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IGNOU BEGC-134 Code Details
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University
IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University)
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Title
Reading the Novel
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Language(s)
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Code
BEGC-134
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Subject
English
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Degree(s)
BAG
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Course
Core Courses (CC)
IGNOU BEGC-134 English Topics Covered
Block 1 - The Novel: An Introduction
- Unit 1 - Introduction to the Novel
- Unit 2 - Aspects of the Novel-I
- Unit 3 - Aspects of the Novel-II
- Unit 4 - Future of the Novel
Block 2 - Kate Chopin: The Awakening
- Unit 1 - Locating the Awakening: Background and Context
- Unit 2 - Contextualising: The Awakening
- Unit 3 - Critical Responses to the Awakening
- Unit 4 - Critical Approaches to the Awakening: Feminist, Psychoanalytical, Others
Block 3 - Gopinath Mohanty: Paraja
- Unit 1 - Locating Paraja
- Unit 2 - Paraja: Socio-Cultural Context
- Unit 3 - Paraja: Themes and Plot
- Unit 4 - Paraja: A Novel in Translation
Block 4 - Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart
- Unit 1 - Africa: A Brief Historical Survey
- Unit 2 - Chinua Achebe: Life, Works, Literature and Society in Nigeria
- Unit 3 - Things Fall Apart: Detailed Analysis
- Unit 4 - Specific Features of Things Fall Apart
IGNOU BEGC-134 (July 2024 - January 2025) Assignment Questions
Section A
Write short notes in about 200 words each:
1. (i) Narrative Modes
(ii) Novel of the Diaspora
(iii) Origins of the Novel
(iv) Literary Trends in 18th and 19th Century England
Section B
Answer the following in about 600 words each:
1. Critically comment on the nineteenth century which may be helpful in understanding The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
2. Give a detailed comment on the style used by Chinua Achebe in Things
3. Analyse critically the socio- political structure in Paraja, giving suitable examples from the text.
4. Attempt a detailed note on Africa’s first contact with the outside world in the context of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.
IGNOU BEGC-134 (July 2023 - January 2024) Assignment Questions
Section A
1. Write short notes in about 100 words each:
(i) Style
(ii) Colonising the African Mind
(iv) Third World Novels
(iv) Edna Pontellier
Section B
Answer the following in about 350 words each:
1. Examine The Awakening using symbolism as a mode of enquiry.
2. Discuss Paraja as a text that deals with the economic plight of tribals.
3. What do you think does a literary text loose in the process of literary translation with reference to Paraja.
4. Criticially ananlyse the consequences of the white man’s arrival in Umuofia, in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.
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