BEGC 111 : Women’s Writing in English Solved Assignment 2025-26

Section A

1. Explain with reference to the context any four of the following (in 100-150 words):
(a) I wonder if when Years have piled-Some Thousands-on the Harm-That hurt them early-such a lapse Could give them any Balm-
(b) When some day in distant parts she dwells Where what the people be like? I know not, Will they awaken her on gentle, mellow sounds? Or, will they, I misgive, snatch her sleep away?
(c) I willed my Keepsakes – Signed away What portion of me be Assignable – and then it was There interposed a Fly-
(d) They’ve quickened now, with life. Even as you wash rice, fish, vegetables Even as you peel, cut, bake, stir and cook The thieving letters on the wall will take wings
(e) But you stand still where the string was broken, You never guess how many forms you gave me, I, like Lalla, rose in the late hours of the night, and lulled you in my lap and woke you up.

Section B

2. Discuss Pandita Ramabai’s contribution to the genre of autobiography.
3. Discuss the themes of Dickinson’s poems.
4. ‘Sunlight on a Broken Column’ works through juxtapositions, parallels and polarities. Elaborate.
5. What does the kitchen mean to different women and men? Comment on the symbolic importance of the kitchen in ‘A Kitchen in the Corner of the House’, by C.S. Lakshmi.

Section C

6. Comment on: The ‘Yellow Wallpaper’ as a self-confessional, psychological thriller.
7. In A ‘Cup of Tea’ by Katherine Mansfield, the emphasis is on situations rather than the character. Comment on the plot and style of the story.,