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IGNOU MEG-07 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
Attempt any five (5) questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Trace the literary achievements of Mulk Raj Anand.
2. Comment on the treatment of time, themes and techniques in Clear Light of Day.
3. How does Sri Aurobindo interpret Indian culture? Elaborate. What is the philosophy inherent in the poem ‘The Tree’?
4. Discuss Raja Rao’s art of characterisation in Kanthapura.
5. Examine Saleem’s role in the novel Midnight’s Children.
6. Write short notes on any of the two following: –
a) Vikram Seth’s prose style
b) Narrative techniques in Gajar Halwa
c) Social and cultural situation in India during Derozio’s time
d) Kamla Das as an autobiographical writer
7. Critically analyse the poem ‘Looking For A Cousin On A Swing’.
8. Give a comparative study on the self in the poetry of Ramanujan and Parthasarathy.
IGNOU MEG-07 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Write short notes on:
a. Basic Elements of a short story.
b. Narrative techniques employed by Mulk Raj Anand in his novel UNTOUCHABLE.
c. Concept of myth and symbolisin as integral parts of Raja Rao’s fictional art in Kanthapura.
d. The Political Dimensions of Clear Light of Day.
2. Discuss Midnight’s Children as postcolonial novel. 20
3. Do you agree with the view that all Dattani characters speak the same homogenised convent English? Discuss Dattani’s use of English in Tara. 20
4. Attempt a critical analysis of the poem ‘Bride of Fire’ by Sri Aurobindo commenting on the issues in Sri Aurobindo’s poetry. 20
5. Comment on ‘The Women in Kanthapura.’
