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IGNOU MEG-09 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Critically examine the major themes of nineteenth century Australian poetry.
2. “The ideas of the Australian nation and a sense of masculinity connected with the bush, are subverted very skilfully in Baynton’s stories.” Discuss this statement with reference to the treatment of the bush in Barbara Baynton’s story “The Chosen Vessel”.
3. “Voss’s journey is a quest for determining the nature of individual identity in a strange land.” Do you agree with this statement on Patrick White’s novel Voss?
4. Explain how Kevin Gilbert’s poem ‘Mister Man’ engages with the theme of Aboriginal ownership of the Australian land.
5. Explain the significance of the title The Removalists
IGNOU MEG-09 (July 2023 – January 2024) Assignment Questions
1.“Australian writings of the colonial period excluded the woman, often delegating to her the passive virtues of stoicism and endurance.” Do you agree with this statement?
2. Discuss the theme of exploration in Patrick White’s novel Voss.
3. Critically evaluate the achievement of Henry Lawson as a writer of short fiction, bringing out the significance of his writing in the development of Australian fiction.
4. The poem “We are Going” by Kath Walker “depicts the murder of an entire civilization and way of life.” Give your response to this statement.
5. Consider Ed Tiang Hong’s poem “Coming To” as an attempt to re-define Australian identity.
