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ASSIGNMENT
THE AUSTRALIAN NOVEL
MEG-19 (MEG)
Programme: MEG/2025/2026
Course Code: MEG 19
Max. Marks: 100
- Write an essay on the development of the novel in nineteenth century Australia. How did women novelists contribute to the development of the genre during this period?
- The Tree of Man is a profound novel that marks the transition of Australia from pre industrial pastoral country to an industrial nation.” Discuss this statement.
- Kim Scott’s novel Benang is about continuous resistance to white Australian colonial policies and about ensuring the cultural survival of the Noongar people. Comment on this statement.
4.Discuss the ways in which the novel A Change of Skies engages with the themes of identity crisis and cultural assimilation.
5.Examine how in Peter Carey’s novel The True History of the Kelly Gang, fiction and history are intermingled in an attempt to arrive at the ‘true history’ of the controversial historical character, Ned Kelly.
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