens in Greek history; iv. Greek religion and mythology; v. Epic and drama; vi. Plato, Aristotle, and literary criticism; and vii. Classical tradition in Europe.

b.i. Roman life and civilization; ii. Roman mythology; iii. Epic and drama; iv. Poetry, prose, and history in Latin; and v. Influence of Latin upon European Literature.

c. i. Literary theory

Studies in Detail:

  1. Brumble, David. H. Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: A Dictionary of Allegorical Meanings.
  2. Zimmerman, E. J. Dictionary of Classical Mythology.
  3. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Clarendor Press.
  4. Rose, J. H. A Handbook of Greek Literature.
  5. Murray, Gilbert. The Rise of the Greek Epic.
  6. Norwood, G. Greek Tragedy.

Book Recommended:

  1. Rose, J. H. A Handbook of Latin Literature.
  2. MacKail, J. W. Roman Literature.
  3. Highet, Gilbert. The Classical Tradition.
  4. Michael, Grant. Roman Literature. Pelican.
  5. Knight, Jackson. Roman Virgil.
  6. Graves, Robert. Greek Myths. Vols: I & II. Penguin.
  7. Aristotle, Horace, Longinus. Classical Literary Criticism. Penguin Classics.
  8. The Legacy of Greece.
  9. The Legacy of Rome.
  10. Landmarks in Classical Literature.
  11. Williams, Gordon. The Nature of Roman Poetry.

ENG 122 DRAMA FROM AESCHYLUS TO SENECA

3 Hours/Week (3+0), 3 Credits

1. Aeschylus: Agamemnon. Penguin Translation;

2. Sophocles: Oedipus Rex. Penguin Translation;

3. Euripides: Medea. Penguin Translation;

4. Seneca: Phaedra. Penguin Translation.

Reading knowledge: The works prescribed are to be studied with reference to the following a, b & c:

a. i. Greek life and civilization; ii. The city state; iii. Position of Athens in Greek history; iv. Greek religion and mythology; v. Epic and drama; vi. Plato, Aristotle, and literary criticism; and vii. Classical tradition in Europe.

b.i.Roman life and civilization; ii. Roman mythology; iii. Epic and drama; iv. Poetry, prose, and history in Latin; and v. Influence of Latin upon European Literature.

c. i. Literary theory

Books Recommended:

  1. Brumble, David. H. Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: A Dictionary of Allegorical Meanings.
  2. Zimmerman, E. J. Dictionary of Classical Mythology.
  3. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Clarendor Press.
  4. Rose, J. H. A Handbook of Greek Literature.
  5. Murray, Gilbert. The Rise of the Greek Epic.
  6. Norwood, G. Greek Tragedy.
  7. Rose, J. H. A Handbook of Latin Literature.
  8. MacKail, J. W. Roman Literature.
  9. Highet, Gilbert. The Classical Tradition.
  10. Michael, Grant. Roman Literature. Pelican.
  11. Knight, Jackson. Roman Virgil.
  12. Graves, Robert. Greek Myths. Vols: I & II. Penguin.
  13. Aristotle, Horce, Longinus. Classical Literary Criticism. Penguin Classics.
  14. The Legacy of Greece.
  15. The Legacy of Rome.
  16. Landmarks in Classical Literature.

ENG 123 ADVANCED ENGLISH (ENG-103)

2Hours/week (2+0), 2 Credits

ENG 124 SEMINAR/VIVA VOCE

2Hours/Week (0+2), 1 Credit

ENG 211HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

4 Hours/Week (4+0), 4 Credits

1. First Glimpses; 2. The Anglo—Saxon or the Old English Period; 3. The Anglo—Norman Period; 4. The Age of Chaucer; 5. The Elizabethan Period; 6. The Puritan Age; 7. The Restoration Period; 8. Eighteenth Century Literature; 9. The Romantic Age; and 10. The Victorian Age; and 11. The 20th Century Literature (with special references to Science Fiction, Travel Literature, Colonial Writers, Whodunits, etc.)

Books Recommended:

1.Edmonds, E. W. A Historical Summary of English Literature.

2. Hudson, W. H. An Outline History of English Literature.

3. Long, J. W. English Literature.

4. Bateson, F. W. A Guide to English Literature. Longman.

5. Concise Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Ed. George Watson.

6. Legouis and Cazamian. History of English Literature.

7. Cambridge History of English Literature.

8. Oxford History of English Literature.

9. Sampson. The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature.

10. Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature. 2 Vols. 11.Ford, Boris. History of English Literature. (6 volumes).

ENG 212 OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH POETRY

3 Hours/Week (3+0), 3 Credits

A. 1. Beowulf; 2. The Seafarer; 3. The Wanderer; 4. a. 7th Century: Caedmon b. 8th Century: Cynewulf c. 9th Century: Alfred: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

B. 1. 4th Century Lyrics: Selected Pieces from Sisam’s edition; 2. Malory: The Tale of the Death of King Arthur. Ed. Vinaver; and 3. Anonymus: Pearl (1350).

Note: Instructors should lay emphasis on the following matters: a) History and Meaning of Beowulf; b) Poetical Form; c) Dual Character of the Language; d) The First History of England; e) The Christ; f) Andreas and Elene; and g) The Saxon Chronicle.

