ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English)

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Course: Pakistani Literature in English (9076) Semester: Autumn, 2023

Level: BS (English)
Please read the following instructions for writing you assignments. (AD, BS, B.Ed,
MA/MSc, Med, ODL Mode)
1. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks but within a question, the marks
are distributed according to its requirements.
2. Read the question carefully and the answer it according to the requirements of the
question.
3. Avoid irrelevant discussion/information and reproducing from books, study guide or
allied material.
4. Hand written scanned assignments are not acceptable.
5. Upload you typed (in Word or PDF format) assignments on or before the due date.
6. Your own analysis and synthesis will be appreciated.
7. Late assignments can’t be uploaded at LMS.
8. The students who attempt their assignments in Urdu/Arabic may upload a scanned
copy of the hand written assignments (in PDF format) on University LMS. The size
of the file should not exceed 5MB.

Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50

ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units 1-4)

Q.1 Discuss emergence and development of Pakistan literature in English as ‘Diaspora

Literature’. (20)

Q.2 Pakistani English novel has received remarkable scholarly attention as well as
critical acclaim in comparison to any other genre of Pakistani literature in English.
Support or refute this claim by giving suitable arguments. (20)

Q.3 ‘The Bull and the She Devil’ by Zaib un Nisa Hamdallah is finest of gendered social
structure of Pakistan society. Explain this statement in the light of textual evidence. (20)

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Q.4 Discuss major themes of "Nawabdin Electrician by Danyal Mueenuddin. (20)

Q.5 Critically appreciate Daud Kamal as a poetic genius with reference to see of his
famous poems. (20)

Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50

ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units 5-9)

Q.1 Give critical appreciation of Zulfiqar Ghove's Evidence of Genocide" (20)

Q.2 Explain the central thesis presented in Shahid Suhrawardy's ‘The Responsibility of
Writers in Pakistan’. (20)

Q.3 ‘Cracking India’ presents violence and traumatic conditions permeated by Partition
Discuss in the light of relevant textual evidence. (20)

Q.4 How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia' is a skillful meditation on class
consciousness, rampant corruption and weak social institutions of modern societies.
Explain this statement by citing relevant textual evidence. (20)

Q.5 Discuss artistic merit and intellectual design of some of the representative works
produced by Bapsi Sidhwa-a great literary genius of Pakistan. (20)