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IGNOU MEG-19 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
1. Write an essay on the development of the novel in nineteenth century Australia. How did women novelists contribute to the development of the genre during this period?
2. The Tree of Man is a profound novel that marks the transition of Australia from pre-industrial pastoral country to an industrial nation.” Discuss this statement.
3. Kim Scott’s novel Benang is about continuous resistance to white Australian colonial policies and about ensuring the cultural survival of the Noongar people. Comment on this statement.
4. Discuss the ways in which the novel A Change of Skies engages with the themes of identity crisis and cultural assimilation.
5. Examine how in Peter Carey’s novel The True History of the Kelly Gang, fiction and history are intermingled in an attempt to arrive at the ‘true history’ of the controversial historical character, Ned Kelly.
IGNOU MEG-19 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Explain with suitable examples, how nineteenth century women novelists of Australia created a space for themselves within the patriarchal culture and society of their times.
2. Critically examine the significance of Joseph Furphy’s novel Such is Life, in the history of the Australian novel.
3. Explain the significance of the title The Tree of Man.
4. Consider Schindler’s Ark as a story of the triumph of humanity.
5. Explain how writing becomes a political act in True History of the Kelly Gang.
