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English Literature in Indian Context

This document contains 24 questions for discussion related to the topics of English literature and language in India. The questions cover a range of issues such as the role of English literature in language teaching, the introduction and spread of English and English studies in India, contributions of various Indian writers to the development of Indian English literature, representation of social issues, influence of bilingualism, and debates around canonicity. The document seeks to provide a framework for examining different historical, social and literary aspects of English in India.

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English Literature in Indian Context

This document contains 24 questions for discussion related to the topics of English literature and language in India. The questions cover a range of issues such as the role of English literature in language teaching, the introduction and spread of English and English studies in India, contributions of various Indian writers to the development of Indian English literature, representation of social issues, influence of bilingualism, and debates around canonicity. The document seeks to provide a framework for examining different historical, social and literary aspects of English in India.

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MEG 10 Suggestion for December 2023

1. What is the role of English Literature in in English Language


Teaching?
2. Would you agree that the Hindu College, Calcutta College
propagated English Studies in India? (Unit 2.2 of the IGNOU
Material page. 14 of second block)
3. How did English & English Studies come to be introduced in India?
(Unit 1 of the IGNOU study material)
4. Did Michael Madhusudan Dutt and Toru Dutt contribute to the rise
of Indian English Literature? Discuss with reference to their property.
(Unit 3.4 of the IGNOU Material page. 22 of second block)- M.M.
Dutt. (Unit 4.4 of the IGNOU Material page. 34 of second block)
5. Examine the term ‘exploding the canon’. Critically analyse what the
term means.
6. Examine Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s “Rajmohan’s Wife” critically
and comment on his influence on the social ethos of the Age. (Unit
1.4 & 1.5 of the IGNOU Material page. 10 of third block)
7. In what way did Leavis contribute to the making of a literary canon?
Was it different from C.S. Lewis’s contribution?
8. Discuss English as a language of empowerment in our society.
9. Compare Premchand’s writing with that of Mulk Raj Anand and
investigate the ways in which the two represent social issues.
10. What is the important of Dalit Consciousness in Dalit writings?
Explain with example.
11. “We are multilingual country and to a large extent all of us are
bilingual”. How does bilingualism influence the use of English in
India? Illustrate with examples.
12. Does Bankim’s choice of language in his writings help in representing
India? (Unit 1.5 & 1.6 of page. 10 of the Third block)

13. Discuss Henry Louis Vivian Derozio’s contribution to the


development of Indian English Poetry. (Unit 2.6 & 2.7 of the IGNOU
Material page. 17 of second block)
14. Examine Said’s definition of Orientalism. Do you find any flaws, or
loop holes, in his argument? Discuss.
15. What gave a push to use of English in India post-independence years?
Explain. (Unit 4.4 & 4.5 of the IGNOU Material)
16. How does Ngugi Wa Thiong’o advocate ‘decolonisation’ of the mind
with reference to African Literature?
17. Do you think that only Dalit born can write Dalit Literature? Give
reasoned answer with suitable illustration.
18. Instead of focusing on ‘native and ‘non-native’ English, the discussion
should be on ‘English’ and ‘Englishes’. Elaborate.
19. Discuss in brief the history of the institutionalisation of the English
Literature in Indian Universities in Pre-independence India. (Unit 2.2
of the IGNOU Material)
20. What are the issues and problems in the construction of a feminist
canon of Indian English Literature?
21. Would you agree that Bankim’s “Rajmohan’s Wife” has number of
melodramatic features? Give reasons for your answers.
22. Macaulay’s Minutes on Indian Education is one of the most
significant documents in the history of Indian Education. Discuss.
(Unit 2.4 of IGNOU Material page. 18)
23. Does Bankim’s choice of language in his writings help in representing
India? Discuss.
24. Would you consider ‘Third World’ literature to be a part of a canon?
Examine.
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