About BEGC-106 Help Book Latest Edition
BEGC-106 touches upon the world of literature that was considered tacky or uncultured, etc. However, with times, academia has accepted Popular literature. Students in this course get to know the difference between highbrow and lowbrow literature. BEGC–106 covers topics such as popular literature, the notion of the canonical and the popular literature, exploring academic and critical approaches to popular literature. It covers works like Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking Glass, Shyam Selvadurai: Funny Boy, Ursula K Le Guin: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability, and Ruskin Bond and Vishal Bharadwaj's The Blue Umbrella.
BEGC-106 English Topics Covered
Block 1 - Popular Literature: An Introduction
- Unit 1 - What is Popular Literature?
- Unit 2 - The Notion of the Canonical and the Popular
- Unit 3 - Exploring Academic and Critical Approaches to Popular Literature
- Unit 4 - Popular Literature Today
Block 2 - Genres of Popular Literature I: Children's Literature and Young Adult Fiction
- Unit 1 - Children’s Literature: An Introduction
- Unit 2 - Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking Glass
- Unit 3 - Young Adult Fiction: An Introduction (Writings From Sri Lanka)
- Unit 4 - Shyam Selvadurai: Funny Boy
Block 3 - Genres of Popular Literature II: Detective and Science Fiction
- Unit 1 - Crime and Detective Fiction: A Introduction
- Unit 2 - Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- Unit 3 - Science Fiction: An Introduction
- Unit 4 - Ursula K Le Guin: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Block 4 - Genres of Popular Literature III: Graphic and Visual Narratives
- Unit 1 - Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability
- Unit 2 - Graphic Narratives: Analysing Vyam’s Bhimayana
- Unit 3 - Literature & Cinema: An Introduction
- Unit 4 - Ruskin Bond and Vishal Bharadwaj’s The Blue Umbrella
Previous Year Solved Question Papers Included
BEGC-106 English (Total-8, Solved-6, Unsolved-2)
- Sample Paper-I
- Sample Paper-II
- Guess Paper-I
- Guess Paper-II
- December (2021-2022)
- June (2022-2023)
BEGC-106 Help Book Details
- UniversityIGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University)
- TitlePopular Literature
- Language(s)English
- CodeBEGC-106
- SubjectEnglish
- Degree(s)BA (Honours), BAEGH
- CourseCore Courses (CC)
- ISBN978-93-90557-58-5 (English)
- Pages192 (English)
- Weight154gms (English)
- Dimensions(L) 21cm, (W) 15cm, (H) 1cm
- AuthorGullybaba.com Panel
- PublisherGullybaba Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
