BEGC - 105

BA English Honours Programme

(BAEGH)

ASSIGNMENT

(For July 2023, and January 2024

Sessions)

BA English Honours Compulsory Course

(BEGC 105)

American Literature

School of Humanities
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110 068
 Compulsory Course of English (Hons) BEGC 105
American Literature
(BEGC 105)

Programme: BA English (Hons)

Course Code: BEGC-
105/2023-24

Dear Student

You are required to do one assignment for the English Honours Course titled American Literature,
which will be a Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) and will carry 100 marks. It will be based on blocks 1
to 4.

Aims: This assignment is concerned mainly with assessing your application and your understanding of
the course material. You are not to reproduce chunks of information from the course material but to
use the skills of critical appreciation that you may have acquired during the course of study. This
assignment aims to teach as well as to assess your performance.

Guidelines: There are three sections Section A, B & C, you are required to attempt all questions in
your own words and hand written Assignments should be submitted on time.

Instructions: Before attempting the questions please read the following instructions carefully.

As in day-to-day life, planning is important in attempting the assignment as well. Read the
assignment carefully; go through the units on which the questions are based; jot down some points
regarding each question and then re-arrange them in a logical order. In the essay-type answer, pay
attention to your introduction and conclusion. The introduction must tell you how to interpret the
given topic and how you propose to develop it. The conclusion must summarize your views on the
topic. Once you are satisfied with your answers, you can write down the final version for submission,
writing each answer neatly and underlining the points you wish to emphasize. You should submit the
assignment in your own handwriting.
Make sure that your answer:
a) is logical
b) is written in simple and correct English
c) does not exceed the number of words indicated in your questions
d) is written neatly and clearly.

Please remember that it is compulsory to submit your assignment before you can take the Term
End Examination. Also remember to keep a copy of your assignment with you and to take a receipt
from your Study Centre when you submit the assignment.

1. Write your Enrolment Number, Name, Full Address and Date on the top right corner of the
first page of your response sheet(s).

2. Write the Course Title, Assignment Number and the Name of the Study Centre you are
attached to in the centre of the first page of your response sheet(s).

3. The top of the first page of your response sheet should look like this:
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 ENROLMENT NO:

NAME:

COURSE TITLE:
ASSIGNMENT NO:
STUDY CENTRE: DATE:

4. Use only foolscap size paper for your response and tag all the pages carefully.

5. Write the relevant question number with each answer.

Last Date for Submission of Assignment:

For January 2024 Batch

Last date of Submission for the December TEE: 31st October, 2024

For July 2023 Batch

Last date of Submission for the June Examination: 30th April, 2024

Good Luck!

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 BEGC-105
American Literature
July 2023 & January 2024 Sessions
(Based on Blocks 1 - 4)
TMA 01/2023-24
Max. Marks: 100

Answer all questions.

Section A
5×4=20
Answer with reference to the context:

(i) Exult O shores, and ring O bells!

But I with mournful tread.
Walk the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

(ii) The Crow God as depicted

in all of the reliable Crow bibles
looks exactly like a Crow.

(iii) They added ridge to valley, brook to pond

And signed for all that bounded their domain;

We must have clay, lime, gravel, granite-ledge,

(iv) We slowly drove-he knew no haste

and I had put away
My labour and leisure too,
for his civility.

Section B
Answer the following in about 300 words each: 5X4=20
1. Interpret the "Brahma" in terms of Indian thought.
2. Write a critical note on 'Passage to India'.
3.
4. Write a critical appreciation of the poem .

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Section C

Answer the following questions in about 600 words each: 4X15=60

1. What were the prominent themes that captured the imagination of writers of short fiction? Discuss.
2. How did Henrik Ibsen contribute to the growth of modern American drama?
3. Does Hawthorne accept the moral ideas of Puritans, especially regarding adultery? Discuss it with
reference to the texts prescribed for you.
4. What are the special features of The Scarlet Letter as a fictional work? Elaborate on it.