ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -List of Shakespeare’s plays by genre. The groups below are the classification of Shakespeare’s plays according to the First Folio, a collection of 36 of Shakespeare’s plays published in 1623 by his colleagues.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespearean critics have broken the plays into four categories: tragedies, comedies, histories, and “problem plays.” This list contains some of the plays that fall into each category.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare’s works were originally divided into three main styles or genres: Comedies, Tragedies and Histories.

Detailed explanation-4: -In chronological order of setting, Shakespeare’s historical plays are: King John. Richard II. Henry IV Part 1.

Detailed explanation-5: -His 17 comedies include The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing. Among his 10 history plays are Henry V and Richard III. The most famous among his tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Shakespeare also wrote 4 poems, and a famous collection of Sonnets which was first published in 1609.