Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) 2007-2nd Year Post Graduate Diploma Journalism (Oriya) ASSIGNMENTS AND MODEL S M.AENGLISH – -2008 - Question Paper

To be submitted on or before 31-7-2008
Max. Marks: 30 Min. Marks: 12
Note: ans any 2 ques.
1. Comment on how the Puritans’ selection of literary styles and literary genres abides by the tenets of their literary theory.
2. Bring out the significance of the 3 scaffold scenes in the narrative of The Scarlet Letter.
3. elaborate the distinctive features of the narrative in Huckleberry Finn.
4. What were the essential aspects of the Transcendentalist school of writing? Do Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman necessarily inhabit the identical literary tradition?
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PAPER seven (INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE)
Assignment No. 1
(Blocks one to 4)
To be submitted on or before 31-7-2008
Max. Marks: 30 Min. Marks: 12
Note: ans any 2 ques.
1. Write a note on Seth’s prose style with reference to from Heaven’s Lake.
2. Write a detailed note on the special picture of colonial India that emerges from Mulk Raj Anand’s novel Untouchable.
3. How deep and wide is the impact of Gandhi’s thought on the theme of Kantapura?
4. Critically comment on the way in which Anita Desai weaves in the political elements in Clear Light of Day.
PAPER eight – NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
Assignment No. 1
(Blocks one to 4)
To be submitted on or before 31-7-2008
Max. Marks: 30 Min. Marks: 12
Note: ans any 2 ques.
1. Attempt a survey of South Asian Literatures in English.
2. What socio-political forces does Karanja represent in Grain of Wheat.
3. Write a note on Soyinka’s structure and characterization in a Dance of the Forests.
4. provide a contrasted studying of Lenny’s mother and Godmother in the novel Ice-Candy Man.
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PAPER nine (AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE)
Assignment No. 1
(Blocks one to 4)
To be submitted on or before 31-7-2008
Max. Marks: 30 Min. Marks: 12
Note: ans any 2 ques.
1. Why is an awareness of oral tradition significant in the study of Australian literature?
2. Can you trace any useful influence of British Romantic poetry in Harpur’s poetic works.
3. What were the prominent themes that captured the imagination of the authors of short fiction in Australia? explain.
4. explain Hope’s poem, Moschus Moschiferus as a poem of protest.
PAPER 10 (ENGLISH STUDIES IN INDIA)
Assignment No. 1
(Blocks one to 4)
To be submitted on or before 31-7-2008
Max. Marks: 30 Min. Marks: 12

Earning:   Approval pending.