The Rover - Aphra Behn

 The Rover or The Banish'd Cavaliers: A Play by Aphra Behn

Introduction

The Rover, in full The Rover; or, The Banish’t Cavaliers, comedy by Aphra Behn, produced and published in two parts in 1677 and 1681. Set in Madrid and Naples during the exile of England’s King Charles II, the play depicts the adventures of a small group of English Cavaliers. The protagonist, the charming but irresponsible Willmore, may have been modeled on John Wilmot Rochester, a poet in the inner circle of Charles II. The hero’s real-life counterpart may also have been John Hoyle, who was a lover of the playwright. (Encyclopedia Britannica)

Aphra Behn's "The Rover" was published in 1677 and first performed in March of that year at Duke's Theatre in Dorset Garden. The play is based upon Thomas Killigrew's drama "Thomas, or, The Wanderer," which was published in 1664. Some dialogue in Behn's "The Rover" closely resembles that found in Thomaso's script; however, the majority of the text was re-written completely, or else is entirely original. As a result of such similarities between texts, Behn was accused of plagiarism on more than one occasion.

Behn's "The Rover" was very well received in the theatre, particularly by Charles II, and also by his successors. Seventy performances of the play are recorded between 1700 and 1725, and another eighty-eight over the course of the following thirty-five years. (Sally Butler)

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Characters

Plot Summary

Act wise Analysis

Thematic Study

Online Test: Check your understanding

Inscription on Aphra Behn's Tombstone:

"Here lies a Proof that Wit can never be Defence enough against Mortality."

Aphra Behn's writings (poems and plays) revealed the immoral behaviour of the men of her time. The men of the day, with witty language, used to cover-up their debauched and lascivious (immoral) behaviour. To counter such culture of the civilized nobility of the time, she might have drawn equally immoral women characters. Not only the female characters, even her own life was an example, which scandalously, made a brave statement against the free space given only to the men during her time. Thus, in this context, we can read the inscription as - 'the witty men tried to defend their lascivious behaviour by their wit, however, Behn revealed their true nature and proved that immoral behaviour cannot be veiled or hidden under the garb of witty language. She, herself and her writings, ironically enough, lies to prove that wit can never be defence enough against morality. (Westminister-Abbey's Website)

Video Resources on 'The Rover'

Articles:

1. Carnival Politics, Generous Satire, and Nationalist Spectacle in Behn's The Rover. Adam R Beach. Duke University Press. 2004.
2. Aphra Behn's The Rover engages with the social, political and sexual conditions of the 17th century, as well as with theatrical traditions of carnival and misrule. Elaine Hobby introduces Behn's play and explores how it was first performed and received
3. Rape and the Female Subject in Aphra Behn's "The Rover" Published By: The Johns Hopkins University Press
4. Aphra Behn's The Rover: Evaluating Women's Social and Sexual Options

5. The Sexual Politics of Behn's "Rover": After Patriarchy - Stephen Szilagyi

6. JOURNAL ARTICLE - "Imposing Nought But Constancy in Love": Aphra Behn Snares "The Rover" - Joseph F. Musser, Jr. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43291367

Absalom and Achitophel: Worksheet

 Absalom and Achitophel: John Dryden

1. The Original Poem

2. Introduction and other information:

Absalom and Achitophel, verse satire by English poet John Dryden published in 1681. The poem, which is written in heroic couplets, is about the Exclusion crisis, a contemporary episode in which anti-Catholics, notably the earl of Shaftesbury, sought to bar James, duke of York, a Roman Catholic convert and brother to King Charles II, from the line of succession in favour of the king’s illegitimate (but Protestant) son, the duke of Monmouth. Dryden based his work on a biblical incident recorded in 2 Samuel 13–19. These chapters relate the story of King David’s favourite son Absalom and his false friend Achitophel (Ahithophel), who persuades Absalom to revolt against his father. In his poem, Dryden assigns each figure in the crisis a biblical name; e.g., Absalom is Monmouth, Achitophel is Shaftesbury, and David is Charles II. Despite the strong anti-Catholic tenor of the times, Dryden’s clear and persuasive dissection of the intriguers’ motives helped to preserve the duke of York’s position.

A second part of the poem—largely composed by Nahum Tate, playwright and poet laureate of Britain, but containing 200 lines by Dryden that were directed at his literary rivals Thomas Shadwell and Elkanah Settle—was published in 1682. (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)

Absalom and Achitophel is a celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden, written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681. The poem tells the Biblical tale of the rebellion of Absalom against King David; in this context it is an allegory used to represent a story contemporary to Dryden, concerning King Charles II and the Exclusion Crisis (1679–1681). The poem also references the Popish Plot (1678) and the Monmouth Rebellion (1685). Click her to learn more.

3. Analysis of the Poem: Absalom and Achitophel:

John Dryden’s publication of Absalom and Achitophel (1681) had a specific political motivation. He wrote the poem during the threat of revolution in England, connected to the so-called Popish plot and the move to exclude the reigning King Charles II’s Catholic brother, James, duke of York, from his right to follow the Protestant Charles to the throne. The protesting faction supported instead Charles’s bastard son, James, duke of Monmouth, whom Charles recognized as his son but not his heir. Born in the Netherlands to Lucy Walter, James was a product of only one of many sexual liaisons of his mother’s. While rumors existed that Charles had secretly married Lucy, granting legitimacy to James, others insisted that James could not even be proved Charles’s son. Charles never produced an heir with his wife, the Portuguese Catherine of Brangaza. Although Lucy followed Charles to England, where James was raised a pampered member of the court and eventually made a duke, she had died before Charles married Catherine. (Click here to read full analysis) 

4.Themes:

