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IGNOU BEGC-134 (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 BEGC-134 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
Section A
Write short notes in about 200 words each:
1. (i) Narrative Modes
(ii) Novel of the Diaspora
(iii) Origins of the Novel
(iv) Literary Trends in 18th and 19th Century England
Section B
Answer the following in about 600 words each:
1. Critically comment on the nineteenth century which may be helpful in understanding The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
2. Give a detailed comment on the style used by Chinua Achebe in Things
3. Analyse critically the socio- political structure in Paraja, giving suitable examples from the text.
4. Attempt a detailed note on Africa’s first contact with the outside world in the context of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.
