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English Honours Semester 1 — Notes

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14 document(s) — includes broad guide + PDFs for Notes.

• DSC3 - Indian Classical LiteratureNOTESOpen
• DSC2 - European Classical LiteratureNOTESOpen
• DSC1 - Introduction to Literary StudiesNOTESOpen
• Sophocles by Antigone SummaryNOTESOpen
• Aristotle poetics SummaryNOTESOpen
• Homer- The odyssey SummaryNOTESOpen
• Tanvir Habib- It must flowNOTESOpen
• The Nature of Drama by GJ WatsonNOTESOpen
• Where the mind is without fear by Rabindranath TagoreNOTESOpen
• After great pain, By Emily DickinsonNOTESOpen
• Composed upon Westminster bridge by William WordsworthNOTESOpen
• On his Blindness by John MiltonNOTESOpen
• NARRATOLOGY-The form and functioning of Narrative by Gerald princeNOTESOpen
• Pride and prejudice by Jane AustinNOTESOpen

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About English Honours — Semester 1 Notes — Delhi University

English Honours at DU (NEP/UGCF) for Semester 1 is built around close reading of primary texts. This page Semester 1 Notes with 14 document(s) organises semester 1 notes in DU's taught order.

Units (verify from your college syllabus handout):

• Unit 1: Primary texts — e.g., Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare (form-aware reading)
• Unit 2: Literary history & close reading — passage-based analysis
• Unit 3: Theory — e.g., Post-colonial, Feminist, Cultural studies
• Unit 4: Essay & long answers — thesis + textual reference

Official sources: University of Delhi · DU Exam Portal · your college's English syllabus handout.