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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Introduction to Forms of Literature in English Drama Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Introduction to Forms of Literature in English Drama

Major · English · Semester 3 · SY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

The University sets this paper under Scheme III only, so your college may not run it.

Module 1: Introduction to Drama

  • 1 Drama as a literary form and performing art
  • 2 Elements of Drama: Plot, Character, Setting, Dialogue, Theme, Stagecraft
  • 3 Types of Drama: Tragedy, Comedy. Farce, Melodrama, Poetic Drama

Module 2: Classical/Elizabethan Drama

  • 1 Sophocles: Antigone
  • OR
  • 2 William Shakespeare: As You Like It

Module 3: Restoration/Age of Sensibility Drama

  • 1 William Wycherley: The Country Wife OR
  • 2 Richard Brinsley Sheridan: The School for Scandal

Module 4: Contemporary Drama

  • 1 Girish Karnad: Nagamandala
  • OR
  • 2 Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie

Reference Books

  • 1 Allardyce Nicoll. A History of English Drama 3 Vol. Set. Cambridge: 1946.
  • 2 Aristotle. Poetics. Fingerprint! Publishing and imprint Fingerprint ClassicsBooks India Pvt Ltd 2017. ISBN-13 . 978-9386538031 :
  • 3 Vatsyayan, Kapila.Bharata: The Natyasastra. India: Nesma Books, 2001. ISBN-13 978 - 8126012206 :
  • 4 Bentley, Eric. The Theory of the Modern Stage: An Introduction to Theatre and Drama.London: Penguin Books, 1968.
  • 5 Bratton, J. S. New Readings in Theatre History: Theatre and Performance Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  • 6 Clark, Darect H. A Study of Modern Drama. Philadelphia: Century Books- Bindery, 1982.
  • 7 Gascoigne, Bamber. Twentieth Century Drama: London: Hutchinson, 1967.
  • 8 Gassner, John. Masters of Drama. New York: Dover Publications, 1954.
  • 9 Jonathan Law, etc. Rev. and enlarged (ed.). The New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre. London: Penguin Books, 2001. Doe Reference PN 2035.N474 2001
  • 10 Lumley, Fredrick. New Trends in the Twentieth Century Drama: A Survey since Ibsen and Shawn. Oxford: O.U.P, 1972.
  • 11 Michael Patterson. The Oxford Dictionary of Plays. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, c2005.
  • 12 Oscar Lee Brownstein and Darlene M. Daubert. Analytical Sourcebook of Concepts In Dramatic Theory. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1981. Doe Reference PN 1631.B7
  • 13 Rangacharya, Adya. Introduction to Bharata's Natyasastra. Delhi: MunshirmManoharlal Pub, Reprint 2005.
  • 14 Styan, J. L. Modern Drama in Theory and Practice. New York: Cambridge University Press,1980.
  • 15 Williams, Raymond. Drama from Ibsen to Brecht. London: Penguin Books, 1973.
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