IGNOU MEG-12 Syllabus | Detailed Syllabus of All Blocks & Units

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Here you will get the full syllabus for the IGNOU MEG 12 : A Survey Course In 20th Century Canadian Literature.

The syllabus of IGNOU MEG 12 is divided in 8 blocks and each block is again divided in units.

Get the detailed syllabus of all the 8 blocks and its units. 

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IGNOU MEG 12 Syllabus Structure

Block 1 – Contexts of Canadian Writing

  • Unit 1 – Canada: Land and People
  • Unit 2 – Literary Beginnings
  • Unit 3 – English Canadian Theatre and Drama: its Evolution
  • Unit 4 – Canadian Discourse on Nature and Technology

Block 2 – Recent Canadian Poetry

  • Unit 1 – The Growth of Canadian Poetry
  • Unit 2 – Recent Common Wealth Poetry and Canada’s Place in iIt
  • Unit 3 – Two Major Novelists as Poets
  • Unit 4 – Five Other Important Poets

Block 3 – Surfacing

  • Unit 1 – Development of the Canadian Novel
  • Unit 2 – Margaret Atwood: Life and Works
  • Unit 3 – Surfacing: Theme,Structure,Technique and Characterization
  • Unit 4 – Surfacing: Language

Block 4 – The Tin Flute (Novel)

  • Unit 1 – French Canadian Writing (Quebec)
  • Unit 2 – Gabrielle Roy: Life and Works
  • Unit 3 – The Tin Flute: Structure and Theme
  • Unit 4 – The Tin Flute: Characterization and Technique

Block 5 – The English Patient

  • Unit 1 – Canadian-South Asian Diasporic Writing
  • Unit 2 – Onadaatje: Life and Works
  • Unit 3 – The English Patient: Theme,Structure and Characterization
  • Unit 4 – The English Patient: Technique

Block 6 – Canadian Short Story

  • Unit 1 – Short Fiction in General and The Canadian Short Story
  • Unit 2 – ‘A Mother in India’: Sara Jenette Duncan
  • Unit 3 – ‘Sunday Afternoon’: Alice Munro; ‘Where is the Voice Coming From’ Rudy Wiebe
  • Unit 4 – ‘Swimming Lessons’ Rohinton Mistry; ‘The Door is Shut Behind Me’: Uma Parameswaran

Block 7 – The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: Drama

  • Unit 1 – Canadian Drama: The General Dramatic Scene
  • Unit 2 – Introduction to Writer and The Structure of the Play
  • Unit 3 – The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: Theme and Characterization
  • Unit 4 – Dramatic Technique in the Ecstasy of Rita Joe and The Brechtian Angle

Block 8 – Development of Canadian Criticism

  • Unit 1 – The Recent Development of Canadian Criticism
  • Unit 2 – Northrop Frye
  • Unit 3 – Linda Hutcheon
  • Unit 4 – Smaro Kamboureli