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UPRTOU DCEEN-102(N) Solved Assignment 2026-27 (PDF)

Session: 2026-27 Max. Marks: 30
Program Name: BA English
Course Code: DCEEN-102 (N)
Course Title: English Literature: Reading Fiction and Drama

NOTE: All questions are compulsory
SECTION-A
NOTE: Short answer type question (approx. 150 to200 words) Marks
1 What is the main theme of the novel Animal farm? 2
2 What is the message of the novel That Long Silence?
3 Why did Raina call Bluntschli “a chocolate cream soldier”?
4 Write a short note on Feminism.
5 What is the dramatic-significance of the act IV in Merchant of Venice?
6 Explain with reference to the context of the Following lines –
The quality of mercy is not strained;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
‘T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown…

SECTION- B
NOTE: Long answer type question (approx. 350 to500 words) Marks
7 Analyse “That Long Silence” by Shashi Deshpande as a feminist novel.
8 Discuss George Orwell’s Animal Farm as a political allegory. 6
9 Write a detailed note on Arms and the Man as an anti romantic comedy.