Stages through which the African novel in English passed and the major themes it embraced at various points of time,with special reference to Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

ASSIGNMENT FOR MEG –08

July 2015 - January 2016 session

Programme: MEG

Assignment Code: MEG-08/TMA/2015-16

Max Marks : 100

3. Discuss the various stages through which the African novel in English passed and the major themes it embraced at various points of time,with special reference to Ngugi Wa Thiong’o.

Answer:

As man first appeared in the African continent, the credit for being the first fiction-artist must also go to an African, since the art of story –telling is as old as man. They had sat around in the evenings after the day’s work sharing the stories or hunting and fruit gathering. The oral tradition is the next thing as it is the only mode of narration was introduced into the cultural soil of Africa.

        It was missionaries from different parts of Europe who................

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Various meanings of the term ‘the dark continent’ as applied to Africa

NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

ASSIGNMENT FOR MEG –08

July 2015 - January 2016 session

2. Discuss the various meanings of the term ‘the dark continent’ as applied to Africa.

Answer:

In most books of history written by Europeans, the continent of Africa is referred to as ‘the dark continent’. This expression –the dark continent- was most probably first used by travellers and missionaries who happened to visit the African continent much before political claims on its territory were made and it was colonized by various European powers.

            

      The term ‘dark’ has been used for describing the continent of Africa because, firstly..............

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Literatures emanating out of the countries covered under the rubric of South Asia

NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

 ASSIGNMENT FOR MEG –08

1. New literatures in English developed broadly through three stages: imitation, resistance and acquiring its own identity. Keeping this statement in mind, discuss the literatures emanating out of the countries covered under the rubric of South Asia.

Answer:

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal are the countries covered under the rubric of South Asia. Most of these are newly emerging nations, having gained freedom from British colonial power around the late 1940s or so.

Newly emerging literatures in English in South Asia are the products of complex determinants. The colonial encounter is the foremost......................

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a. plot b. narrative techniques c. biography d. narrative prose

MEG-07

INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE

ASSIGNMENT 2015-2016

Question no. 5

Write short notes on:

a. plot

b. narrative techniques

c. biography

d. narrative prose

Plot

    

     Plot is a narrative account; it is constructed and composed. The author of a story has in his mind, a simple narrative account but he does things with it. He may rearrange the events in time; he may tell the end first and then relate how events led up to it, he may be biased in favour of or against some of the characters and overplay or underplay certain facts to reinforce his stand. A plot is what an author does to the simple narrative account to make it a story, to give a meaning, a purpose.

           

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Significance of music in Clear Light of Day

MEG-07

INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE

ASSIGNMENT 2015-2016

4. Comment on the significance of music in Clear Light of Day

Answer :

Anita Desai’s Clear light of day is dominated by sound. The novel begins with the koels singing:

             The koels began to call before daylight. Their voices rang out from the dark trees like an arrangement of bells, calling and echoing each other’s calls, mocking and enticing each other into ever higher and shriller calls. More and more joined in as the sun rose……

         

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How myth and symbolism are integral parts of Raja Rao’s fictional art in Kanthapura

MEG-07

INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE

ASSIGNMENT 2015-2016

3. Explain how myth and symbolism are integral parts of Raja Rao’s fictional art in Kanthapura.

Answer:

Myth is defined as an ancient traditional story of Gods or heroes, especially one offering an explanation of some facts or phenomenon. It is a story or allusion with a suggestive meaning. Myths are traditional as well as invention of poets and writers.

          

       Symbol, on other hand, ......................

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Theme of Untouchability

MEG-07
INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
ASSIGNMENT 2015-2016

 2. Discuss the theme of Untouchability

Answer:

Untouchability is a novel written by Aanand, portraying the social evil Untouchability once existed in Hinduism India. The absence of the definite article ‘the’ before the title makes the novel a symbolic saga of the miserable lives of the millions of untouchables in India who are at the lowest rung of the cast-ridden Hindu society and are victims of social injustice.

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Discuss the legend behind the dance of Shiva

MEG-07
INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
ASSIGNMENT 2015-2016

1. Discuss the legend behind the dance of Shiva.

Answer:

      Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy, an extraordinary art scholar and philosopher explains the image of Shiva through his essay ‘The dance of Shiva’ as the compressed embodiment of a most complex philosophical conception of the universe.

