BEGC-101 2024-25 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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BEGC-101
Indian Classical Literature
Assignment July, 2024 & January 2025 Sessions
(Based on Blocks 1 – 4)
Max. Marks: 100
Answer all questions.
Section A
Answer with reference to the context in about 100 words each: 4 × 5 = 20
1.
(i) “That first creator of the Creator That Bearer of oblations offered with Holy Rites:
That one who utters the Holy Chants: Those two that order Time: That which
extends,”
(ii) “Now I see no other course open but the fourth—punishment. The kings are
marching to Kurukshetra to their doom!”
(iii) “This music hall is empty! Where could the actors have gone? (reflecting) Ah! I got
it!—The home of a sonless person is empty; he who doesn’t have a real friend finds
all the time empty; the quarters are empty to a fool; and everything is empty to a
poor man.”
(iv) “One saw the fine work of making
Cloth from silk, fur and cotton
In the weavers quarters. Silk, coral,
Sandalwood, agar, flawless pearls,
Gems, gold, and an endless profusion
Of rare ornaments were piled high
In the commodious streets.”
Section B
Answer the following in about 350 words each: 4 X 20 = 80
1. Examine the theme of concealment in Abhijnana Shakuntalam/ The Loom of Time.
2. Why does Duryodhana plot and plan to vanquish the Pandavas? Comment.
3. How are the views of the state integrated with the theme of Mrichchhkatika?
4. Write a detailed note on akam and puram thinais and their corresponding landscapes
in Cilappatikaran