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IGNOU BEGE-144 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
Section A
1. Write short notes in about 100 words each:
(a) Plot
(b) Types of Characters
(c) Form and Content
(d) First person narrative
Section B
Answer the following in about 350 words each:
1. How is character different from characterisation? Explain with reference to the characterisation of Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.
2. Bring out the importance of the songs and the use of colloquial language in Paraja.
3. “That man was one of the greatest men in Imuofia.” To what extent would you agree with this statement in Things Fall Apart?
4. What do you understand by the Biographical Approach to a Novel? Explain with examples.
IGNOU BEGE-144 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
Section A
1. Write short notes in about 100 words each:
(i) Africa and the Slave Trade
(ii) Characterisation
(iv) Postcolonial Novel
(iv) Mademoiselle Reisz
Section B
Answer the following in about 350 words each:
1. Do you find any points of comparison or contrast between Kate Chopin the author and Edna Pontellier the protagonist of The Awakening? Comment.
2. Examine the language aspect in Paraja as a translated text.
3. Examine Things Fall Apart from the point of view of the folk material such as, proverbs, sayings and metaphors in the text.
4. Would it be advisable for us to approach a novel through the form or the content? Give a well reasoned answer with suitable examples.
