IGNOU Assignment

A detailed note to show how the literatures in English, emerging from South Asia, reflect the colonial encounter.

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A detailed note to show how the literatures in English, emerging from South Asia, reflect the colonial encounter. Language is often a central question in postcolonial studies. During colonization, colonizers usually imposed or encouraged the dominance of their native language onto the peoples they colonized, even forbidding natives to speak their mother tongues. Many writers educated … Read more

Mulk Raj Anand’s novel portrays Indian social problems realistically. Discuss with reference to the novel Untouchable.

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Mulk Raj Anand’s novel portrays Indian social problems realistically. Discuss with reference to the novel Untouchable. Mulk Raj Anand occupies a place of pride among the Indian English writers whose literary career extended to nearly four decades. He has a strange capacity for depicting realistically the sad and miserable plight of the low classes. His … Read more

What makes India special for Aurobindo is “spirituality made the leading motive and the determining power of both the inner and the outer life.” Do you agree. Elaborate Aurbindo’s view on Indian Culture.

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What makes India special for Aurobindo is “spirituality made the leading motive and the determining power of both the inner and the outer life.” Do you agree. Elaborate Aurbindo’s view on Indian Culture. A book under this rather startling title was published some years ago by Sir John Woodroffe, the well-known scholar and writer on … Read more

The structure and techniques used by Anita Desai in Clear Light of the Day.

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The structure and techniques used by Anita Desai in Clear Light of the Day. Anita Desai uses many narrative techniques in this novel. They can be examined one by one. The Division of the Novel : Clear Light of Day is divided into four unnamed parts. The division often conveys symbolism and meaning. Desai takes … Read more

Social and Cultural situations in India during Derozio’s time.

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Social and Cultural situations in India during Derozio’s time. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was born in Calcutta on 10 April 1809. His father was a Portuguese and his mother was an Indian. Derozio started education at Dharamtallah Academy of David Drummond (1787-1843) in 1815 at the age of six years. His mother diedin the same … Read more

Write a critical note on the ideology of Puritanism reflected in American literature.

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Write a critical note on the ideology of Puritanism reflected in American literature. Wherever there are people there will be a literature. A literature is the record of human experience, and people have always been impelled to write down their impressions of life. They do so in diaries and letters, in pamphlets and books, and … Read more

Write a note on imagism in Ezra Pound’s poetry. Cite instances from his poems prescribed in your course.

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Write a note on imagism in Ezra Pound’s poetry. Cite instances from his poems prescribed in your course. Imagism was born in England and America in the early twentieth century. A reactionary movement against romanticism and Victorian poetry, imagism emphasized simplicity, clarity of expression, and precision through the use of exacting visual images. Though Ezra Pound is noted as … Read more

Discuss the development of the revolutionary prose in America.

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Discuss the development of the revolutionary prose in America. By the time of the American Revolution (1775–83), American writers had ventured beyond the Puritan literary style and its religious themes and had developed styles of writing that grew from distinctly American experiences. (The Puritans were a group of Protestants who broke with the Church of … Read more

Write a critical note on the dramatic form in the 20th Century.

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Write a critical note on the dramatic form in the 20th Century. Common themes in the new early 20th century drama were political, reflecting the unease or rebellion of the workers against the state, philosophical, delving into the who and why of human life and existence, and revolutionary, exploring the themes of colonization and loss of … Read more

Analyse Death of a Salesman as a realistic tragedy.

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Analyse Death of a Salesman as a realistic tragedy. Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman addresses loss of identity and a man’s inability to accept change within himself and society. The play is a montage of memories, dreams, confrontations, and arguments, all of which make up the last 24 hours of Willy Loman’s life. The play … Read more

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