IGNOU MEG-3 British Novels - Important topics to prepare:
IGNOU MEG-3 British Novels - Important topics to prepare:
9 or 10 questions. Attempt any 5. 20 marks each.
Block-1 Henry Fielding: Tom Jones
Man of the Hill
Block-2 Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice
Education and accomplishment
Marriage as an institution
Love and marriage
Significance of Pride/ prejudice
reflects class and gender
Block-3 Wuthering Heights
Narrative technique
location and setting
Heathcliff as a byronic hero (A Byronic hero is a type of fictional character who is a moody, brooding rebel, often one haunted by a dark secret from his past. The term describes the type of main character found in many fictional works by Lord Byron, who is said to have had this type of personality.)
Block-4 Charles Dickens: Great Expectations
Improvement
Fairy Tale
Block-5 George Eliot: Middlemarch
Block-6 Joseph Conrad: heart of darkness
Women in Conrad’s book
Race and Gender
Block-7 James Joyce: A Portrait of The Artist As A Young Man
Narrative technique
5 principle of aesthetics
Stream of consciousness
Block-8 Edward Morgan Forster: A Passage to India
Significance of symbols
Foster's representation of India
Block-9 Muriel Spark: The prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Essay type que- Beginning of novels, fiction, evolution of British novels, Fiction as a history
Pen Portraits of people
Narrative technique
Structure of novels
Female representation
Justify the titles
Representation of marriage
Relationship b/w -
Portrayal of women
Note on characterization
Themes in the novels
Growth of a character
Novel as bildungsroman
Which character appeals you the most
MEG-03 Questions from previous years’s papers:
Comment on the significance of the Man of the
Hill episode in the novel Tom Jones
Discuss the themes of education and
'accomplishments" in Pride and Prejudice
Point out the importance of the issue of marriage
in the Victorian age with special reference to
Wuthering Heights
Critically analyse the "improvement" plot in the
novel Great Expectations
Would you agree with the description of Will
Ladislaw in Middlemarch as "The angel of
light" ? Justify your answer
What relationship do you find between empire
and race in the novel Heart of Darkness ?
In what ways does the point of view keep
varying in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young
Man ? Illustrate with examples
Analyse some of the important images in the novel
A Passage to India and comment on their
significance
Show how psychological growth is an important
aspect of characterisation in the novel
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Write a brief essay on the beginnings of the English
Novel
The ultimate task of Fielding's Tom Jones is to
unite lovers without any critique on the social
order Do you agree ?
Pride and Prejudice brings out Jane Austen's
belief in the important role of education in
forming a person's character Discuss
Discuss Catherine's reasons for marrying Edgall
in Wuthering Heights
Comment on the PipEstella relationship in Great
Expectations
Give your assessment of Casaubon's character in
Middlemarch
Comment on the depiction of women characters
in Heart of Darkness What light does the
depiction throw on Marlow ?
Discuss the narrative technique of A Portrait of
the Artist as a Young Man
Draw a pen portrait of Aziz and Godbole as
presented in A Passage to India
Write a brief essay on the relationship between
Plot and Theme in The prime of Miss Jean
Brodie
Write a note on female representation in the
novel Tom Jones
Examine Jane Austen's treatment of love and
marriage in Pride and Prejudice
Does the novel Wuthering Heights present
Heathcliff as a realistic character or is he only
symbolic ? Give reasons
To what extent can Great Expectations be
considered a fairy tale ? Give illustrations from
the text
Analyse the significance of the
CasaubonDorothea relationship in the novel
Middlemarch
How does the structure of the novel Heart of
Darkness contribute to our understanding of the
text ?
Discuss the symbols used in the novel A Portrait
of the Artist as a Young Man
How does Forster use the character of Fielding as
an instrument to explore the limitations of the
philosophy of liberal humanism ?
Comment on the narrative technique employed
by Spark in her novel The Prime of Miss Jean
Brodie
How does Henry Fielding realistically mirror the
th century society in Tom Jones ?
