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IGNOU MEG-03 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
1. Comment on the episodic structure of Tom Jones. Discuss the significance of the ‘Man of the Hill’ episode in this structure.
2. What do you understand about the social and economic realities of women’s lives in Jane Austine’s time from a reading of Pride and Prejudice?
3. Explain the significance of the voice of the community in Middlemarch.
4. Discuss the metaphorical significance of the title of Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness.
5. Explain the terms ‘stream of consciousness’ and ‘epiphany’. Are these concepts useful in understanding the mental processes of characters in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
IGNOU MEG-03 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Comment on the significance of places as segments of life in Tom Jones. Do you think that these segments bring to life the diversity and interrelatedness of eighteenth century English life?
2. Explain how Jane Austen engages with the theme of love and marriage in Pride and
Prejudice.
3. Discuss the narrative techniques adopted by Emily Bronte in Wuthering Heights. Explain how the complex narrative reflects multiple voices.
4. Explain how George Eliot engages with the ‘woman question’ in Middlemarch.
5. Consider A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as an aesthetic autobiography.