Unit-8: Novels, Society and History
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Q.1:- Explain what is meant by the following of novels
(i) Epistolary novel
(ii) Serialised novel
For each type, name one writer who wrote in that style.
(i) Epistolary novel
(ii) Serialised novel
For each type, name one writer who wrote in that style.
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Q.1:- Write about two important characteristics of the early Hindi novel.
Exercise Solutions:-
Q.1:- Explain the following
(a) Social changes in Britain which led to an increase in women readers.
(b) What actions of Robinson Crusoe make us see him as a typical coloniser?
(c) After 1740, the readership of novels began to include poorer people.
(d) Novelists in colonial India wrote for a political cause.
(a) Social changes in Britain which led to an increase in women readers.
(b) What actions of Robinson Crusoe make us see him as a typical coloniser?
(c) After 1740, the readership of novels began to include poorer people.
(d) Novelists in colonial India wrote for a political cause.
Q.2:- Outline the changes in technology and society which led to and increase in the readers of the novel in 18th century Europe.
Q.3:- Write a note on
(a) The Oriya Novel
(b) Jane Austen’s portrayal of women
(c) The picture of the new middle class which the novel Pariksha Guru portrays.
(a) The Oriya Novel
(b) Jane Austen’s portrayal of women
(c) The picture of the new middle class which the novel Pariksha Guru portrays.
Discussion Solutions:-
Q.1:- Discuss some of the social changes in the 19th century Britain which Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens wrote about.
Q.2:- Summarise the concern in both 19th century Europe and India about women reading novels. What does this suggest about how women were viewed?
Q.3:- In what ways was the novel in colonial India useful for Indian the colonizers as well as the nationalists?
Q.4:- Describe how the issue of caste was included in novels In India. By referring to any two novels, discuss the ways in which t hey tried to make readers think about the existing social issues.
Q.5:- Describe the ways in which the novels in India attempted to create a sense of Pan—Indian belonging.