(i) Politics, Allegory, and Satire

(ii) God, Religion, and the Divine Right of Kings

(iii) Power and Ambition

5. Character Study:

Character Study: Absalom and Achitophel: John Dryden from Dilip Barad

 6. Allegorical Reference to People and Places:

Places, persons, Parties, positions and Events: Absalom and Achitophel: John Dryden from Dilip Barad

7. Video Resources on Absalom and Achitophel

(i) The Audio Book

 

(ii) Introducing John Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel by Dr. Oindrila Ghosh

 

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8. Check your understanding: Appear in Online Test

9. Video Recording of Online Classes

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Thematic Study

   

Genre Study - Political Satire

 

Innovative Practice in Online Remote Teaching: NEP2020 and Pedagogical Transformation

eFDP on New Trends in Higher Education: NEP 2020 and Pedagogical Transformation
Innovative Practice in Online Remote Teaching: Tools & Techniques

Organised by Ahmednagar College and HRDC, Savitribai Phule University, Pune.

 

Video Re ording of the Session by Dilip Barad

Global Literature in the Time of Pandemic: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad

Global Literature in the Time of Pandemic: 

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad

 Video recording of Dilip Barad's session

Rubric based Evaluation of Oral and Written Assignments in Google Classroom

 Rubric based Evaluation of Oral and Written Assignments in Google Classroom

Video Recording of Dilip Barad's Session

KCG: Engaging Learners in Online Remote Teaching: Online Sessions

 Video Recordings of two sessions of Dilip Barad

1. Using Glass-board / Learning Glass for Engaging Learners in Online Remote Teaching - I: Dilip Barad

 

2. Engaging Learners in Online Remote Teaching: Google Drive - Part II: Dilip Barad

RIE-NCERT, Bhopal: Role of ICT in Online Courses

Role of ICT in the Development of Online Courses

Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) organised a Workshop for Planning and Development of Course Material for a Certificate Program in Communication Skills in English for the Western Region: 24 to 28 August 2020.

The talk on 'Role of ICT in the Development of Online Courses was delivered on 26 August 2020.

The post will be updated . . . . 

Meghalaya - Shillong: Lady Keane College: Online Faculty Development Programme

 Online Faculty Development Programme

Lady Keane College, Meghalaya - Shillong

Video Recording of the Online Sessions

Day 1: 

 

Day 2:

eFDP: MKBU

 Online Faculty Development Programme of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

15 - 21 June 2020

Networked Teacher: Technology Integration: KCG-eFDP: Commerce and Accountancy

 Networked Teacher: Technology Integration: KCG-eFDP: Commerce and Accountancy

Video Recording of the Session:

Book Talk: Neil Postman's Technopoly

 Online Book-Talk: Neil Postman's Technopoly

Video recording of the session with Marwadi University, Rajkot.

eFDP - Karnataka University

 

Session 1: eFDP Karnataka University: UGC-HRDC and IQAC: Dilip Barad

This video is the recording of 'Live' Online Session by Dilip Barad. It is the first session of the three sessions delivered by him from 2 to 4 November 2020. It is delivered in Online Faculty Development Programme organised by HRDC and IQAC, Karnataka University, Dharwad. This session is on the identification of Model for Online Teaching. It also practically demonstrated use of Google Group and Google Classroom.

 

Session 2: eFDP Karnataka University: UGC-HRDC and IQAC: Dilip Barad

This video is the recording of 'Live' Online Session by Dilip Barad. It is the Second session of the three sessions delivered by him from 2 to 4 November 2020. It is delivered in Online Faculty Development Programme organised by HRDC and IQAC, Karnataka University, Dharwad. This session is on the engaging leaners in online remote teaching through glass board / learning glass / light board and collaborative tools like Google Drive Doc and Spread Sheet.

 

Session 3: eFDP Karnataka University: UGC-HRDC and IQAC: Dilip Barad

This video is the recording of 'Live' Online Session by Dilip Barad. It is the Third session of the three sessions delivered by him from 2 to 4 November 2020. It is delivered in Online Faculty Development Programme organised by HRDC and IQAC, Karnataka University, Dharwad. This session is on the online assessment using Google Quiz Form and Rubric Based Assessment in Google Classroom.

Online Training - SCERT Assam

SCERT - Assam

A Seven-Day Online Training - SCERT-Assam

(State Council of Education Research and Training)

 

Schedule for Professor Dilip Barad, MKB University, Gujarat

Sl.No.	Subject Expert	Dates	Topics for the project on Value education for Classes 1 to 10	Sessions
1	Prof. Dilip Barad	a)      11.12.2020 (4.30-5.30 pm)	NEP 2020 : Online and Digital Education – the Pedagogy& Physical Layout of Teacher’s Online Class	7 Sessions(To be continued )
		b)      12.12.2020         (4.30-5.30 pm)	Introduction to Google Education Tools for Online Remote Teaching
		c)      13.12.2020 (4.30-5.30 pm)	Engaging Learners in Online Remote Teaching: Glassboard
		d)      14.12.2020             (4.30-5.30 pm)	Engaging Learners in Online Remote Teaching: Collaborative Tools
		e)      15.12.2020 (4.30-5.30 pm)	ONLINE TESTING – Objective Type Questions
		f)       16.12.2020           (4.30-5.30 pm)	Developing Rubric for Online Assessment of Written Assignments
		g)      17.12.2020          (4.30-5.30 pm)	Developing Rubric for Online Assessment of Oral Assignments

 

The video recordings will be made available on this blog.

Puritan and Restoration Age: Online Test

 Online Test / Quiz on The Puritan and the Restoration Age

If the online test does not appear or if it is not convenient to read, click here to open test in new browser