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice successfully
presents a world of domestic and social comedy
Comment
Discuss Wuthering Heights as a novel of passion
and revenge
Justify the title, "Great Expectations"
Discuss how George Eliot constructs a weblike
overlapping between the domestic front and the
public sphere
Show how Marlowe's The Heart of Darkness is a
journey into the inner recesses of the human
heart of darkness
Discuss the narrative technique in James Joyce's
prescribed novel
A Passage to India is a complex and layered
interface between the rulers and the ruled
Discuss
Discuss the various elements of Modernism in
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Write a brief essay on Fiction as History
How does the novel Tom Jones represent
marriage ?
Discuss Jane Austen's treatment of love in Pride
and Prejudice
Comment on the narrative structure of Wuthering
Heights
Would you call Great Expectations a realistic novel
or a fairy tale ? Illustrate
Attempt a character sketch of Dorothea in
Middlemarch
Heart of Darkness depicts Africa as a place of
negations Do you agree ? Give reasons for your
answer
Discuss how Stephen relates to women in A
Portrait of the Artist As a young man
A passage to India is a critique of human
experience Discuss in the context of characters
in the novel
Why is the defeat of Miss Jean Brodie considered
to be inevitable ? Elaborate
Discuss the relationship between Tom and Sophia
in the novel Tom Jones
Comment on the use of wit and irony in the novel
Pride and Prejudice
Discuss the narrative techniques employed in the
novel Wuthering Heights
Consider Pip in Great Expectations as a
self improving hero
Examine the role of money in the novel
Middlemarch
Comment on the title of the novel Heart of
Darkness
Discuss the main principles of aesthetics put
forward by Stephen in A Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man
How does Aziz contribute to the treatment of the
theme of race in A Passage to India ?
Do you agree with the view that Miss Brodie is a
symbol of nonconformity ? Justify your answer
In Tom Jones, does Fielding see marriage as a
socioeconomic alliance ? Elucidate
Bring out the significance of "pride" in Austen's
Pride and Prejudice
Do you think Nelly is a reliable narrator in
Wuthering Heights ? Support your answer with
evidence from the text
Analyse the thematic significance of the
Pip Estella relationship in Great Expectations
How do conflicting attitudes to money determine
the relationship between Lydgate and Rosamund
in Middlemarch ?
Comment on the appropriateness of the title of
the novel Heart,of Darkness
Analyse the structure of the novel A Portrait of
the Artist as a Young Man
Critically examine the symbols used in the novel
A Passage to India
Discuss the autobiographical element in the
novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Discuss how Tom Jones is a novel about "the
division of life in segments"
Comment on the comic characters in Pride and
Prejudice
In what ways is Wuthering Heights
a
psychological novel ?
Comment on the portrayal of women in
Midcllemarch
In what way is Great Expectations
a
laildungsroman' ?
Analyse Heart of Darkness as a novel of the
colonial encounter
How is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a
modernist novel in terms of style and content ?
Discuss A Passage to India as a novel focusing on
the EastWest interface
Muriel Spark "deals with the psychological
development of characters" Discuss with
reference to The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Write a critical note on the evolution of British
novel
Fielding is not as sympathetic towards women as
he is towards men Give a reasoned answer on the
basis of your reading of Tom Jones
Identify the chief features of love and marriage in
Pride and Prejudice
Examine the narrative technique employed in
Wuthering Heights
Discuss the fairy tale elements in Great
Expectations
Do you agree that characters like lydgate and
Rosamond are characters without real choices in
Middlemarch, Explain
Maulow and Kurtz occupy two different ideological
positions in Heart of Darkness Discuss
What is stream of consciousness Discuss a
Portrait of the Artist as a young that employs this
technique
What is the Significance of Symbols in
A Passage to India? Explain
Bring out the differences between the major
characters in The prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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What do you understand by the phrase 'Fiction
as History' ?
Discuss the narrative techniques used in Pride
and Prejudice
The location and setting of Wuthering Heights is
a character in itself Do you agree ? Give reasons
Identify the 'fairy tale' elements in Great
Expectations and discuss how they impact the
narrative
How does George Eliot depict society in
transition in Middlemarch ?
Comment on Conrad's depiction of women in
Heart of Darkness
In what way does A Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man link the growing up and the early
years of an artist ?
Comment upon Foster's representation of India
in A Passage to India
Write a note on characterisation in The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie
Discuss major themes in Tom Jones
Discuss the themes of love and marriage in
Pride and Prejudice with special reference to the
characters of Elizabeth and Darcy
Do you think Heathcliff is really a 'Gift of God' ?
