3RD YEAR EEG PAPER- 8

NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH BDP

3RD YEAR

EEG

PAPER- 8

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Assess the contribution of the major Indian English novelists. How have these novelists enriched the genre of Indian English Novel?

Assess the contribution of the major Indian English playwrights. How have these playwrights enriched the genre of Indian English Drama?

Assess the contribution of the major Indian English poets. How have these poets enriched the genre of Indian English Poetry?

Critically analyse the developments in the field of Indian English Fiction during the post-1980 period./How was Rushdie successful in creating a new wave in Indian English literature?

Critically analyse the poems written by Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu.

Discuss the importance of the major political and socio-economic developments that influenced the Indian writers in English.

Discuss the various themes that Asif Currimbhoy deals with in his plays.

How did Indian Diaspora Literature develop in the post-liberalization era?

How did the contribution of Anand, Rao and R.K. Narayan change the whole scenario of Indian English Fiction? Discuss with suitable references from their novels.

How did the women novelists of the post-independence era contribute to the genre of Indian English Fiction? Discuss with suitable references from their novels.

How do the women novelists of the post-independence era contribute to the genre of Indian English Fiction? Discuss with suitable references from their novels.

ENGLISH POETRY AND POETS OF PRE-INDEPENDENT INDIA

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

‘Fire on the Mountain is the story of women’. Discuss/ Is it possible to consider Fire on the Mountain as a feminist novel? Give reasons for your answer.

Critically examine the narrative techniques employed in the novel Fire on the Mountain.

HAROUN AND THE SEA

Discuss Haroun and the Sea of Stories as belonging to the genre of children’s literature./ In Haroun and the Sea of Stories there is a conflict between freedom of speech and forced censorship. Discuss

Would you consider Haroun and the Sea of Stories as a magic realistic text? Substantiate your view.

POETRY

“IN OUR CASUARINA TREE WE GET A ROMANTIC PROTEST AGAINST TRANSCIENCE”DISCUSS./ Our Casuarina Tree is a tribute to not only the tree but also the early and late Romantic poetic tradition. Comment

OUR CASUARINA TREE AS A MEMORY POEM

CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF OUR CASUARINA TREE

Evaluate Toru Dutt as an Indian English poet with reference to Our Casuarina Tree.

Write a note on the use of imagery and allusions in Toru Dutt’s “Our Casuarina Tree”.

Critically analyse the autobiographical elements in Kamala Das’s “An Introduction”.

Critically appreciate the poem “Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher”. / Analyse the use of imagery in “Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher”.

Critically discuss the poem “The Harp of India”/ Attempt a critical appreciation of The Harp of India./ How does Derozio eulogize the hoary past of India.

Show how “Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa TS” displays typical features of ‘Indian English’.

Write a critical analysis of A. K. Ramanujan’s “A River”.

TARA

Discuss how Dattani’s Tara addresses stereotyped notions of gender.

Role and character of Tara /Tara as a Social Play/ Role of Dr. Thakkar/ Title/ Gender Discrimination/ Other Characters like Patel and Chandan

Evaluate Mahesh Dattani’sTara as a memory play.

THE ENGLISH TEACHER

Comment on R.K. Narayan’s presentation of the Indian life in its varied aspects through different characters. / Show how the Indian family system is represented in The English Teacher.

Comment on the English Teacher’s dissatisfaction with his profession. Or, Account for the transformation that take place in the English Teacher’s life. Or Critically analyse the character of Krishna. Show whether his character develops during the scope of the novel.

Compare the characters and philosophies of Krishna and the Headmaster./ Critically analyse the character of the Headmaster. Does his vision offer a model for Krishna to follow? Does his school offer an alternative model to that of the mainstream education?

What alternative views of education do you find in The English Teacher? Or, “The English Teacher clearly builds up within its narrative an anti colonial critique”. Discuss. Or, Write critically on Narayan’s criticism of the mainstream education system in British India.

Will you consider The English Teacher as an autobiographical novel?

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