Assignment Code: MEG-8/TMA-1/2005

Coverage: Blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4

Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt all questions and answer each question in approx 450-500 words, unless stated otherwise.

1. Write short notes on the following: (Approx. 200 words each).

2. Although the three terms 'Commonwealth Literatures' 'New Literatures in English' and 'Postcolonial Literatures' are currently in use today, would you say that 'New Literatures in English' is a possibly better way of defining the area than 'Commonwealth Literatures'? (20)

3. Discuss the role played by women in the National Freedom Movement, as seen in A Grain of Wheat. (20)

4. Write a note on Soyinka's structure and language in A Dance of the Forests. (20)

5. Compare and contrast Lenny's mother and Godmother in the novel Ice-Candy-Man. (20)