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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University

Prof. G. Ram Reddy Marg, Road No. 46, Jubilee Hills,

Hyderabad 500 033

Instructions to the students of the PG programme in English (2012-2013)

Dear Student,

Welcome to the MA English programme. We are glad you have taken a decision to join thisprogramme. Studying on your own through the distance mode can be very challenging. You must

prepare for it by setting aside some time for reading the prescribed books and the course material on a

regular basis everyday. As a student of literature, you ought to read the original works of great writers

(primary texts) in addition to the course material prescribed for study in order to make the most of this

programme.

As you know, assignments are a compulsory component of this programme and working through

them will give you practice in writing answers as well as motivate you to study further. This note includes

the assignments you have to submit for this academic year.

1. Given below are ten assignments (two for each of the courses) of the MA programme in Englishfor the academic year 2012-2013.

2. The assignments are compulsory and carry a weightage of 30% marks in your final assessment.

You have to answer two assignments per course of 15 marks each and submit them to the head

of the study centre for evaluation. You have to submit the assignments on or before the

schedule, which is mentioned below. Each assignment carries 15 marks. You are required to

secure a minimum pass mark of 6 out of 15 marks (i.e. 40%) in each of the assignments in order

to become eligible for award of the degree. If you fail to secure a minimum pass mark of 12 out

of 30 marks in both the assignments put together for each course, you will have to re-submit the

assignments before the year-end examination.

3. If, for some unavoidable reason, you are unable to submit an assignment or do not get pass

marks in it, you are allowed to re-submit the assignment. You will be allowed to re-submit the

assignments only once in an academic year. If you again fail to secure the required minimum

marks in the re-submitted assignments, you have to attempt the assignments of the fresh batch

of the next academic year and submit them. Your final results will not be declared until you fulfil

the requirements of assignment submission and secure a pass in all the papers of the year-end

examination.


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4. While answering the assignments you are required to follow the instructions given below:

Use A-4 size paper. Leave wide margins on both sides for the comments of evaluators. Write your name, admission number, name of the study centre, programme code, course

title and number, and assignment number, clearly on page one at the top right hand

corner.

Answer the assignments in your own handwriting. Typed, photocopied, computer-printedanswers shall not be accepted.

Copying or resorting to malpractice shall attract penal measures up to debarring youfrom writing the year-end examination.

Retain a photocopy of your assignments for your personal record with the date ofsubmission entered on it.

Dont copy answers from the course material. Answer in your own words and refer tostandard journals and texts for supporting and illustrating your points of description.

Dont submit printed articles as your answer to the assignments. Write each assignment in about 500 words.

The schedules for submission of assignments for all the five courses are as follows:

1stassignment on or before ___________________________

2nd

assignment on or before ___________________________

You must strictly adhere to the schedules for submission of assignments. No special permission

for extension of submission deadlines will be entertained.

Please feel free to contact the Department of English for any further clarification regarding the

programme.

Good luck

Dept. of English

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open UniversityHyderabad 500 033

040 23680423, 23680497

E-mail: [email protected]


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Prof. G. Ram Reddy Marg, Road No. 46, Jubilee Hills,Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (P) 2012-2013

Course I: Survey of British Literature

ASSIGNMENT 1

Answer any two questions selecting one from each section

Marks: 15

Section A

1) Discuss Dr. Faustus as a tragedy of damnation.

2) Write a short note on

a) the theme of sonnet XVIII Shall I compare thee to a summers day

b) Renaissance comedy and Comedy of Humors.

Section B

3) Critically analyse the character of Satan.

4) Comment on Drydens poetic technique.


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ASSIGNMENT 2


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Critically evaluate John Keats and S. T. Coleridge as Romantic poets.


a) major characteristics of the Victorian Age

b) dramatic monologue keepingAndrea del Sartoin view

Section B

3) Critically analyse Sons and Loversas a psychological novel.


a) W. B. Yeats concept of history and culture

b) Waiting for Godotas an existential play


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Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (P) 2012-2013

Course II: American Literature

ASSIGNMENT 1


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Write a note on the term, American Dream.

2) Explain the theme of Moby Dick

Section B


a) Huckleberry Finnas a critique of American Society.

b) the distinctive qualities of Hemingways style.

4) Discuss the major themes of the Post-War novel.


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ASSIGNMENT 2


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Discuss Emersons philosophy and show its relevance to his poetry.

2) Discuss death as a recurring theme in Whitmans poetry.

Section B

3) Write a brief note ona) poetic drama in America.

b) on the technical devices employed by Williams in The Glass Menagerie.

4) Discuss the main themes of Jewish fiction.


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Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (P) 2012-2013

Course III: English in India

ASSIGNMENT 1


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Discuss the stated objectives in Macaulays Minute.

2) Critically analyse the link between British bureaucracy and the use of English in India.

Section B

3) Write a note on the Indian Universities Act of 1904.

4) Outline the impact of the National Education Movement of 1920-22.


