BEGE-141 Solved Assignment 2024-25

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BEGE-141 Solved Assignment 2024-25

BA English Honours and General Programme (BAEGH AND BAG)
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE
ASSIGNMENT
(FOR JULY 2024 AND JANUARY 2025 SESSIONS)
BA English Honours(BAEGH) & BA GENERAL (BAG)
BEGE 141 UNDERSTANDING PROSE

BEGE-141 UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Assignment for July 2024 and January 2025 Sessions
(Based on Blocks 1-4)
Maximum Marks 100
Answer All Questions
Section A
Q.I Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each:
4 x 5 = 20
(i) Images and symbols as figures of speech
(ii) A historical perspective of travelogues
(iii) Diary writing as a literary form
(iv) Difference between biography and autobiography?
Section B
Q. II Answer the following questions in about 350 words each: 4 x 7.5 = 30
1. Write a note on Kincaid’s prose style as seen in her essay “On Seeing England for the First Time.”
2. How does Bill Aitkin comment upon the cultural divide between the North and South? Give reasons for your answer.
3. Describe the picture that Margaret Laurence paints of a post-nuclear-war world.
4. Write a short note on Strachey’s technique as a biographer.
Section C
Q. III Answer the following questions in about 500 words each: 5 x 10 = 50
1. Write a detailed note on Orwell’s view of imperialism as seen in his essay “Shooting an Elephant.”
2. The title of Chekhov’s story ‘Misery’, aptly summarizes the mood of the story. Do you agree? Give a reasoned answer.
3. Anne Frank’s Diary is a commentary on the terrible impact of war. Discuss this by providing examples from the text.
4. Write a detailed note on Russell’s prose style as seen in his Autobiography.
5. Write a critical appreciation of Gandhi’s art and craft of autobiography.

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