IGNOU BEGC-105 - American Literature, Latest CBCS Help Book Edition

BEGC–105 The purpose of BEGC–105 is to provide a complete introduction and understanding of American literature in its many forms and dimensions. The first block informs students about American Drama with a play by Arthur Miller called All My Sons. The next block of the text deals with another equally exciting and significant piece of writing-The Scarlet Letter. This work of historical fiction was published in 1850, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Block 3 of this course is devoted to Short Fiction such as O' Henry's After Twenty Years, Willa Cather's On the Gull's Road, and Ernst Hemingway's Snows of Kilimanjaro/ Killers. In block 4 of BEGC–105, students get the essence of American poetry.

BEGC-105 English Topics Covered

Block 1 - Arthur Miller–All My Sons

• Unit 1 - American Drama: An Introduction
• Unit 2 - All My Sons: A Detailed Study
• Unit 3 - Thematic Concerns in All My Sons
• Unit 4 - All My Sons: Characterisation

Block 2 - Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

• Unit 1 - The Scarlet Letter: A Socio Cultural Background
• Unit 2 - The Scarlet Letter: Characterization
• Unit 3 - The Scarlet Letter: Themes and Their Expression Through Imagery
• Unit 4 - The Scarlet Letter: Structure, Narrative Style and Special Features

Block 3 - Short Fiction

• Unit 1 - Short Fiction: An Introduction
• Unit 2 - O’ Henry: After Twenty Years
• Unit 3 - Willa Cather: On the Gull’s Road
• Unit 4 - Ernest Hemingway: The Snows of Kilimanjaro/Killers

Block 4 - American Poetry: An Introduction

• Unit 1 - Ralph Waldo Emerson: Brahma, Hamatreya
• Unit 2 - Walt Whitman: ‘O Captain, My Captain’ & ‘Passage to India’ (lines 1–68)
• Unit 3 - Emily Dickinson: Because I Could Not Stop for Death, A Thought Went Up My Mind Today, Death Sets a Thing Significant
• Unit 4 - Alexie Sherman Alexie ‘Crow Testament’ & ‘Evolution’

Previous Year Solved Question Papers Included

BEGC-105 English (Total-8, Solved-6, Unsolved-2)

• Sample Paper-I
• Sample Paper-II
• Guess Paper-I
• Guess Paper-II
• June (2022-2023)
• December (2021-2022)

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