IGNOU MEG-08 Assignment 2026-27New
New Literatures in English
Last updated by IGNOU: 13 Oct 2026. Guide written from the official PDF on 19 Oct 2026, 12:57 pm.
| Course code | MEG-08 |
|---|---|
| Course title | New Literatures in English |
| Programme | Master’s Degree in English (MAEG)MAEG, MEG, PGDNLEG |
About the MEG-08 assignment
The MEG-08 assignment covers Blocks 1–8 and assesses your understanding and critical appreciation of the prescribed literature. Topics include identity, resistance, cultural negotiation, Australian writing, African drama and fiction, Caribbean literature, women’s experiences, poetry and postcolonial interpretations of epic.
This is one Tutor Marked Assignment worth 100 marks. All ten questions are compulsory, carry 10 marks each and require approximately 500 words per answer. The PDF stresses using your own critical understanding rather than reproducing information from the course material.
What the assignment asks
| Question | Marks | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 10 | Explore how identity, resistance and cultural negotiation inform New Literatures in English, using examples from the prescribed texts. |
| Q2 | 10 | Critically examine the main concerns explored in Australian writing. |
| Q3 | 10 | Analyse how Soyinka combines Yoruba ritual and theatrical practices with Western dramatic conventions in A Dance of Forests. |
| Q4 | 10 | Examine how A Grain of Wheat portrays the Mau Mau movement and its effects on Kenyan society. |
| Q5 | 10 | Discuss how the Biswas novel reflects social and political changes in Trinidad. |
| Q6 | 10 | Analyse the women characters in Ice-Candy-Man through oppression, survival and resistance. |
| Q7 | 10 | Present a critical reading of the poem Ananse. |
| Q8 | 10 | Explore Omeros as a cultural reworking of Homeric epic in relation to postcolonial identity. |
| Q9 | 10 | Discuss White’s characterisation of Arthur and Waldo in The Solid Mandala, noting that the statement referred to in the question is missing from the PDF. |
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