IGNOU MEG-11 - American Novel, Latest Help Book Edition

MEG-11 English Topics Covered

Block 1 - James F. Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans

• Unit 1 - The Beginnings
• Unit 2 - The Man, The Milieu, and The Moment
• Unit 3 - The Last of the Mohicans: An Analysis
• Unit 4 - Perspectives on the Novel-I
• Unit 5 - Perspectives on the Novel-II

Block 2 - Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie

• Unit 1 - The Literary Context
• Unit 2 - Theodore Dreiser: The Man and The Writer
• Unit 3 - Sister Carrie: A Critical Summary
• Unit 4 - Sister Carrie: A Critical Study of the Major Themes

Block 3 - F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

• Unit 1 - The Man, The Milieu, And The Moment
• Unit 2 - The Plot and The Self-Improving Hero
• Unit 3 - The Great Gatsby and Fable, Symbol and Allegory
• Unit 4 - The Great Gatsby: And the Narrative Technique
• Unit 5 - Critics and Criticism: An Overview

Block 4 - William Faulkner: Light in August

• Unit 1 - American Fiction in 1920s and 1930s
• Unit 2 - The Novel in The South
• Unit 3 - Light in August: Structure and Narrative Strategies
• Unit 4 - Characterisation and Critical Approaches

Block 5 - Henry Miller: Black Spring

• Unit 1 - Sexual Revolution in Modern American Literature
• Unit 2 - The Great Tradition
• Unit 3 - The Outsider
• Unit 4 - The Indelible Impact
• Unit 5 - Henry Miller’s Works: Black Spring
• Unit 6 - Critical Approaches

Block 6 - J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye

• Unit 1 - The Author and The Plot
• Unit 2 - The Main Themes and Characters
• Unit 3 - The Language in The Catcher in the Rye
• Unit 4 - Critical Interpretations

Block 7 - John Barth: Floating Opera

• Unit 1 - The Postwar American Novel
• Unit 2 - The Experimental Novel
• Unit 3 - The Floating Opera: An Analysis of Text
• Unit 4 - Philosophic Formulations and The Farce of Reason
• Unit 5 - From Modernity to Post Modernity

Block 8 - Scott Mamaday : A House Made of Dawn

• Unit 1 - Native American Literature
• Unit 2 - Native American Fiction
• Unit 3 - The Making of Momaday
• Unit 4 - House Made of Dawn: An Analysis
• Unit 5 - Critical Perspectives

Block 9 - Alice Walker: The Color Purple

• Unit 1 - The Women, The Moment and The Milieu-I
• Unit 2 - The Women, The Moment and The Milieu-II
• Unit 3 - The Color Purple and its Structure
• Unit 4 - Analysis of Celie’s Letters-I
• Unit 5 - Analysis of Celie’s Letters-II
• Unit 6 - Themes emerging from Celie’s Letters

Previous Year Solved Question Papers Included

MEG-11 English (Total-36, Solved-21, Unsolved-15)

• June (2005-2023)
• December (2006-2019, 2022)
• February (2021)

MEG-11 Help Book Details