BDP
Assignment
December-2017 & June-2018
Elective Course
ENGLISH
(New Syllabus)
8th Paper
Indian Writing in English : EEG-8
UNIT - I
1. Answer any two of the following questions:
20 × 2 = 40
a) Define Indian Writing in English as a distinctive field of study. Critically discuss the different nomenclatures applied to it during the period of its development.
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b) Critically analyse the autobiographical elements in Kamala Das’s “An Introduction”.
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c) Would you consider Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain a feminist novel? Give reasons for your answer.
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d) Discuss how Dattani’s Tara addresses stereotyped notions of gender.
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UNIT - II
2.
Answer any three of the following questions: 10 × 3 = 30
a) Write a note on the use of imagery and allusions in Toru Dutt’s “Our Casuarina Tree”.
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b) Discuss the development of Indian English Poetry in the pre-independence period.
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c) Critically discuss the poem “The Harp of India”.
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d) Explain the significance of the title of Temsula Ao’s poem “A Tiger Woman’s Prayer”.
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e) Write a critical analysis of A. K. Ramanujan’s “A River”.
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f) Assess the role of Dr. Thakkar in Tara.
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UNIT - III
3. Answer any four of the following: 6 × 4 = 24
a)
Who is Dean Mohamet? Why is he considered to be an important figure in the history
of Indian Writing in English?
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b)
Locate and annotate: The new poets still
quoted the old poets, but no one spoke in verse of the pregnant woman drowned,
with perhaps twins in her.
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c)
“Not only flesh and bone but myths of light
With
darkness at the core ...”
Explain
the phrase “myths of light”.
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d)
Explain the following line in Mamang Dai’s poem: “The jungle is a big eater”.
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e)
Briefly comment on the ending of the novel, Fire on the Mountain.
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f)
Comment on the significance of the symbol of the alarm clock on Krishna’s study
table.
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g)
Explain the following observation of Chandan in the play Tara:
Those
who survive are those who do not
defy
the gravity of others. And those who
desire
even a moment of freedom, find
themselves
hurled into space, doomed to
crash,
with some unknown force.
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h)
Briefly comment on the setting of the story “India — A Fable”.
