IGNOU BEGC-111 - Women's Writing

Section A Explain the following with reference to the context: 1. The Eyes around – had wrung them dry- And Breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset – when the King Be witnessed – in the Room - 2. I measure every Grief I meet With narrow, probing, eyes – I wonder if It weighs like MineOr has an Easier size 3. The language I speak Becomes mine, its distortions, its queerness All mine, mine alone. It is half English, half Indian, funny perhaps, but it is honest, It is as human as I am human, don’t You see? 4. You need no book, Rasha Sundari no paper or pen either you have the black, smudgy kitchen wall for your magical scribbles lines, ellipses, curves all of them your secret codes for a whole new world. Section B 5. What are the issues that Mary Wollstonecraft touches upon? 6. Comment on the changed perspective in Chandrabhati’s Ramayana. 7. How does Ambai critique patriarchy in her story? 8. Can The Yellow Wallpaper be described as self-confessional literature? Elaborate. Section C 9. How does Sunlight on a Broken Column reflect the society of that time and place? 10. What do you think women’s writing seeks to express?

SECTION-A Explain the following with reference to the context: 1. I wonder if it hurts to live – And if They have to try – And whether – could They choose between – It would not be – to die – 2. The language I speak Becomes mine, its distortions, its queerness All mine, mine alone. It is half English, half Indian, funny perhaps, but it is honest, It is as human as I am human, don’t You see? 3. You need no book, Rasha Sundari no paper or pen either you have the black, smudgy kitchen wall for your magical scribbles lines, ellipses, curves all of them your secret codes for a whole new world. 4. When some day in distant parts she dwells Where what the people be like! I know not, Will they awaken her on gentle, mellow sounds? Or, will they, I misgive, snatch her sleep away? SECTION-B 5. What are the issues that Mary Wollstonecraft touches upon? 6. Comment on the changed perspective in Chandrabhati’s Ramayana. 7. How does Ambai critique patriarchy in her story? 8. Can The Yellow Wallpaper be described as self-confessional literature? Elaborate. SECTION-C 9. How does Sunlight on a Broken Column reflect the society of that time and place? 10. What do you think women’s writing seeks to express?