NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY
BDP Assignment,
December-2019 & June-2020
Elective Course
ENGLISH ( New Syllabus ), (7th Paper),
Literature of the Modern and Postmodern Periods : EEG-7
1. Answer any two of the following : 20 × 2 = 40
a) What kind of changes did Modernism bring about in the form and content of the
English novel ? Explain.Click Here
b) With reference to the poems by Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen on your syllabus,
bring out the opposed attitudes to war that these poets showed.Click Here
c) Discuss D. H. Lawrence’s treatment of women characters in Sons and Lovers.Click Here
d) Comment on George Bernard Shaw’s treatment of gender roles in his play
Pygmalion.Click Here
a) In what ways would you consider Postmodernism an evolution over Modernism ?
Explain.Click Here
b) How is the Epigraph in ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ related to the thematic
content of the poem ?Click Here
c) Write a critical analysis of the imagery of ‘Digging’.Click Here
d) Analyse Joseph Conrad’s ‘The Lagoon’ as a tale of passion and remorse.Click Here
e) What aspects of a critique of colonialism do you find in George Orwell’s ‘Shooting an
Elephant’ ?Click Here
f) Show how Harold Pinter’s use of language in The Birthday Party contributes to expose hypocrisy inherent in relationships of power.Click Here
3. Answer any four of the following : 6 × 4 = 24
a) Who were the Georgian poets ? What was new in their poetry ?Click Here
b) How does W. B. Yeats make a visual representation of the ‘revelation’ in “The Second Coming” ?Click Here
c) Briefly explain the symbolism of the Church in Philip Larkin’s poem ‘Church Going’.Click Here
d) Why do you think Morel cuts off William’s hair in Sons and Lovers ? Why is Gertrude
upset at this ?Click Here
e) What are the ‘points of view’ that Joseph Conrad employs in ‘The Lagoon’ ?Click Here
f) In ‘The Lotus Eater’ how does Wilson’s life finally come to an end ?Click Here
g) Why does George Bernard Shaw ask Britons to stop singing “Rule Britannia” ?Click Here
h) Identify and annotate :
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests
I’ll dig with it.Click Here
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