Major · 01/ENG/MJR/352T · 2026–27 intake
20th Century Drama In English
Semester VI · 6 credits · 5 units
Examination scheme & source discrepancies
The source lists 3 hours, 120 end-semester marks and 30 sessional marks.
Some marking instructions are internally inconsistent. Confirm the current pattern with your department; the practice questions here do not claim to reproduce it.
Paper Setting & Marking Scheme: Time: 03 Hours MM= 120 Part- A (10x2=20 Marks) Ten short answer questions, two from each unit. Answer to each question shall be limited up to 50 words. Part- B: (5x20=100 Marks) Unit 1: Short note on any two out of four concepts prescribed in unit 1 of 06 marks each in not more than 250 words each. The Candidates shall attempt one out of two questions from units 2, 3, 4 and 5 in not more than 500 words each.
Part B is headed 100 marks, but its listed Unit I short notes give 2x6=12 and four remaining essays give 80, totalling 92.
Unit ITheatre of the Absurd / Theatre of Cruelty and more
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- Theatre of the AbsurdComing soon
- Theatre of CrueltyComing soon
- Theatre of ProtestComing soon
- Epic theatreComing soon
- RealismComing soon
- Drama of ideasComing soon
- Comedy of menaceComing soon
- ImpressionismComing soon
- ExpressionismComing soon
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Modern Drama Characteristics: Theatre of Absurd, Theatre of Cruelty, Theatre of Protest, Epic Theatre, Realism, Drama of Ideas, Comedy of Menace, Impressionism, Expressionism.
Extraction artefacts were removed for readability. The manifest retains the raw transcription; compare the source PDF for exact wording.
Source syllabus · page 107Unit IILong Day’s Journey into Night
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Eugene O’Neill: Long Day’s Journey into Night
Source syllabus · page 107Unit IIIBirthday Party
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Harold Pinter: Birthday Party
Source syllabus · page 107Unit IVLook Back in Anger
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John Osborne: Look Back in Anger
Source syllabus · page 107Unit VEvam Inderjeet
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Badal Sirkar: Evam Inderjeet
Source syllabus · page 107Recommended readings in the source
- Gassner, John. Masters of the Drama. 1940; rpt. New York: Dover, 1954.
- Brown Russel (ed.) Modern British Dramatists: A Collection of Critical Essays. Indian rpt; New Delhi: Prentice Hall, 1980.
- Williams, Raymond. Drama from Ibsen to Brecht. 1952; rpt. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983.