Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) History of British Literature (Romantic and Victorian Period) Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
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Syllabus for History of British Literature (Romantic and Victorian Period)
The University sets this paper under Scheme II only, so your college may not run it.
Practise with the Semester 5 past papers. They are from the old syllabus, so check each topic against this one.
Module 1: Romantic Age
- 1 Salient Characteristics of Romanticism
- 2 Romantic Poetry – Characteristics and the contribution of the major
- Romantic Poets
- 3 Romantic Prose: Contribution of Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt etc.
- 4 Novel Writing: Features and Contribution of Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott
- 5 Gothic Novel: Features and contribution of major novelists
Module 2: Victorian Age
- 1 Literary Tendencies of the Victorian Age
- 2 The Rise of the Novel – Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Contribution of Bronte Sisters
- 3 Victorian Poetry - Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold
- 4 Prose Writers and their contribution – Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Macaulay, John Ruskin, Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill
- 5 The Pre-Raphaelites
Reference Books
- 1 Abrams M.H. & G.G. Harpham. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Cengage India Pvt Ltd., 2015.
- 2 Alexander, Michael. A History of English Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- 3 Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature (Secker and Warburg: London, 1960)
- 4 Edward, Albert. History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2017.
- 5 Hudson, W.H. An Outline History of English Literature. Milky Way Pub. 2021.
- 6 Legouis, Emile. A Short History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1998.
- 7 Long, William J. English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World. Rupa Pub. India, 2015.
- 8 Mundra, J.N. & S.C. Mundra. A History of English Literature. (Vol. I, II, III), Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot, 1997.