BEGC-103 Solved Assignment 2025-26

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IGNOU BEGC-103 Solved Assignment 2025-26

BA English Honours Programme
(BAEGH) ASSIGNMENT
(FOR JULY 2025 & JAN 2026 SESSIONS)
BA English Honours Compulsory Course

BEGC-103 INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
For July 2025 and January 2026 sessions
(Based on Blocks 1-4)
Maximum Marks 100
Answer All Questions
Section A (Answer each in 300 words)
Q.I Explain the reference to the context the following 4 x 5 = 20
(i) He even poured a little paraffin upon the bitten toe and put a match to it. I watched the flame feeding on my mother.
(ii) And the way it carried off three village houses,
One pregnant woman
And a couple of cows
Named Gopi and Brinda, as usual.
(iii) Fed on God for years
All her feasts were monotonous
For the only dish was always God
And the rest mere condiments.
(iv) Bangle sellers are we who bear our shining loads to the temple fair…
Who will buy these delicate, bright Rainbow-tinted circles of light?
Section B
Q. II Answer the following questions in about 450 words each: 4 x 7.5 = 30
1. Give a character sketch of The Master.
2. Discuss the theme of feminism in the novel The Binding Vine.
3. Critically analyze the poem ‘A River’.
4. Discuss both the surface and deeper meaning of ‘The Lost Child’.
Section C
Q. III Answer the following questions in about 800 words each: 5 x 10 = 50
1. Discuss the elements of satire, irony and humour in A Tiger for Malgudi, quoting examples from the text.
2. The Binding Vine is a stream of consciousness novel. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answers.
3. Write a detailed note on the rise, development and the main characteristics of the short story.
4. Why is it important for protagonist to learn swimming in the story ‘Swimming lessons’?
5. Discuss the theme of the poem ‘Enterprise’ by Nissim Ezekiel.

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