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ASSIGNMENT 2


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Write a note on English education and the growth of Indian nationalism.

2) Discuss briefly on the National Policy of Education (1968).

Section B

3) What is the impact of globalization on the English language.

4) Critically evaluate: English in Post-Independence India


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Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (P) 2012-2013

Course IV: The Growth and Structure of English

ASSIGNMENT 1


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Write a short note on:

a) the uses of language

b) language universals

2) Write a note on the treatment of foreign words in English: Plural Forms of Nouns.

Section B


a) the distinction between letters and speech sounds

b) diphthong and monophthong


a) accent and rhythm in connected speech

b) function of intonation


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Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (P) 2012-2013

Course V: Literary Criticism

ASSIGNMENT 1


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Discuss any six kinds of criticism.


a) formative elements of tragedy

b) the qualities of an ideal tragic hero, Hamartia,peripeteiaand anagnorisis

Section B

3) What, according to Johnson, are the merits of Shakespeare?

4) Explain the views of Arnold on the function of criticism.


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ASSIGNMENT 2


Marks: 15

Section A


a) Eliots Theory of Impersonality

b) I A Richards Four kinds of Meaning

2) What are the basic tenets of the New Criticism?

Section B

3) Write a short note on:a) the terms langage, langueandparole.

b) Figures of Speech


a) Karya-Karana theory, Bhoga theoryand the Rasa-Dhvani theory

b) Novel, its basic features and elements.


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Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (F) 2012-2013

Course VI: Indian Writing in English

ASSIGNMENT 1


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Write an essay on Soob Rows Report on the methods of teaching Indian languages and English

and his specific recommendations for its improvement.

2) Discuss the social relevance of Gurajadas Kanyasulkam.

Section B

3) What are Rabindranath Tagores views on nature? Explain.

4) Write an essay on how the Train to Pakistanprovides a social history of partition.


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ASSIGNMENT 2


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Comment on the technique adopted by the play, Mother of 1084

2) What is the story Ayoni trying to convey about a woman status in society? Explain.

Section B

3) Discuss the issue of violence in Imtiaz Dharkers writing?

4) Critically examine the concept of Dalit aesthetics.


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Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (F) 2012-2013

Course VII: Aspects of Language and their Relation to Literature

ASSIGNMENT 1


Marks: 15

Section A


a) discourse, text and textuality

b) speech act theory: Austin

2) Comment briefly on

a) Communicative competence and speaking model

b) language as social identity

Section B


a) Literature and society

b) Irony, Imagery and Symbolism

4) Mention any two forms of prose as a literary language and comment on them.


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ASSIGNMENT 2


Marks: 15

Section A

1) In what way is the post-structuralism a departure from structuralism.

2) Discuss Saussures concept of sign.

Section B


a) Michel Foucaults position within the post structuralism

b) Differance, Structure, sign and play

4) Briefly comment upon

a) the three types of kavyas

b) how meaning emerges from a literary text


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Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (F) 2012-2013

Course VIII: English in Use: The Abilities of Individuals

ASSIGNMENT 1


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Explain how signs help people to communicate.

2) Discuss language development in children.

Section B

3) Write a note on how varieties of English came into being.

4) Describe the structure of two types of texts that you have studied.


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ASSIGNMENT 2


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Discuss the various purposes for which people write.

2) How does formal letter writing differ from informal letter writing?

Section B

3) Write a short note ona) planned and unplanned discourse

b) features of spoken language

4) List at least 2 problems teachers face in developing listening and speaking skills in the typical

classroom, and suggest a solution for each of them.


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Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (F) 2012-2013

Course IX: Indian English Literature

ASSIGNMENT 1


Marks: 15

Section A

1) What were Gandhis main concerns in Hind Swaraj.

2) Discuss the issue of the Partition and Indian fiction

Section B

3) How does Narayan show the role of the family in constructing gender roles?

4) Write a note on Derozios nationalist poetry.


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ASSIGNMENT 2


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Write an essay on the theme of nationalism in the Indian novel in English.

2) Explore magic realism in postmodern fiction.

Section B

3) Write an essay on the theme of dispossession in the novel,A Fine Balance.

4) Write an essay on the theme of memory and childhood in Indian women poets.


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Hyderabad 500 033

Faculty of Arts

M. A. (English) (F) 2012-2013

Course X: English Language Teaching in India

ASSIGNMENT 1


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Describe the various kinds of English-learning contexts in the country with examples from yourown experience.

2) Discuss the role of language beyond the language classroom.

Section B


a) Learning as Information-Processing

b) the Target Language

4) Why is a correlation between objectives and classroom techniques important?


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ASSIGNMENT 2


Marks: 15

Section A

1) Discuss the various issues involved in the development of proficiency.

2) What is the difference between teaching the materials and teaching with the materials.

Section B


a) Exercise, Activity and Task

b) Learner-centered classroom


a) Reliability and Validity

b) Teaching, Learning and Testing

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