UGC NET
English Literature Syllabus (Paper II)
Unit I: Drama
- Classical Drama
- Medieval Drama
- Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
- Caroline Drama
- Restoration Drama
- 18th Century Drama
- Romantic Drama
- Victorian Drama
- Modern and Contemporary Drama
- Indian English Drama
- American Drama
Unit II: Poetry
- Old English Poetry
- Renaissance Poetry
- Metaphysical Poetry
- Neoclassical Poetry
- Romantic Poetry
- Victorian Poetry
- Modern and Contemporary Poetry
- Indian English Poetry
- American Poetry
Unit III: Fiction and Short Story
- British Fiction
- American Fiction
- Indian English Fiction
- Postcolonial Fiction
- World Fiction
- Short Stories
Unit IV: Non-Fictional Prose
- Essays
- Biography and Autobiography
- Travel Writing
- Memoirs
- Letters
- Journals
Unit V: Language
- Linguistics
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
- Language Teaching
- English in Use
Unit VI: English in India
- History of English in India
- Indian English
- Translation Studies
- English Language Teaching in India
- Future of English in India
Unit VII: Cultural Studies
- Popular Culture
- Media Studies
- Gender Studies
- Dalit Studies
- Subaltern Studies
- Diaspora Studies
- Postcolonial Studies
Unit VIII: Literary Criticism
- Classical Criticism
- Neo-Classical Criticism
- Romantic Criticism
- Victorian Criticism
- Modern Criticism
- Practical Criticism
Unit IX: Literary Theory (Post
World War II
- Structuralism
- Poststructuralism
- Deconstruction
- Marxism
- Feminism
- Psychoanalysis
- New Historicism
- Postcolonial Theory
- Ecocriticism
- Cultural Materialism
- Queer Theory
Unit X: Research Methods and
Materials in English
- Research Methodology
- Bibliography
- Documentation Styles (MLA, APA, Chicago)
- Textual Editing
- Digital Humanities
- Academic Writing
- Research Ethics
Paper I
Syllabus
Paper I focuses on:
- Teaching Aptitude
- Research Aptitude
- Reading Comprehension
- Communication
- Reasoning
- Data Interpretation
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- People, Development and Environment
- Higher Education System
- Logical and Mathematical Reasoning
High-Weightage
Areas for English NET
Based on recent candidate analyses and discussions,
the following areas frequently contribute a large number of questions:
- Literary Theory and Criticism
- British Literature
- Language and Linguistics
- Reading Comprehension
- Cultural Studies
- Research Aptitude
- English Studies in India
Detailed Breakdown
of Unit-wise Syllabus
Unit I Drama
Classical Drama
1. Greek Drama
Major Tragedians
·
Aeschylus
Ø Father
of Tragedy
Ø The
Oresteia
Ø Prometheus
Bound
Ø The
Persians
Ø Introduction
of the second actor
Ø Sophocles
Ø Oedipus
Rex
Ø Antigone
Ø Electra
Ø Tragic
hero and fate
Ø Introduction
of the third actor
Ø Euripides
Ø Medea
Ø The
Bacchae
Ø Hippolytus
Ø Psychological
realism
Ø Strong
female characters
Greek Comedy
Ø Aristophanes
- Old
Comedy
- Political
satire
- Lysistrata
- The
Clouds
- The
Frogs
2. Aristotle and Dramatic Theory
Poetics
3. Roman Drama
Roman Comedy
·
Plautus
Important works:
- Miles
Gloriosus
- Aulularia
- Menaechmi
·
Terence
Important works:
- Andria
- Eunuchus
- Adelphoe
Roman Tragedy
·
Seneca
Important works:
- Phaedra
- Medea
- Thyestes
- Agamemnon
4. Sanskrit Drama
Natyashastra
Major Playwrights
Ø Kalidasa
Works:
·
Abhijnanasakuntalam
·
Vikramorvasiyam
·
Malavikagnimitram
Ø Bhasa
Works:
- Swapnavasavadattam
- Urubhanga
·
Shudraka
Work:
- Mrichchhakatika
·
Bhavabhuti
Works:
- Uttararamacharita
- Malatimadhava
·
Medieval
Drama
·
Mystery Plays
·
Miracle Plays
·
Morality Plays
· Interludes
·
Important
Playwright
John Heywood
·
Important
Works
·
Everyman
·
The Castle of Perseverance
·
Mankind
·
Wisdom
·
Second Shepherds' Play
·
York Cycle
·
Chester Cycle
·
Wakefield Cycle
·
Coventry Cycle
· Interludes
of John Heywood
·
Elizabethan
Drama
·
Tragedy and Comedy
·
Blank Verse
·
Soliloquies
·
Major Theaters
·
Major
Tragedians
·
Christopher
Marlowe
·
His Tragedies
Tamburlain
Doctor Faustus
The Jew of Malta
Edward II
·
William
Shakespeare
·
His
Tragedies
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
·
Shakespearean
Comedies
A Misummernight’s Dream
As You Like It
Twelfth Night
The Merchant of Venice
·
Shakespearean
History Plays
Richard II
Henry IV Part I
Henry IV Part II
Henry V
·
Revenge
Tragedies
The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
·
Romances
Tempest
The Winter’s Tale
·
University
Wits
Christopher Marlowe
Thomas Kyd
Robert Greene
Thomas Lodge
George Peele
Thomas Nashe
John Lyly
·
Jacobean
Drama
·
Major
Playwright
·
Ben
Jonson
·
Major
Plays
