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MEG-01: BRITISH POETRY
ASSIGNMENT
Max. Marks: 100
Programme: MEG
Assignment code: MEG-01/TMA/2011-12
Dear Student,
In a conventional class your teacher would have discussed your assignment with you,
pointed out what made a good essay and what a bad one. We have done exactly the same
thing in Unit 52 of the British Poetry (MEG-01) course. Read it carefully and discuss it
with your counsellor and class-fellows at the Study Centre. Thereafter decide upon a
topic, i.e. a period or literary group in the history of British Poetry. You may, if you
wish, select a topic from the list given in 52.2.1 (p. 70) in Block X.
Alternatively, you could write on a British poet of your choice. You may write on a poet
discussed in the units, i.e. on the syllabus, or even a poet we have not discussed in detail
such as Robert Burns, G.M. Hopkins, R.S. Thomas, Ted Hughes or Seamus Heaney.
You may have heard some of our lectures on The Movement, Philip Larkin and Ted
Hughes on the EduSat. It may now be available on e-gyankosh on ianou.ac.in
You have yet another choice. Write an essay on a famous poem in English literature.
Ha~.ingd ecide upon your topic, do your research. Then read section 36.5 in Unit 36 in
Block VIII for a model essay and a format for presentation. You should learn how to
present your term paperlsessional essay from 36.5. You must not quote from
unacknowledrred sources.
To sum up, write an essay on a period or literarv nroup in British voetrv. or a British
~ poetry a British poem in about 3000 words on the model provide in 36.5 (in unit 36).
The full marks for the essay is 100.
We look forward to reading your sessional essay.
Sincerely yours
Teacher
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MEG-02: BRITISH DRAMA
ASSIGNMENT
(Based on Blocks 1-9)
Programme Code: MEG
Assignment Code: MEG-Ot/TMA/tOll-2012
Maximum Marks: 100
1. How would you look at Dr. Faustus as a play?
2. What is the role of the supernatural in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
3. Comment on the indecisive character of Hamlet.
4. Discuss the characters in Alchemist.
5. What is the relevance of the Playboy in present times?
6. Write down the plot of Pygmalion.
7. What is the significance of Murder in the Cathedral as a play?
8. Why is Waiting.for Godot called an absurd play?
9. Comment on the theme of the play Look Back in Anger. (10)
10. From among the plays you have read choose any One that you have liked
giving reasons for your choice. (10)
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MASTERS DEGREE IN ENGLISH
(MEG-03)
THE BRITISH NOVEL
ASSIGNMENT (BASED ON BLOCKS 1-9)
Maximum Marks: 100
Programme : MEG-03
Attempt five questions in all. Ouestion no. 1 is com~ulsorv.
1. Trace the development of the novel as a literary form in England.
(20)
2. Discuss Fielding's narrative style in 'Tom Jones'.
(20)
3. How do economic concerns touch the lives of the characters in 'Pride and
Prejudice' ?
(20)
4. What is the role of marriage in 'Wuthering Heights'?
(20)
5. Discuss the title of the novel 'Great Expectations'.
(29)
6. What part do birth, rank and class play in the development of the story in
'Middlemarch'?
(20)
7. Would you agree that 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' is a novel of
formation? Illustrate your answer.
(20)
8. Discuss the structure of "Heart of Darkness' and say how it affects meaning.
(20)
9. Would it be right to say that Forster's treatment of the Indian landscape suggests a
passage away from India rather than to it in 'A Passage to India'? Give reasons for
your answer.
(20)
10. How does Miss Brodie's faith influence her decisions in 'The Prime of Miss
Brodie'?
(20)
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MEG-04; Aspects of Language
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MEG-04/TMA/Z011-12
Max. Marks: 100
.4nswer all questions.
I Write short notes on any two of the following.
i Characteristics of human language
ii Major types of language planning
iii Code-mixing and Code-switching
iv Inflectional versus derivational morphology
2. Mention briefly the main process of word formation in the English language.
Illustrate your answer with examples. (20)
3 Discuss the criteria for classifying consonants and describe them in terms of
their production. (20)
4 What are the tests that you can apply to determine whether a sequence of words '
is a syntactic constituent? Give examples to illustrate. (20)
5 What do you understand by 'foregrounding'? Discuss its role in the analysis of a
literary text. (20)
