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IGNOU UNDERSTANDING PROSE: BEGE-105 June, 2018 Question Paper
UNDERSTANDING PROSE: BEGE-105
June, 2018
Q1. Discuss the title of the story ‘Misery’ by Anton Chekhov.
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Identify the themes in ‘The Legacy’ by Virginia Woolf.
Q2. Shashi Deshpande’s focus in The Binding Vine is female bonding. Discuss.
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Deshpande breaks the taboo on rape in her novel The Binding Vine.
Q3. Discuss the reference to “thrice servants” in the essay “Of Great Place”.
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Charles Lamb is described as a Prince of English essayists. Do you agree? Substantiate your answer.
Q4. How is Anne Frank’s response to break-ins connected to her general mood while in hiding?
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With The Life of Samuel Johnson the modern genre of biography begins. Discuss.
Q5. How does Lawrence describe a market day on the last Saturday before Christmas in his ‘Mornings in Mexico’?
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Describe the stages through which Mulk Raj Anand transforms the old beggar woman into an instrument of divine providence.
Q6. Explain expository prose with special reference to Tagore’s “The Artist”.
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Who is your favourite prose writer and why? Explain with critical comments on his/her prose style.
Q7. Write short notes on any two of the following:
(a) Significance of Figurative Language in Expository Prose.
(b) Tagore’s Views on the Importance of Art
(c) Prose in 20th Century Indian English Writing