ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Tragedies, comedies and histories.

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: -The Merchant of Venice. The Merry Wives of Windsor. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Much Ado About Nothing.

Detailed explanation-4: -The list of Comedies included Measure for Measure and The Merchant of Venice, plays that modern audiences and readers have not found particularly ‘comic’. Also included were two late plays, The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale, that critics often now classify as ‘Romances’.

Detailed explanation-5: -Comedy plays. History plays. Roman plays. Tragedy plays.