Illustrate with examples from Wuthering Heights
Discuss the Pip Estella Relationship in
Great Expectations
Discuss some of the role of money in the
relationship of Lydgate and Rosamund
Comment on the narrative Technique in Conrad's
Heart of Darkness
Comment on the growth of Stephen in A Portrait
of the Artist As A young Man
Do you think Mrs Moore and Adela are
presented as marginalised characters ? Give a
reasoned answer based on a close reading of
A Passage to India
Miss Brodie's concept of education is ostensibly
"a leading out of what is already there in the
pupil's soul" How is this concept translated in
the context of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ?
What attitudes towards marriage does Fielding
illustrate in Tom Jones ?
Pride and Prejudice reflects class and gender
Discuss
Discuss the narrative technique in Wuthering
Heights
Write an essay on Great Expectations as a
bildungsroman
Write briefly on the social and gender concerns in
Middlemarch
Comment on Marlow's shifting opinions in Heart
of Darkness
What do you understand by the term 'stream of
consciousness' ? Illustrate the ways this has
been reflected in A Portrait of The Artist As A
Young Man
Examine Forster's portrayal of women, with specific reference to Mrs Moore and Adela in A Passage to India
Trace the development of Realism and its expression in the British novel of the s with specific reference to The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Examine the importance of the narrator in Tom Jones
Discuss the socioeconomic position of women as brought out in Pride and Prejudice
Discuss Heathcliff as a Byronic hero
Discuss Great Expectations as a 'growing up' novel
Discuss the main themes present in Middlernarch
The issues of race and gender are central to the Heart of Darkness Justify
Elaborate upon the various styles used by Joyce in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Comment upon Forster's representation of three major religions in the novel A Passage to India
Comment upon the narrative technique in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
What do you understand by 'typical' and `individual' characters ? Elucidate with reference to Tom Jones
Discuss the narrative technique in Pride and Prejudice How does it influence the reader's reaction to the novel ?
In what way is the concept of marriage central to Wuthering Heights ? Discuss
How does Great Expectations subvert the idea of a fairy tale ?
Discuss the 'Woman Question' as illustrated in Middlemarch
Comment on the aptness of the title Heart of Darkness.
"Joyce uses epiphany And the stream of consciousness in A Portrait of the Artist
as a Young Man" Elucidate
Discuss the character of Aziz in A Passage to
India
What are the issues raised by the author in The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ? Exemplify
"Tom Jones• is the story of a man's journey from
innocence through experience to wisdom" Which
events from the text best illustrate this ?
Identify the chief features of Jane Austen's
treatment of love and marriage in Pride and
Prejudice
Heathcliff and Hareton have been portrayed as
characters with similar experiences but different
responses Discuss
"One of the achievements of Great Expectations is
to resist the demarcation of respectability from
criminal wealth" Do you agree ? Give a reasoned
Answer
Bring out the reasons for Dorothea's attraction
for Casaubon What is your opinion of Dorothea ?
What is the role of 'The Intended' in Heart of
Darkness ?
Comment on the structure of A Portrait Of The
Artist As A Young Man
Analyse the role of race in shaping the behaviour
of Aziz, Godbole and Fielding, in A Passage to
India
The major characters in The Prime of Miss Jean
Brodie reflect different aspects of moral and
psychological growth Illustrate with examples
from the text
Comment on the new issues which emerged in
the literature of the eighteenth century
Discuss Tom's relationship with Squire western
and his 'family'
What do you think of Jane Austen's characterisation
of women in Pride and Prejudice ?
How far do you think Catherines conforms to or
deviates from, the societal norms of there times
conforms in Wuthering Heights ?
Discuss Great Expectations as an example of
upwardly mobile aspirations of Victorian society
OR
Which character in Great Expectations appeals
to you most ? Give reasons for your answer
Discuss George Eliot as a social critic in middlemarch
Conrad's story about Kurtz is a story without
women Discuss
Analyse the structure of A Portrait of the Artist As
a Young Man
Examine Forster's portrayal of Mrs Moore and
Adela in A Passage to India
Discuss Muriel Spark's handling of time in The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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