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IGNOU BEGC-114 Code Details
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University
IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University)
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Title
Postcolonial Literatures
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Language(s)
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Code
BEGC-114
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Subject
English
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Degree(s)
BA (Honours), BAEGH
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Course
Core Courses (CC)
IGNOU BEGC-114 English Topics Covered
Block 1 - Novel: Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People
- Unit 1 - An Introduction to Writings from South Africa
- Unit 2 - Reading the Text
- Unit 3 - Social Configurations
- Unit 4 - Problematising Gender
Block 2 - Short Story
- Unit 1 - An Introduction to the Postcolonial Short Story
- Unit 2 - Bessie Head, ‘The Collector of Treasures’
- Unit 3 - Ama Ata Aidoo, ‘The Girl Who Can’
- Unit 4 - Grace Ogot, ‘The Green Leaves’
Block 3 - Poetry
- Unit 1 - An Introduction to Poetry in the Postcolonial Space
- Unit 2 - Pablo Neruda: “Tonight I can Write”, “The Way Spain Was"
- Unit 3 - Derek Walcott: “A Far Cry from Africa”, “Names"
- Unit 4 - David Malouf: “Revolving Days”, “Wild Lemons"
Block 4 - Drama: Vijay Tendulkar’s Ghashiram Kotwal
- Unit 1 - Theatre in India
- Unit 2 - Reading Ghashiram Kotwal
- Unit 3 - Plot and Technique
- Unit 4 - Themes and Characterisation
IGNOU BEGC-114 (July 2023 - January 2024) Assignment Questions
1. What do you broadly understand by South African Literature? Is it different from African Literature?
2. What are the major issues generally discussed in the postcolonial short story?
3. Write a critical note on the language of the postcolonial literature.
4. Attempt a critical note on Postcolonial poetry.
5. What do you understand by the term magical realism? Discuss the magical realism in the poetry of Pablo Neruda.
6. Tendulkar has made use of song, dance, music, mime, dialogue and narration in the play Ghashiram Kotwal. Illustrate the extent to which these elements contribute to the total effect of the play.
7. Name and briefly describe the communities whose correspondences and transactions are found in South African writings.
IGNOU BEGC-114 (July 2022 - January 2023) Assignment Questions
1. What do you broadly understand by South African Literature? Is it different in any way from African Literature?
2. Who are some of the pioneers of postcolonial short story? Write about any two representative short stories.
3. Make a critical appraisal of the poetic devices used in the poem, “Tonight I can Write”.
4. Tendulkar has made use of song, dance, music, mime, dialogue and narration in the play Ghashiram Kotwal. Illustrate the extent to which these elements contribute to the total effect of the play.
5. Name and briefly describe the communities whose correspondences and transactions are found in South African writings.
6. Discuss poetry in the postcolonial space with critical notes on the poems from this course, BEGC-114.
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