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Compare and contrast modernist and post-modernist approaches to Literature

MEG-05

Literary Criticism & Theory

5. Compare and contrast modernist and post-modernist approaches to Literature.

Answer:

Modernism is a cover term for certain tendency in early twentieth century art and literature, the motivating slogan at the back of these tendencies was "make it new’. The Waste Land of T.S Eliot and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man of Joyce are examples of this type. The heyday of Modernism was the period between 1910 and 1930.

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Arnold draws a distinction between the private and public function of criticism” discuss

MEG-05

Literary Criticism & Theory

3. “Arnold draws a distinction between the private and public function of criticism” discuss.

  

Answer:

Mathew Arnold the world renowned poet and critic, talks at length the function of criticism in his perspective through his essay “Criticism at the Present Time”. Arnold's work as a literary critic began with the 1853 "Preface to the Poems". He explained the function of criticism in a multidimensional view that is private and public function of criticism.

           

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Raymond William’s contribution to cultural studies

MEG-05

Literary Criticism & Theory

 4. What do you understand by cultural studies? Discuss Raymond William’s contribution to cultural studies.

Ans : 

        Cultural studies is a field of theoretically, politically, and empirically engaged cultural analysis that was initially developed by British academics in the late 1950s, '60s and '70s, and has been subsequently taken up and transformed by scholars from many different disciplines around the world. The Centre for Cultural and Community Studies was set up in Birmingham in 1964. Cultural studies concentrates upon the political dynamics of contemporary culture, its historical foundations, defining traits, and conflicts.

           

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How Wollstonecraft’s work is constrained by being the product of its day and age

MEG -05, Questions 2; Use ‘An introduction ‘to demonstrate how Wollstonecraft’s work is constrained by being the product of its day and age.

ANS:

Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Her key work ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’ is concerned with the status and right issues of women in the late 18^th century. It is an absolute product of its day and age.

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Salient features of Plato's attack on poetry

MEG-05

Literary Criticism & Theory

1. Bring out the salient features of Plato's attack on poetry.

Ans:

           Plato, the great Greek philosopher who possesses stubborn views on art, poet and poetry unleashes a series of attacks on poetry. His views and opinions are largely mentioned in his Republic. Most of the opinions of Plato are objections to poetry. Plato definitely believed that poetry had power, and that power made people want to imitate what they saw in art. This sounds bad for him because of his metaphysical beliefs

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Sunday mode

I live in a typical clay tailed village house. Rain water drips down through some of the gaps of them at the beginning of the monsoon.  I supported the ladder from the bottom and dad climbed on it to fix some expired X-rays where ever we see a gap. Dad is shorter than me and as he couldn’t reach some of the parts I had to climb and do some of the work.  

16 things to check while buying a used iPhone

Simply make sure :

1) Vibrate switch is working

 

2) Volume button is working

3) Sleep wake is button working

4) Home button is working

5) Check IMEI and know the status  

   Go to settings > General > About > IMEI

note down this number and paste it at ( iphoneox.com ) and see if it's in black list or not.(in case if it's stolen! )

6) Mic working (record your voice, open utilities and find the recorder)

7) Speaker working (play what you recorded)

8) Proximity sensor working (cover the sensor while playing the audio clip)

9) Wi-Fi working (turn on and off and make sure networks show up)

10) Blue tooth working ( same process as wifi)

11) Camera working ( take some pics)

12) CPU is working good 

Record a 10 minutes video, if the CPU has any problem, the phone will shut down and restart during the 10 minutes recording.

13) Make sure you can call! 

Insert your micro SIM card and make some calls. See if there’s any audio lagging or any problems of that sort

14) Turn off the find my iphone option 

Go to Settings > General > iCloud > Find my iphone and turn it off 

Ask the previous owner’s icloud password (if he/she has created any) because if you reset the iphone and you don’t know the icloud password, you’ll be stuck, this is very important guys.

If the previous owner hasn't done much about iCloud then there is nothing to worry. You can create an iCloud account and set it for your device.

15) Headphone jack is working 

Plug the ear pod and listen to something

16) USB jack is working

Carry your laptop and check the USB jack is OK. 

If you can’t find any  problems yet and If you’re satisfied with the scathes and all (If it has any), you're good to go! BUY...

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