MEG-8 Solved Assignment 2026-27 July 2026 and January 2027 Sessions
ASSIGNMENT For July 2026 and January 2027 Sessions
MASTER’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH (MAEG ) ASSIGNMENT
MEG-08
NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
ASSIGNMENT FOR MEG –08
July 2026 and January 2027 Sessions
Programme: MAEG
Course Code: MEG-08/TMA/2026-26
Max Marks: 100
Attempt all the ten questions and answer each question in approximately 500 words.
1. Discuss how the themes of identity, resistance, and cultural negotiation shape the study of New Literatures in English? You may choose any of the prescribed text(s) to elucidate your answer 10
2. Write a critical note on the major concerns of Australian writing. 10
3. Wole Soyinka reconfigures the conventional western dramatic tradition by blending Yoruba ritualistic and theatrical elements in A Dance of Forests. Discuss this statement with reference to the play. 10
4. Examine the representation of the Mau Mau movement and its impact on Kenyan society in A Grain of Wheat. 10
5. A House of Mr. Biswas can be read as a chronicle of socio-political changes that swept overTrinidad.” Comment. 10
6. Critically analyse the role of women characters in Ice-Candy-Man with reference to themes of oppression, survival and resistance. 10
7. Attempt a critical analysis of the poem “Ananse”. 10
8. Discuss “Omeros” as a cultural translation of Homeric epic in the context of postcolonial identity. 10
9. Discuss this statement with reference to White’s characterization of Arthur and Waldo in The Solid Mandala. 10
10. Examine how Hagar's prairie life shapes her temperament of "order and disorder" in The Stone Angel. 10
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Submission of the completed assignments:
The completed assignment should be sent to the Coordinator of the Study Centre allotted to you by 31st March 2027 (if enrolled for the July 2026 Session) and 30th September, 2027 (if enrolled in the January 2027 Session)

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