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

Syllabus for Introduction to Literatures in English - Drama - II

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

Types of Comedy: Romantic Comedy, Farce, Satire
Types of Tragedy: Revenge Tragedy, Heroic Drama
Modern European and American Theatre: Theatre of Absurd, Theatre of Cruelty, Poor Theatre, Off-Broadway Theatre and Black Theatre
Modern Indian Theatre: Tagore’s Contribution to Theatre, Parsi Theatre, Indian People Theatre Association (IPTA), Folk Theatre, Contemporary Theatre

1 Bentley, Eric. The Life of the Drama. Applause, 2000.
2 Bevington, David. Medieval Drama. Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
3 Bradbrook, M. C. Themes and Conventions of Elizabethan Tragedy. 2nd ed., Cambridge UP, 1980.
4 Brecht, Bertolt. Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic. Edited by John Willet, Methuen, 1964.
5 Esslin, Martin. The Theatre of the Absurd. Bloomsbury, 2001.
6 Gassner, John, and Edward Quinn, eds. Theatre in Translation. The Macmillan Company, 1976.
7 Jonson, Ben. Volpone. Peacock Classics
8 Middleton, Thomas and William Rowley. The Changeling https://emed.folger.edu/sites/default/files/folger_encodings/pdf/EMED-Change-reg-
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9 Nicoll, Allardyce. British Drama: A Survey from the Origins to the Present Day. Cambridge University Press, 1972.
10 Styan, J. L. The Elements of Drama. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
11 Tagore, Rabindranath. The Post Office. Rupa and Co. 2002.
12 Wilson, August. Fences. Deckle Edge. 1986
13 Wilson, Edwin. The Theatre Experience. 14th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2022.
14 Online Resource: British Library. English Renaissance Drama. [www.bl.uk](https://www.bl.uk/)
15 Online Resource: The Cambridge History of British Theatre. Digital Archive. [www.cambridge.org](https://www.cambridge.org/)
16 Online Resource: The Folger Shakespeare Library. Early Modern Drama and Performance Studies. [www.folger.edu](https://www.folger.edu/)

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