Dear Student of 1st Semester Major in English, Please read and follow the instructions given below: Each student is to select any one topic from the list given below and prepare a PPT/PDF presentation on the same. Every student has to present the PPT/PDF on the selected topic on 25.02.2025 at 12:30PM in Room-218 without fail. This is a part of the Continuous Internal Assessment (University Examinations) and is mandatory for all students of 1st Semester Major in English. Students are to submit their presentations via the Google Form on or before 24.02.2025 (5:00PM): https://forms.gle/vUjb4eKf9reh1DYh6 Full Marks:10. Semester: 1 Major in English Course: Understanding Poetry Course Code: BAENGMJ101 If any student fails to comply with the given instructions, she will be marked ‘absent’ and no re-test will be taken under any circumstances as per the instructions of the higher authority. Topics for Presentation (select any one and present as instructed): 1. The Evolution of the Sonnet: From Petrarch to Shakespeare 2. Lyric Poetry: Emotion, Expression, and Musicality 3. The Heroic Couplet: Structure and Significance in English Poetry 4. The Epic Tradition: From Homer to Milton 5. Elegy as a Mode of Lamentation and Reflection 6. The Ode: A Celebration of Ideas and Emotion 7. The Ballad: Oral Tradition and Narrative Power 8. The Dramatic Monologue: Exploring Psychological Depth in Poetry 9. The Role of Rhyme and Meter in Classical Poetry 10. Comparing the Epic and the Lyric: Contrasts in Form and Function 11. Sidney’s “Loving in Truth…”: The Poetics of Love and Art 12. Courtly Love and Poetic Craft in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella 13. The Carpe Diem Theme in Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” 14. The Role of Persuasion and Wit in Metaphysical Poetry 15. John Milton’s Lycidas as a Pastoral Elegy 16. The Influence of Classical Mythology in Lycidas 17. Keats’s “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” and the Romantic Gothic Tradition 18. The Femme Fatale in Keats’s Ballad: Love, Death, and Mystery 19. Dryden’s Mac Flecknoe as a Satirical Masterpiece 20. Restoration Satire and the Mock-Epic in Mac Flecknoe 21. The Theme of Love and Rejection in Sidney and Marvell 22. Pastoral and Anti-Pastoral Elements in Milton’s Lycidas 23. Romanticism v’s Classicism: A Comparative Study of Keats and Dryden 24. The Role of Nature in Renaissance and Romantic Poetry 25. The Representation of Women in Keats and Marvell 26. The Political and Literary Satire of Dryden’s Mac Flecknoe 27. Death and Immortality in the Poetry of Milton and Keats 28. The Aesthetic Ideal in Sidney and Keats 29. The Use of Symbolism and Allegory in Renaissance and Restoration Poetry 30. The Concept of Heroism in Epic and Mock-Epic Poetry 31. Metaphysical Conceits in “To His Coy Mistress” 32. The Musicality and Structure of Sidney’s Sonnet Forms 33. The Role of Refrain and Repetition in “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” 34. The Use of Classical Allusions in Lycidas and Mac Flecknoe 35. Dramatic Elements in the Lyric Poetry of Sidney and Marvell 36. The Influence of the Bible and Classical Epics in Milton’s Poetry 37. The Poetic Diction of Dryden: A Study in Satirical Verse 38. Romantic Melancholy in Keats’s Poetry 39. The Interplay of Realism and Fantasy in Ballad Tradition 40. The Influence of Renaissance Humanism on Sidney and Milton Guideline for Presentation: Students are to submit their presentations via the Google Form on or before 24.02.2025 (5:00PM): https://forms.gle/vUjb4eKf9reh1DYh6 Each presentation (10 marks) should be 5 minutes long. Maximum number of slides for each presentation: 5 Presentations have to be in the form of MS PowerPoint slides or PDF Evaluation Criteria: Presentations will be evaluated based on content depth, delivery, engagement, and adherence to the time limit. For any further queries or assistance, you may contact me in-person during working hours. We look forward to your enthusiastic participation and insightful presentations. Dr Amitayu Chakraborty Department of English Durgapur Women’s College