IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF MEG-10 (Block 2 Beginnings of Indian English Writing)

Comment on the importance of the English writings of Raja Rammohun Roy in the history of Indian English writing coming out of the subcontinent of India.

Discuss some of the circumstances that led to the emergence of English writings by Indians.

What was the nature of the influence of Raja Rammohun Roy’s English writings on the English writings of other Indians (who wrote in English) in the early nineteenth century.

Discuss the role of Hindu College in bringing Henry Derozio into the limelight of the intellectual world of early nineteenth century Calcutta.

Give a brief account of the character of Henry Derozio’s literary output.