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PSSOU A Study of Fiction (M-245) Solved Assignment 2025-26

PSSOU MA English Solved Assignment 2025-26

Pandit Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University
Assignment Work
Session – July – June 2025-26
M.A (English Literature) Final
Subject – A Study of Fiction

(Assignment—1)
Section—A
1. Which novel is called ‘comic epic poem in prose’ ?
2. Which novel has been called a picaresque novel ?
3. Which novel of Jane Austen has been called gem of English Literature ?
4. Which novels of Jane Austen were published posthumously ?
5. Who used to tell horrifying stories to Charles Dickens when he was a boy ?
6. The novels of Hardy were related to which district of England ?
7. Who stands as a witness to the marriage of Lucetta and Farfrae ?
8. Lord of the Flies was adapted to film was adapted to a film in which year ?
Section—B
9. Write a character sketch of Blifil.
10. Describe in brief about the elopement of Lydia.
11. Write a character sketch of Mr. Bennet.
12. Write a character sketch of Estella.
13. Write a note on love triangle in the novels of Thomas Hardy with special reference to ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’.
14. Describe the last wish of Michael Henchard.
(Assignment—2)
Section—C
15. Discuss various themes in ‘Tom Jones’.
16. Why is it said that Jane Austen’s novels are love stories that end in the marriage of the heroine ?
17. Write down Charles Dickens’ views on marriage love affairs and separation.
18. Write a character sketch of Donald Farfrae.
(Assignment—3)
Section—D
19. Discuss ‘Tom Jones’ as a picaresque novel.
20. Discuss marriage as the central theme of ‘Pride and Prejudice’.
21. Write a character sketch of Pip.
22. Describe Thomas Hardy’s art of characterisation in the novel ‘Mayor of Casterbridge’.
(Assignment—4)
Section—E
23. Write a character sketch of Elizabeth Jane.
24. Discuss ‘Lord of the Flies’ as an allegorical novel.