MASTER’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH (MEG-8)
NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
ASSIGNMENT
July 2022 and January 2023 Session
Course Code: MEG-08 Assignment Code: MEG-08/TMA/2022-23 Max. Marks: 100
2. Write a detailed note to show how the literatures in English, emerging from South Asia, reflect the colonial encounter.
The literatures in English that have emerged from South Asia reflect the complex and often contentious colonial encounter that the region has experienced. The arrival of the British in the 18th and 19th centuries had a profound impact on the social, cultural, and political fabric of South Asia, and this impact is reflected in the literature produced during and after the colonial period.
One of the most significant ways in which the colonial encounter is reflected in South Asian literature is through the themes and subject matter that writers have explored. Many writers have focused on the experience of displacement and alienation that was brought about by colonialism, as well as the social and cultural changes that accompanied it. For example, in Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children", the protagonist Saleem Sinai struggles to reconcile his Indian identity with his British upbringing, reflecting the tensions that arose as a result of colonialism.
(For the full set of answers of 1st and 2nd year MEG assignments/study notes WhatsApp me : +91 99 471 471 85)
2. Write a detailed note to show how the literatures in English, emerging from South Asia, reflect the colonial encounter.
The literatures in English that have emerged from South Asia reflect the complex and often contentious colonial encounter that the region has experienced. The arrival of the British in the 18th and 19th centuries had a profound impact on the social, cultural, and political fabric of South Asia, and this impact is reflected in the literature produced during and after the colonial period.
One of the most significant ways in which the colonial encounter is reflected in South Asian literature is through the themes and subject matter that writers have explored. Many writers have focused on the experience of displacement and alienation that was brought about by colonialism, as well as the social and cultural changes that accompanied it. For example, in Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children", the protagonist Saleem Sinai struggles to reconcile his Indian identity with his British upbringing, reflecting the tensions that arose as a result of colonialism.
(For the full set of answers of 1st and 2nd year MEG assignments/study notes WhatsApp me : +91 99 471 471 85)
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