IGNOU MEG-08 QUESTION PAPER WITH SOLUTION FOR EXAM PREPARATION

Analyse the reasons why the author employs a girl-child as the narrator of her novel Ice-Candy Man.

One form of cultural decolonization was to oppose colonial education. With reference to the poem “Dan is the Man’, show how the Caribbeans opposed the colonial education system.

Critically analyse Braithwaite’s poem ‘Ananse’.

Australia and Canada are both settler colonies. Write a detailed note on the forging of a literary identity by both nations.

Attempt a detailed character analysis of Hagar in the novel The Stone Angel.

Write a note on the thematic preoccupations present in The Solid Mandala.

Discuss the use of irony and humor in A House for Mr. Biswas.

Write a detailed note on some major issues present in the play A Dance of the Forests.

Attempt a critical appreciation of Walcott’s poem ‘Crusoe’s Journal’.

Comment on the title of the novel A Grain of Wheat.