BAG-141

BA English General Programme

(BAG)

ASSIGNMENT

(FOR JULY 2023 AND JANUARY 2024 SESSIONS)

BA English General
(BEGE 141)
UNDERSTANDING PROSE

School of Humanities
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

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 COMPULSORY COURSE OF ENGLISH
(GENERAL)BEGE-141
UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Programme: BA English (Gen.)
Course Code: BEGE-141/2023-24
Dear Student

You are required to do one assignment for this English General Course titled
Understanding Prose Code BEGE-141, 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
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 corner ofthe first page of your response sheet(s).

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

The top of the first page of your response sheet should look like this:

ENROLMENT NO: ………………………

NAME: …………………………………..

ADDRESS: ………………………………
…………………………………………….
COURSE TITLE: ………………………..
ASSIGNMENT NO: ……………………..
STUDY CENTRE: ……………………… DATE:…………………………………….

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

4. Write the relevant question number with each answer.

Last Date for Submission of Assignment:

For June Examination: 30th April

For December Examination: 31st October

GOOD LUCK!

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 BEGE-141
UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Assignment for July 2023 and January 2024 Sessions
(Based on Blocks 1-4)

Maximum Marks 100

Answer All Questions

Section A

Q.I Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each:
4 x 5 = 20

(i) Image and symbol as figures of speech

(ii) Narrative Prose
(iii) Art and craft of diary writing
(iv) What is autobiography?

Section B
Q. II Answer the following questions in about 350 words each:
4 x 7.5 = 30

1. Justify the comment, “Be strong before people, only weep before God”, from the story
‘Mother’.
2. What do you learn about the life of the English people in Burma from Orwell’s essay,
‘Shooting an Elephant’?
3. What is the theme of the essay ‘On seeing England for the First Time’?
4. Outline the portrait of Queen Victoria as seen in Strachey’s biography Queen Victoria.

Section C
Q. III Answer the following questions in about 600 words each:
5 x 10 = 50

1. What is the significance of the title ‘Misery’ in the story of the same name.
2. Outline the horrors of the Holocaust and the persecution of the Jews as seen from Anne
Frank’s diary.
3. Laurence was committed to the cause of nuclear disarmament. Do you agree? Give reasons
for your answer.
4. Comment on the distinctive style of Nehru’s letter-writing as seen in ‘The Quest of Man’.
5. How does Aitken make fun of Indian politicians? Base your answer on your reading of the
excerpt from his travelogue.