IGNOU Insight: British Poetry | MEG-01 | An IGNOU Course with 2500+ Practice Questions, Mock Tests, Videos, Notes & more

About This Course

About this course:

This comprehensive online eLearning course for British Poetry (MEG-01) offered by IGNOU is designed for students pursuing Bachelors, Masters, PG Diploma, PG Certificate, Diploma, or Certificate programs. Covering a wide range of lessons from the IGNOU Textbook syllabus and eGyankosh, this course provides in-depth knowledge of British poetry from the medieval period to modern times. The course includes detailed lessons on Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Dryden, Romantic poets like Wordsworth and Shelley, Victorian poets like Browning, and modern poets such as Yeats, Eliot, and Plath. It prepares students for the Term End Exams with structured content, practice questions, and mock tests. Delivered through online coaching on Gyaniversity Education, this course offers flexible learning for students across India and beyond, ensuring they gain a thorough understanding of British poetry and its historical context.

This course covers key lessons including the evaluation of portraits and poems, the evolution of poetry from Chaucer to the Romantic and Victorian ages, and modern British poetry. It is ideal for students aiming to excel in their university exams and deepen their appreciation of British literary heritage.

What you will get:

  • Introduction & Strategy: Clear guidance on how to use this course effectively, including course structure, grading scale, question paper pattern, exam strategies, and tips for success. Also includes a guess paper highlighting the most important topics for quick revision.
  • Video Lectures & Important Notes: Engaging, easy-to-understand video lectures sourced from top public platforms, along with simplified notes to reinforce learning. All videos are hand-picked by our team for quality and relevance.
  • 2500+ Topic-wise and Subject-wise Practice Questions: Extensive practice material with a variety of question types such as multiple choice questions, true/false, assertion-reason, match the following, and more to build confidence and exam readiness.
  • 10+ Test Series: Includes over ten full-length mock tests and a teacher-graded assignment with personalized feedback to assess your progress and improve your exam performance.
  • Study Material: Comprehensive guidebook published by Gyaniversity, important notes in printable PDF format, and PDFs of the official IGNOU textbooks for thorough preparation.
  • Bonus Course Content: Access to previous year question papers for practice, along with discounts on the hard copy of the guidebook to aid your revision and exam preparation.

