BEGC-102 Solved Assignment 2025-26

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IGNOU BEGC-102 Solved Assignment 2025-26

BA English Major FYUP Programme
(BAFEG)
ASSIGNMENT
(For July 2025 and January 2026 Sessions)
BA English Major (BEGC 102)
European Classical Literature

BEGC-102
European Classical Literature
Assignment – July 2025, and January 2026 Sessions
(Based on Blocks 1 – 4)
TMA 01/2025-26
Max. Marks: 100

Answer all questions.
Section A
1. Write short notes in about 100 words each: 2 × 5 = 10
(i) Iliad
(ii) Roman Comedy
2. Reference to the Context in about 100 words each: 2 x 5 = 10
(i) “…Here, as Pentheus profanely spied on the sacred rituals,
Who saw him first? Who rushed on him first in maniacal frenzy?
And who first launched her thyrsus to savage her own dear son?
His mother Agave. ‘watch me, sisters,’ she shouted, ‘both of you!
Look at this huge wild boar there wandering over our meadow.”
(ii) “The family I have now protected for year…
He left behind a son, the one who lives here now,
And he’s as bad as dad and granddad were before,
And yet his only daughter daily worships me.”

Section B
Answer the following in about 350 words each: 4 x 20 = 80
1. Do you agree with Plato’s criticism that the Iliad offers no morals? Give a detailed answer.
2. Examine Oedipus Rex as a Greek Tragedy.
3. Would you agree that Pot of Gold is a comedy discuss keeping in mind the dramatis personae of Lar Familiaris.
4. Discuss the relationship between Horace and his father basing your answer on “Satire 1:4”.

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