NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY
POST-GRADUATE COURSE
Assignment : June-2020/December-2020
ENGLISH ( Paper-IV : British Novel )
SECTION – A
1. Answer any two of the following questions : 18 × 2 = 36
a) Elaborate upon the concept of epiphany as found in Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man. Click Here
b) Examine Tom Jones as 'a comic epic in prose'.Click Here
c) What role does nature play in Wuthering Heights ? Click Here
d) Examine Middlemarch as a novel about the search for vocations. Click Here
SECTION – B
2. Answer any three of the following questions : 12 × 3 = 36
a) Comment on Austen's treatment of the theme of marriage in Emma. Click Here
b) Bring out the inherent irony in the title of Dickens' novel Great Expectations. Click Here
c) Examine the role of women in Conrad's Heart of Darkness.Click Here
d) How does George Eliot integrate the Bulstrode subplot of Middlemarch with the main plot ? Click Here
e) Examine how Blifil acts as the perfect foil to Tom in Tom Jones. Click Here
f) How does Emily Bronte explore the nature-nurture binary in Wuthering Heights ? Click Here
SECTION – C
3. Answer any four of the following questions : 7 × 4 = 28
a) Examine the significance of the opening chapter of Great Expectations. Click Here
b) What role does Raffles play in Middlemarch ? Click Here
c) Comment on the ending of the novel Wuthering Heights. Click Here
d) Why do the crewmen and pilgrims object to Marlow's disposal of the dead helmsman ? Click Here
e) Comment on the importance of the bird symbol in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Click Here
f) Examine the functions of the game of riddles in Emma. Click Here
g) Briefly comment on the man of the hill episode in Tom Jones. Click Here
h) Describe Satis House as seen by Pip for the first time in Great Expectations. Click Here
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