The purpose of IGNOU MA English Books is to offer students with a strong foundation in language and exposure to a diverse variety of literature, with the option of specialising in a particular topic. Learners should gain confidence in their critical and analytical abilities.
This 64-credit programme is divided into two sections: five required core courses and three electives. Each course carries eight credits. MEG-01 through MEG-04 are provided in the first year, while MEG-05 and elective courses are given in the second year.
16 Reasons You Should Read IGNOU MA English Books
Let me give you sixteen reasons I think you should consider reading IGNOU MA English Books.
1. Read it to learn about British Poetry (MEG-01)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-01: British Poetry”:
- Orientations for the Study of Poetry & the Medieval Poet Chaucer
- Renaissance Poets: Undertaking a Study of Spenser
- The Metaphysical Poets: Donne, Herbert & Marvell
- Renaissance Poets: Studying Milton
- The Neoclassical Poets: Dryden & Pope
- The Romantic Poets: Blake, Wordsworth & Coleridge
- The Second Generation Romantic Poets: Shelley & Keats
- The Victorian Poets: Robert Browning, D G & Christina Georgiana Rossetti, Oscar Wilde
- The Modernist Poets
2. Read it to learn about British Drama (MEG-02)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-02: British Drama”:
- Marlowe: Doctor Faustus
- Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Shakespeare: Hamlet
- Ben Jonson: The Alchemist
- John Millington Synge: The Playboy of the Western World
- George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion
- T S Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral
- John Osborne: Look Back in Anger
- Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot
3. Read it to learn about British Novel (MEG-03)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-03: British Novel”:
- Henry Fieldings: The History of Tom Jones A Foundling (1749)
- Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice (1813)
- Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights (1847)
- Charles Dickens: Great Expectations (1860 -1861, 1861, 1862)
- George Eliot: Middlemarch (1871)
- Josef Conrad: Heart of Darkness (1898 -1899)
- James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man (1916)
- Edward Morgan Forster: A Passage to India (1912-14)
4. Read it to learn about Aspects of Language (MEG-04)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-04: Aspects of Language”:
- What is Language?
- A History of the English Language
- Phonetics & Phonology
- English Syntax
- Language In Use
- The Spread of English
- Stylistics
5. Read it to learn about Literary Theory & Criticism (MEG-05)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-05: Literary Theory & Criticism”:
- Classical Criticism
- Romantic Criticism
- New Criticism
- Marxist View of Literature
- Feminists Theories
- Deconstruction
- Contemporary Literary Theory
6. Read it to learn about American Literature (MEG-06)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-06: American Literature”:
- Contexts of American Literature: The Puritans & the Enlightenment
- American Fiction
- American Prose
- American Poetry
- American Short Story
- American Drama
- Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye
7. Read it to learn about Indian English Literature (MEG-07)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-07: Indian English Literature”:
- Non- Fictional Prose
- Mulk Raj Anand: Untouchable
- Raja Rao: Kanthapura
- Anita Desai: Clear Light of Day
- Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children
- The Short Story
- Poetry
- Mahesh Dattani: Tara
8. Read it to learn about New Literatures in English (MEG-08)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-08: New Literatures in English”:
- A Grain of Wheat: Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
- A Dance of the Forests: Wole Soyinka
- Ice- Candy – Man: Bapsi Sidhwa
- A House for Mr Biswas: V S Naipaul
- Caribbean Poetry: Derek Walcott & Edward Brathwaite
- The Solid Mandala: Patrick White
- The Stone Angel: Margaret Laurence
9. Read it to learn about Australian Literature (MEG-09)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-09: Australian Literature”:
- An Introduction to Australian Literature
- Nineteenth Century Australian Poetry
- Introduction to Short Fiction
- Modern Australian Poetry (1901 -1970)
- Voss: Patrick White
- Contemporary Australian Poetry (1970 Onwards)
- Remembering Babylon: David Malouf
- The Removalists: David Williamson
10. Read it to learn about English Studies in India (MEG-10)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-10: English Studies in India”:
- Institutionalisation of English Studies in India
- Beginnings of Indian English Writing
- Beginnings of the Indian English Novel
- Different English’s
- Debate Over Native and Non- Native Englishes
- Problems of Teaching and Learning English Literature
- Questioning the ‘Canon’
- Evolutions of Canons in Indian English Writing
- Decolonising the Mind
11. Read it to learn about American Novel (MEG-11)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-11: American Novel”:
- James F Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans
- Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie
- F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
- William Faulkner: Light in August
- Henry Miller: Black Spring
- J D Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye
- John Barth: Floating Opera
- Scott Momaday: A House Made of Dawn
- Alice Walker: The Color Purple
12. Read it to learn about A Survey Course in 20th Century Canadian Literature (MEG-12)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-12: A Survey Course in 20th Century Canadian Literature”:
- CONTEXTS OF CANADIAN WRITING
- RECENT CANADIAN POETRY
- SURFACING: Margaret Atwood
- THE TIN FLUTE: GABRIELLE ROY
- The English Patient: Michael Ondaatje
- CANADIAN SHORT STORY
- THE ECSTASY OF RITA JOE: DRAMA: GEORGE RYGA
- DEVELOPMENT OF CANADIAN CRITICISM
13. Read it to learn about Writing from the Margins (MEG-13)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-13: Writing from the Margins”:
- Theory, culture and history of Dalits
- Fiction and autobiographical writing
- Poetry
- Drama and short fiction
- Theory, culture and the history of tribals
- Oral narratives
- Fiction and autobiography
- Poetry, drama and short fiction
14. Read it to learn about Contemporary Indian Literature in English Translation (MEG-14)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-14: Contemporary Indian Literature in English Translation”:
- Background Studies
- Samskara: U R Anantha Murthy
- Tamas: Bhisham Sahni
- Short Story
- Poetry
- TUGHLAQ: Girish Karnad
- Non- Fictional Prose
- Contemporary Indian Literature in English Translation : An Anthorology
15. Read it to learn about Comparative Literature: Theory and Practice (MEG-15)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-15: Comparative Literature: Theory and Practice”:
- Comparative Indian Literature
- Literature and Culture: Exchanges and Negotiations
16. Read it to learn about Indian Folk Literature (MEG-16)
In IGNOU MA English Books, you will learn about the following chapters of titled “MEG-16: Indian Folk Literature”:
- Folk Literature and Language : Research and Pedagogy
- Identity and Hybridity : Kshetra and Desha
- Folk Literature : Sources, Characteristics, Classifications and Functions
- Folktales of India : Motifs, Modes and Mores
- Folk Poetry
- Folk in Contemporary Indian Fiction
- Folk Theatre
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