IGNOU BEGE-105
- Understanding Prose,
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BEGE-105 English Topics Covered

Block 1 - Descriptive Prose

• Unit 1 - 'Understanding Prose': An Introduction
• Unit 2 - Descriptive Prose-1
• Unit 3 - Descriptive Prose-2
• Unit 4 - Descriptive Prose-3

Block 2 - Narrative Prose

• Unit 1 - Narrative Prose-1
• Unit 2 - Narrative Prose-2
• Unit 3 - Narrative Prose-3

Block 3 - Expository Prose

• Unit 1 - Expository Prose-1
• Unit 2 - Expository Prose-2
• Unit 3 - Expository Prose-3
• Unit 4 - Expository Prose-4

Block 4 - Forms of Prose: Short Story

• Unit 1 - Introduction to the Short Story
• Unit 2 - 'Mother' by Judah Waten
• Unit 3 - 'Misery' by Anton Chekhov
• Unit 4 - 'The Other Woman' by Dina Mehta
• Unit 5 - 'The Legac' by Virginia Woolf

Block 5 - The Novel: The Binding Vine

• Unit 1 - General Introduction to the Indian English Novel
• Unit 2 - The Binding Vine by Shashi Deshpande: Plot
• Unit 3 - Themes
• Unit 4 - Characterization
• Unit 5 - Technique

Block 6 - Non-Fictional Prose-I: Essays, Letters, Travelogues

• Unit 1 - Francis Bacon: "Of Great Place"
• Unit 2 - Jamaica Kincaid: "On Seeing England for the First Time"
• Unit 3 - Charles Lamb: "A Dissertation upon Roast Pig"
• Unit 4 - Jawaharlal Nehru: Letter to Indira Gandhi-'The Quest of Man'
• Unit 5 - Bill Aitken: Travels by a Lesser Line 'Last Resort in the South' and 'The Poetic Diction of Steam'

Block 7 - Non-Fictional Prose-II: Biography, Autobiography, Diary and Speeches

• Unit 1 - Boswell's: Life of Johnson
• Unit 2 - M.K. Gandhi's: An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth
• Unit 3 - Anne Frank's: The Diary of a Young Girl
• Unit 4 - Margaret Laurence's: "My Final Hour"

Previous Year Solved Question Papers Included

BEGE-105 English (Total-21, Solved-11, Unsolved-10)

• June (2010-2019)
• December (2009-2019)

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