IGNOU BEGC-114 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper

Q1.Analyse any two of the following annotations with reference to context : 2×10=20

(a) Revolving days. My heart in the mouth again. I ’m writing this for you. Who you are, whoever is staring into your blue eyes. [ 2 ] BEGC–114

(b) she goes through a form of cleansing, of baptism, when she’s born again in a sense, when she goes through the river, running away. She simply wants to make choices of her own. And of course there’s a political aspect to it, because Bam wants to go back to town, which means that they would beholed somewhere with whites defending themselves and their women.

(c) Taught and dry Spain, was, a day’s drum of dull sound, a plain, an eagle’s eyrie, a silence below the lashing weather.

Q2.Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People is an example of destruction of old socio -political orders and establishment of new ones.

Q3.Discuss similar theme from the novel. 20 [ 3 ]

Q4.Write a note on the distinction between colonialism and post -colonialism with a reference to the theory and textual examples.

Q5.Critically answer how Pablo Neruda’s poem ‘The Way Spain War ’ deals with the theme of Spanish war.

Q6.Critically discuss the short story, “The Girl Who Can” in the post-colonial context of self and silence.

Q7.Discuss the David Malouf’s poem “Wild Lemons” memorises self’s journey of life and native land.

Q8.“Derek Walcott’s poem “Names” articulates his pre -occupation with the themes of history, identity and language.” Discuss. 20 [ 4 ]

Q9.Critically examine Vijay Tendulkar’s Ghasiram Kotwal is a play of society vs. individual based on class, gender and religion.

Q10.Sketch the characters of Vijay Tendulkar’s play Ghasiram Kotwal in the context of violence and sexuality.