Volpone
The Alchemist
Bartholomew Fair
·
John
Webster
·
Major
Plays
The White Devil
The Duchess of Malfi
·
Thomas
Middleton
·
Major
Plays
The Changeling
Women Beware Women
·
Beaumont
and Fletcher
·
Major
Plays
Philaster
The Maid’s Tragedy
·
John
Marston
·
Major
Play
The Malcontent
·
Thomas
Dekker
·
Major
Play
The Shoemaker’s Holiday
Ø
Court
Masques
Ø
Caroline Drama
·
Major Playwrights
Ø
John Ford
·
Major Plays
‘Tis Pity She is a Whore
The Broken Hearth
Ø
Philip Massinger
·
Major Plays
A New Way to Pay Old Debts
Ø James
Shirley
·
Major Plays
The
Lady of Pleasure
The
Cardinal
Ø
Commonwealth Drama
Ø
Major Playwrights
·
John Milton
·
Major Plays
Samson Agonistes
·
Sir William Davenant
·
Major Play
The Siege of the Rhodes
Ø Restoration
Drama
Ø Major
Playwrights
·
William Wycherly
·
Major Plays
The Country Wife
The Plain Dealer
·
George Etherege
·
Major Play
The Man of Mode
·
William Congreve
·
Major Plays
Love for Love
The Way of the World
·
John Dryden
·
Major Works
The Conquest of Granada
Aureng-zebe
An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
·
Jeremy Collier
·
Major Work
A Short View of the Immorality and
Profaneness of the English Stage
·
Aphra Behn
·
Major Play
The Rover
·
Thomas Shadewell
·
Major Work
The Squire of Alsatia
Ø 18th
Century Drama
Ø Major
Playwrights
·
Richard Steele
·
Major Work
The Conscious Lovers
·
Colley Cibber
·
Major Play
Love’s Last Shift
·
John Gay
·
Major Work
The Beggar’s Opera
·
Oliver Goldsmith
She Stoops to Conquer
·
Richar Brinsley Sheridan
The
Rivals
The
School for Scandal
Ø Romantic
Drama
Ø Major
Playwrights
·
Percy Bysshe Shelley
·
Major Play
Prometheus Unbound
·
Lord Byron
·
Major Plays
Manfred
Cain
·
S. T. Coleridge
·
Major Play
Remorse
Ø
Victorian Drama
Ø
Major Playwrights
·
Henrik Ibsen
·
Major Plays
The Doll’s House
Ghosts
·
George Bernard Shaw
·
Major Plays
Mrs. Warren’s Profession
Man and Superman
Pygmalion
·
Oscar Wilde
·
Major Plays
Lady Windermere’s Fan
A Woman of No Importance
An Ideal Husband
The Importance of Being Earnest
Ø Modern
Drama
Ø Major
Playwrights
·
J. M. Synge
·
Major Play
The Playboy of the Western World
·
Sean O’ Casey
·
Major Play
Juno and the Paycock
·
Bertolt Brecht
Mother Courage and Her Children
The Good Person of Szechwan
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Ø
Contemporary Drama
Ø
Postmodern Drama
Ø
Major Playwrights
·
Tom Stoppard
·
Major Plays
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Arcadia
Travesties
Ø Feminist
Drama
·
Caryl Churchill
·
Major Plays
Cloud Nine
Top Girls
Far Away
Ø
Postcolonial Drama
·
Wol Soyinka
·
Major Play
Death and the King’s Horsemen
·
Derek Walcott
·
Major Play
Dream on Monkey Mountain
·
Athol Fugard
·
Major Plays
Master Harold… and the Boys
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
Ø
Black and Minority Drama
·
August Wilson
·
Major Plays
Fences
The Piano Lesson
Ø
Queer Drama
·
Tony Kushner
·
Major Play
Angels in America
Ø
In-Yer-Face Theatre
·
Sarah Kane
·
Major Play
Blasted
4.48 Psychosis
·
Mark Ravenhill
·
Major Play
Shopping and Fucking
Ø
Memory and Trauma Drama
·
Brian Friel
·
Major Play
Translations
Ø
Documentary and Verbatim Theatre
·
Major Work
The Laramie Project
Ø
Indian English Drama
Ø
Major Playwrights
·
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
·
Major Plays
Is This Called Civilization?
The Captive Lady
·
Rabindranath Tagore
·
Major Plays
Dakghar (The Postoffice)
Raktakarabi (Red Oleanders)
Muktadhara
Ø
Pre-Independence Drama
·
Sri Aurobindo
·
Major Plays
Perseus the Deliverer
Vasavdutta
Rodgune
Ø
Post-Independence Drama
·
Girish Karnad
·
Major Plays
Tughlaq
Hayavadana
Nagamandala
The Fire and the Rain
Yayati
·
Vijay Tendulkar
·
Major Plays
Ghashiram Kotwal
Sakharam Binder
Silence! The Court Is in Session
·
Mahesh Dattani
·
Major Plays
Final Solutions
Tara
Dance Like a Man
Bravely Fought the Queen
·
Asif Currimbhoy
·
Major Plays
Goa
The Doldrummers
·
Nissim Ezekiel
·
Major Plays
Nalini
Ø
American Drama
Ø
Major Playwrights
·
Eugene O’Neill
·
Major Plays
Beyond the Horizon
The Emperor Jones
The Hairy Ape
Desire Under the Elms
Morning Becomes Electra
Long Day’s Journey into Night
·
Tenessee Williams
·
Major Plays
The Glass Menagerie
A Streetcar Named Desire
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
·
Arthur Miller
·
Major Plays
Death of a Salesman
All My Sons
The Crucible
A View from the Bridge
·
Edward Albee
·
Major Plays
The Zoo Story
Who Is Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?
·
Wendy Wasserstein
·
Major Play
The Heidi Chronicles
Ø
African-American Drama
Ø
Major Playwrights
·
Lorraine Hansberry
·
Major Plays
A Raisin in the Sun
