UNIT 1
Prologue : its detailed reading with critical analysis
Chaucer’s characters as individuals and types
Realism in Chaucer
Chaucer’s Prologue as a cross-section of society
Female characters
UNIT 2
Chaucerian language
Ecclesiastical characters
UNIT 3
Love poems and Divine Poems by John Donne: its detailed reading with critical analysis
(Selections from Grierson’s Metaphysical poetry)
UNIT 4
Introduction to Metaphysical poetry
John Donne as a love poet
Imagery in John Donne’s poetry
UNIT 5
Unification of sensibility
Dramatic quality of Donne’s poetry
UNIT 6
Paradise Lost BK I : its detailed reading with critical analysis
Socio-political background to the composition of Paradise Lost
Milton’s life and poetry
Discussion of Milton’s endeavor to justify the ways of God to men
Satan as the hero of Paradise Lost
UNIT 7
Biblical and historical allusions in Paradise Lost
Imagery
Powerful speeches of Satan
UNIT 8
The Rape of The Lock : its detailed reading with critical analysis
Ethos of the Eighteenth century
The Rape of the Lock as a social satire
Achievements and limitations of the century
The Rape of the Lock as a mock epic poem
Significant character sketches
The use of machinery in The Rape of the Lock
A preface to Paradise lost by 
