IGNOU MEG-14
- Contemporary Indian Literature in English Translation,
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MEG-14 English Topics Covered

Block 1 - Background Studies

• Unit 1 - The Concept of Indian Literature
• Unit 2 - The Concept of Indian Literature: Modern Period
• Unit 3 - Comparative Studies in Indian Literature
• Unit 4 - English Translation of Indian Literature

Block 2 - Samskara: U. R. Anantha Murthy

• Unit 1 - The Writer and his Literary Context
• Unit 2 - Samskara: The Narrative
• Unit 3 - Samskara: Form and Themes
• Unit 4 - Samskara: Characters, Title, Literary Criticism and Contemporary Relevance

Block 3 - Tamas: Bhisham Sahni

• Unit 1 - The Writer and The Partition
• Unit 2 - Getting to Know the Text
• Unit 3 - Making Sense of the Narrative
• Unit 4 - Characters and Characterization
• Unit 5 - An Overview

Block 4 - Short Story-I

• Unit 1 - Mahasweta Devi: Salt
• Unit 2 - Vaikom Muhammad Basheer: Birthday
• Unit 3 - Nirmal Verma: Birds
• Unit 4 - Ismat Chughtai: Tiny's Granny
• Unit 5 - Gopinath Mohanty: Tadpa

Block 5 - Short Story-II

• Unit 1 - Indira Goswami (Mamoni Raisom Goswami): The Empty Chest
• Unit 2 - Motilal Jotwani: Very Lonely, She
• Unit 3 - Afsar Ahmed: Headmaster, Prawn, Chanachur
• Unit 4 - Vijaydan Detha: The Compromise

Block 6 - Poetry

• Unit 1 - K. S. Nongkynrih: Requiem (Khasi)
• Unit 2 - Haribhajan Singh: Tree and The Sage
• Unit 3 - Dina Nath Nadim: The Moon
• Unit 4 - Kondepudi Nirmala: Mother Serious
• Unit 5 - Ramakanta Rath: Sri Radha
• Unit 6 - Sitanshu Yashashchandra: Orpheus

Block 7 - Tughlaq: Girish Karnad

• Unit 1 - Introducting Contemporary Indian Literature
• Unit 2 - Introducting The Author and The Play
• Unit 3 - Tughlaq: Structure, Themes and Motifs
• Unit 4 - Characters and Critical Comments on the Play

Block 8 - Non-Fictional Prose

• Unit 1 - Amrita Rai: Prem Chand, His Life and Times
• Unit 2 - Bama (Faustina Mary Fatima Rani): Karukku
• Unit 3 - Saadat Hasan Manto: On Ismat
• Unit 4 - Uma Prasad Mukhopadhyaya: Manimahesh

Previous Year Solved Question Papers Included

MEG-14 English (Total-29, Solved-15, Unsolved-14)

• June (2009-2023)
• December (2009-2022)

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