BDP
Assignment
December-2018 & June-2019
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) Discuss the importance of the major political and socio-economic developments that influenced the Indian writers in English.
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b) “Our Casuarina Tree” is a tribute to not only the tree but also the early and late Romantic poetic tradition. Comment.
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c) Show how the Indian family system is represented in R. K. Narayan’s The English Teacher.
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d) Critically discuss the essay “The Anxiety of Indianness” from a postcolonial perspective.
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UNIT - II
2. Answer any three of the following questions: 10 × 3 = 30
a) How do the women novelists of the postindependence era contribute to the genre of Indian English Fiction ? Discuss with suitable references from their novels.
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b) How was Rushdie successful in creating a new wave in Indian English Literature ?
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c) Would you agree that “Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher” is essentially a poem concerning the poetics of Ezekiel ? Discuss.
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d) Show how a deep sense of hurt and frustration lies beneath the aggressive facade in Kamala Das’s “An Introduction”.
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e) Comment critically on the setting of the story “India : A Fable”.
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f) What impression of Java do you get in “Escape from Java” ?
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UNIT - III
3. Answer any four of the following: 6 × 4 = 24
a) Briefly discuss Indian English poetry of the
1970s.
“Because I hear a new cadence
In the familiar steps
That always stalk.”
metaphor in his sonnet “The Harp of India”.
Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.” has been left
unnamed ?
fire in the novel, Fire on the Mountain.
play in Haroun and the Sea of Stories ?
England.
the end of Dattani’s play ?
1970s.
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b) Locate and annotate ““Because I hear a new cadence
In the familiar steps
That always stalk.”
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c) Briefly discuss Derozio’s use of the harpmetaphor in his sonnet “The Harp of India”.
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d) Why do you think the speaker in “GoodbyeParty for Miss Pushpa T.S.” has been left
unnamed ?
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e) Briefly explain the symbolic significance offire in the novel, Fire on the Mountain.
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f) Who is Mr. Sengupta and what role does heplay in Haroun and the Sea of Stories ?
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g) Write a note on Rusty’s obsession forEngland.
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h) Why does Chandan wish to forget Tara atthe end of Dattani’s play ?
