English literature has been one of the elitist undergraduate courses where students develop reading and writing habits. Not like a kindergarten, but like an intellectual person. If you are planning to enrol for this Bachelor of Arts in English degree, then get ready to fall in love with these literature genres and their prominent creators.

American Literature

It is not just an American dream that people love to chase, but the literature of this developed nation is also famous among avid readers. You will get to read and appreciate the works of Tennessee Williams and Toni Morrison, along with William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Other names in this list include Walt Whitman and Alexie Sherman Alexie.

British Poetry, Drama, and Literature

British writers and poets have dominated the world of literature for a very long time now. You will get familiar with them during your Bachelor in English. Like the rhyming compositions of William Blake, Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Lord George Gordon Noel Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. The British novelists you will read include Jane Austen and Charlotte Bront, along with Charles Dickens.

Indian Classical Literature

This genre was popularised during the post-colonial period, and a renaissance of old times took over. You will be reading the great works of Kalidasa, Abhijnana Shakuntalam; Sudraka, Mrcchakatika; Vyasa, 'The Dicing’ and ‘The Sequel to Dicing’; and Ilango Adigal, 'The Book of Banci’. You can read them at any of the universities offering Bachelor of Arts in English.

European Realism

Towards almost the end of your final year, you will read Gustave Flaubert and Fyodor Dostoevsky, along with Ivan Turgenev and Wilfred Owen. You will be studying their Madam Bovary, Fathers and Sons, Crime and Punishment, and Dulce ET Decorum est, respectively. However, these offerings are not the same in every university.

Women's Writing

Some of the revolutionary women writers changed the perception of people that women can’t do anything outside the four walls of their homes. Emily Dickinson and Eunice De Souza, along with Alice Walker and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, proved them wrong. India-based Mahashweta Devi also proved her mettle in her orthodox society.

Conclusion

During your Bachelor in English, you will take a deeper dive into other genres. However, some of the above-mentioned ones are standard across the universities in Delhi, NCR.