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KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Padmanath Gohainbaruah School of Humanities
HOME ASSIGNMENT FOR MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH
4th SEMESTER, 2025
(CBCS in Accordance with NEP 2020)
The last date of submission is 25-09-2025

COURSE 4 (Option B ): LITERATURE FROM NORTH EAST INDIA (In English and Translation)
Course Code: PGEG S4 04 (DSE 5)
Each question carries 10 marks Total Marks: 50
[Assignments are required to be written in your own language. Copying in toto from the learning materials will carry less score. The Home Assignments are to be submitted at your Study Centre]
1. How do “The Conquest” and “Letter from Pahambir” engage with themes of resistance, memory, and identity, and in what ways do they reflect the socio-political landscape of their context?
2. In what ways does “The Voice of the Mountain” transform the mountain from a physical entity into a symbolic and cultural presence, and how does this shift contribute to ecological and spiritual discourse?
3. To what extent is the categorization of “North East Indian Literature” a useful or problematic construct, and how does it intersect with questions of identity politics, marginality, and literary representation?
4. How does Iralu situate herself within the Naga political narrative, and in what ways does her engagement with history reshape both personal and collective identities?
5. What central socio-political or ethical conflict drives the narrative of Chakravyuha, and how does it reflect broader historical or cultural anxieties?