BEGC-106 · June 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGC-106 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
POPULAR LITERATURE
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-106, June 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 12 · Sections: 4
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 2025
BEGC-106 : POPULAR LITERATURE
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : There are three Sections in this paper —
Section A, Section B and Section C.
Attempt questions from all three Sections.
Section–A
Q1.Write short notes on any four of the following in about 100 words each : 4×5=20
(a) Popular Culture and Hegemony [ 2 ] BEGC–106
(b) Genres of Popular Literature
(c) Ekstatis : The Pleasure Principle
(d) Kitsch
(e) Sensation fiction
(f) Cyber punk
Section–B
Note : Answer any two of the following questions
in about 250 words each. 2×10=20
Q2.What do you understand by adaptations ? Discuss with examples.
Q3.Discuss the digna as integral to the narrative of Bhimayana.
Q4.Examine the notion of the red herring in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. [ 3 ]
Q5.What do you understand by the term Bildungsroman ? Comment on Funny Boy as a bildungsroman.
Section–C
Note : Answer any three of the following
questions in about 500 words each.
3×20=60
Q6.Discuss the relationship between Indian English po pular fiction and the literary canon.
Q7.Examine the term ‘young adult’ and comment on its emergence within the gen re of popular literature.
Q8.Do you think that Le wis Carroll’s use of nonsense and fantasy is subversive ?
Q9.Comment with examples from the text. [ 4 ]
Q10.Could we say that Arjie’s sexual identity interferes with the formation of his individual sense of self ? Comment with examples from the text. Is Arjie’s life informed by traditional gender norms of society ? Discuss with suitable examples from the text.
Q11.Discuss crime fiction from a historical perspective.
Q12.Would you agree that The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of the most controversial murder mysteries till date ? Examine critically.