SKU: MEG-01-OC

Learning Objectives

From the Evaluation of Portraits Towards the Explication of Poems
A Prelude to the Study of Poetry
The Age of Chaucer
Chaucer’s Poetry: A General Survey
The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
A Study of ‘The Nonnes Preests Tale’ - I
A Study of ‘The Nonnes Preests Tale’ - II
The Renaissance
Edmund Spenser
Spenser’s Poetry - I
Spenser’s Poetry - II
Poetry and Society in the Seventeenth Century (Pre-Restoration)
John Donne: Portrait of the Man, His Thematic and Technical Innovations and Textual Study of Four Love Poems
John Donne: Further Explorations into Poems of Love and Faith
George Herbert: A Study of Poems
Andrew Marvell: A Study of his Poems
The Late Renaissance
Milton: The Life
A Survey of Milton’s Lesser Poems and Prose
‘On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity’ and ’Lycidas’
‘L’Allegro’, ‘II Penseroso’ and the Sonnets
The Age of Dryden
John Dryden
Mac Flecknoe
Pope: A Background to an Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Pope: The Study of an Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Introduction to Romantic Poetry
William Blake
Wordsworth’s The Prelude Book - I: A Critical Analysis
Coleridge: Kubla Khan and ‘Dejection’: An Ode’
The Poet of Volcanic Hope: P.B. Shelley
A Study of The Triumph of Life
Keats: Hyperion: A Fragment - I
Keats: Hyperion: A Fragment - II
The Romantic Age: A Review
The Victorian Age: Selected Studies
Robert Browning: Life and Aspirations
Robert Browning: Two Early Poems
Two Poems From Men and Women (1855)
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Oscar Wilde: The Ballad of Reading Goal
Modern British Poetry: An Introduction
W.B. Yeats: Background, System and Poetic Career Until
The Eater Poetry of W.B. Yeats
T.S.Eliot: The Waste Land - I
T.S.Eliot: The Waste Land - II
T.S.Eliot: The Waste Land - III
Dylan Thomas
Philip Larkin and Movement Poetry
Sylvia Plath and Confessional Poetry
So! Now! What is Poetry ? Once Again: A Symposium
Essays and Evaluations
From the Evaluation of Portraits Towards the Explication of Poems
A Prelude to the Study of Poetry
The Age of Chaucer
Chaucer’s Poetry: A General Survey
The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
A Study of ‘The Nonnes Preests Tale’ - I
A Study of ‘The Nonnes Preests Tale’ - II
The Renaissance
Edmund Spenser
Spenser’s Poetry - I
Spenser’s Poetry - II
Poetry and Society in the Seventeenth Century (Pre-Restoration)
John Donne: Portrait of the Man, His Thematic and Technical Innovations and Textual Study of Four Love Poems
John Donne: Further Explorations into Poems of Love and Faith
George Herbert: A Study of Poems
Andrew Marvell: A Study of his Poems
The Late Renaissance
Milton: The Life
A Survey of Milton’s Lesser Poems and Prose
‘On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity’ and ’Lycidas’
‘L’Allegro’, ‘II Penseroso’ and the Sonnets
The Age of Dryden
John Dryden
Mac Flecknoe
Pope: A Background to an Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Pope: The Study of an Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Introduction to Romantic Poetry
William Blake
Wordsworth’s The Prelude Book - I: A Critical Analysis
Coleridge: Kubla Khan and ‘Dejection’: An Ode’
The Poet of Volcanic Hope: P.B. Shelley
A Study of The Triumph of Life
Keats: Hyperion: A Fragment - I
Keats: Hyperion: A Fragment - II
The Romantic Age: A Review
The Victorian Age: Selected Studies
Robert Browning: Life and Aspirations
Robert Browning: Two Early Poems
Two Poems From Men and Women (1855)
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Oscar Wilde: The Ballad of Reading Goal
Modern British Poetry: An Introduction
W.B. Yeats: Background, System and Poetic Career Until
The Eater Poetry of W.B. Yeats
T.S.Eliot: The Waste Land - I
T.S.Eliot: The Waste Land - II
T.S.Eliot: The Waste Land - III
Dylan Thomas
Philip Larkin and Movement Poetry
Sylvia Plath and Confessional Poetry
So! Now! What is Poetry ? Once Again: A Symposium
Essays and Evaluations

Material Includes

  • Video Lessons for Every Topic
  • 2500+ Practice Questions
  • 10+ Full Length Mock Tests
  • Gyaniversity Guidebook
  • Important Notes
  • Q&A with Teachers
  • Important Exam Strategy
  • Guess Paper: Important Qs
  • Custom Graded Assignments
  • Bonus Course Content

Requirements

  • Watch the video lessons carefully. Make notes as required.
  • Test your knowledge with our quizzes and mock tests.
  • Read the logical answer explanations in the quizzes to understand concepts.
  • Study the important notes made with the mind-mapping technique.
  • Refer to the Gyaniversity Guide book for solved Q&As.
  • Submit an optional assignment and get it evaluated by a teacher.

Target Audience

  • IGNOU Students
  • Indian University Students
  • MEG, PGDBLT Students

Curriculum

65 Lessons24h 16m

Introduction and Exam Strategy

Get valuable insights into the features of this online course and effective exam strategies. Go through this section carefully to make the best of this course.
How to Use this Course2:09Preview
Course Structure & Grading Scale0:20
Question Paper Pattern1:40
Exam Strategies for Success2:28
List of Most Important Topics1:41

Video Explanations and Summaries

Watch interesting videos that explain all topics easily. Go through important notes that summarise all the points in a chapter using the mind-mapping technique.

Topic-wise Practice Questions

Practice till you are perfect with our huge database of questions arranged by topic. Get immediate results and answer explanations so you learn effectively.

Test Series

Attempt full-length mock tests and a test assignment graded by our teachers with personalised feedback. All tests are at the same difficulty level as your final exams.

Study Material

Get access to a variety of study materials like our guide book, summarised notes for every lesson and the fully combined IGNOU textbook.

Bonus Course Content

Attempt quizzes with mixed questions from your subject, review previous year question papers and get a special discount on your purchase of our guide books in hard copy.

499.001,000.00

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Level
Masters
Lectures
65 lectures

Material Includes

  • Video Lessons for Every Topic
  • 2500+ Practice Questions
  • 10+ Full Length Mock Tests
  • Gyaniversity Guidebook
  • Important Notes
  • Q&A with Teachers
  • Important Exam Strategy
  • Guess Paper: Important Qs
  • Custom Graded Assignments
  • Bonus Course Content

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