Books recommended:

1. Long, W. J. English Literature.

2. Gordon, R. K. Anglo—Saxon Poetry. Everyman’s Library.

3. Penguin Classics: Beowulf.

4. Penguin Classics: The Earliest English Poems.

5. Penguin Classics: Medieval English Verse.

6. Renwick & Orton. The Beginnings of English Literature.

7. Wardel. Chapters on Old English Literature.

8. Penguin Classics: The History of English Church: Bede.

9. Anderson, G. K. The Literature of the Anglo—Saxons.

ENG-213ELIZABETHAN & METAPHYSICAL POETRY

3 Hours/Week (3+0), 3 Credits

1. William Shakespeare: Selected Poems

2. Sir Philip Sidney:When nature made her, chief work, Stella’s eyes

3. Donne: a) Death be not Proud; b) The Good Morrow; c) A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day; d) The Cannonization; e) The Funeral; f) Twicknham Garden; and g) The Flea.

4. Herbert: As in Grierson’s Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the Seventeenth Century

5. Vaughan

6. Marvell

Note: Concerned authors should be studied with reference to—Metaphysical Poetry: Definition and Conceits.

For Further Studies:

  1. Grierson, H. J. C. Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the Seventeenth Century.
  2. Lewis, C. S. History of the 17th Century Literature
  3. Grierson. Cross—Currents in the Literature of the 17th Century.
  4. Wedgewood, C. V. Seventeenth Century English Literature.
  5. Willey, Basil. Seventeenth Century Background.
  6. Gardener, Helen. Metaphysical Poets.

ENG 214 SEMINAR/VIVA VOCE

2Hours/Week (0+2),1 Credit

ENG -221AMERICAN POETRY

3 Hours/Week (3+0), 3 Credits

1. Poe : a. Annabel Lee; and b) The Raven.

2. Whitman : Song of Myself

3. Dickinson : Selections from Poems by Emily Dickinson edited by Higginson & Todd.

4. Frost: a) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening; b) The Road Not Taken; c) The Death of the Hired Man; d) Mending Walls; and e) Design.

5. Pound: a. In a Station of the Metro; b. The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter; and c. The Canto: I

6. Langston Hughes: a) Mother to Son; b) Dream Variations; and c) Mulatto.

7. Cummings: Selected Poems

8. Adrienne Rich: a) Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers; and b) Living in Sin.

9. Allen Ginsberg: September on Jessore Road

Note: Instructors should lay emphasis on the following issues: a) American Civilization; b) American History: General Tools; c) Selected Histories of Ideas in the US; d) Psychology; e) Philosophy; f) Transcendentalism; g) Religion in the US; h) Chief General Bibliographies of American Literature; i) Literary Regionalism; and j) Racial and other Minorities.

Studies in Detail: 1. Moss, P. Sydney. The Critic in the Context of His Literary Milieu. 2. Poe: A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Regan, Robert. 3. Kaplan, Justin. Walt Whitman: A Life. 4. Kaplan, Justin. A Reader’s Guide to Walt Whitman. 5. Kaplan, Justin. New Whitman Handbook. 6. Whaitman’s "Song of Myself": Origin, Growth, Meaning. Ed. Miller, J. 7. Cook, L. Regiland. The Dimensions of Robert Frost. 8. Smythe, Daniel. Robert Frost Speaks. 9. Mertin, Louis. Robert Frost: Life and Talks—Walking. 10. Creeley, Robert. A Quick Graph. 11. Jarrel, Randall. Poetry and the Age. 12. Levertov, Denise. The Poet in the World.

ENG 222-POETRY FROM CHAUCER TO MILTON

4 Hours/Week (4+0), 4 Credits

1. Chaucer: a. The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; b. The Wife of Bath; and c. Knight’s Tale. Ed. Coffin, R. C.

2. Spenser. Faerie Queene: Book—I

3. Milton. Paradise Lost

Note: Attention should be given to the following: a) Primary and Secondary Epic; b) Romantic Epic; c) Puritanism and Reformation Movements; and d) English Pastoral Poetry.

Books Recommended:

1. Bennet, H. S. Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century.

2. Ker, W. P. Mediaeval English Literature.

3. Chambers, E K. English Literature at the Close of the Middle Ages.

4. Ker, W. P. The Dark Ages.

5. Kittredge, G. L. Chaucer and His Poetry.

6. Roat, R. K. The Poetry of Chaucer.

7. Legouis, Emile. Geoffrey Chaucer.

8. The Age of Chaucer. Ed. Ford, Borris. Pelican.

9. Lewis, C. S. The Allegory of Love.

10. Rose & McLaughlin. Mediaeval Reader.

11. Bowden, Muriel. A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.

12. Power. Eileen. Mediaeval People. Pelican.

13. The Romance of the Rose. Translated by Robbins, Harry. W. Dutton Paperback.

14. Lewis, C. S. History of the 17th Century Literature.

15. Thomson, J. A. Classical Background of English Literature.

16. Tillyard, E. M. W. Elizabethan world Picture.

17. Grierson. Cross—currents in the English Literature of the 17th Century.

18. Lewis, C. S. A Preface to Paradise Lost.

19. Tillyard. Milton.

ENG 223ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEANDRAMA

4 Hours/Week (4+0), 4 Credits

1. Marlowe:Doctor Faustus;

2. Kyd:The Spanish Tragedy;

3. Ben Jonson: Volpone;

4. Webster: The Duchess of Malfi.

5. Shakespeare:Othello

Note: Teachers should take the following matters into consideration: a. The Origin of the Drama; b. Miracle and Mystery Plays; c. Cycles of Plays; d. The Stage and the Actors; e. Dramatic Unities; f. Two Schools of Drama; g. The Theatre and the Stage; h. The Methods of Early Dramatists; i. History of the Rise of English Drama since its Beginning to the 15th Century; j. Interludes; k. The Influence of Seneca in Elizabethan Drama; l. The Use of Blank Verse in Drama; m. The Comedy of Humors; n. Decadent Tragedy; and o. Tragic Comedy.