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.
In 1877-78, Ramashankar Ray, serialised the first Oriya novel, Saudamani. Fakir Mohon Senapati , was another famous novelist from Orrisa. His novel Chaa Mana Atha Guntha, which means six acres and thirty-two decimals of land' deals with the Question of land and its possession.
It is the story of Ramchandra Mangaraj, a landlord's manager cheats his idle and drunken master and then eyes the plot of fertile land. This path breaking work showed that the novel could make rural issues an important part of urban preoccupations.
Novels began exploring the world of women. Many novels were about domestic life a theme which women were able to identify with Jane Austen, a famous woman novelist, wrote about the 18th century women in rural Britain. Her books portrayed a society which encouraged women to look for good' marriages and find wealthy or propertied husbands.
The Characters Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice are preoccupied with marriage and money. The novel starts with the line It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.'
Srinivas Das's novel, Pariksha-Guru was published in 1882. This novel reflects the inner and outer world of the newly emerging middle classes. The characters in the novel find it difficult to adapt to the colonised society. They are keen on preserving their own cultural identity. The world of colonial modernity seems to be frightening and irresistible to the characters. The novel tries to teach the reader the right way' to live. It advises sensible men' to be worldly-wise and practical, to remain rooted in the values of their own tradition and culture.
How did novels promote colonialism ? Explain with an example of a novel. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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What kind of novels were written for young boys in the 19th century ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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How did novels make themselves relevant to young boys ? [CBSE Sept. 2011]
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Explain any five features of novels written for the young in the last stage of 19 th century. [CBSE 2012]
How most of the novels of the 19th century represented the true picture of the community and the society ?
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.
Which novel supplied the adventurous text for the young English population ? [CBSE 2014]
Outline the changes in technology and society which led to an increase in readers of the novel in eighteenth-century Europe.
How did the novels play a significant role in awareness about the India's glorious past. [CBSE 2013]
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How did novels inspire the freedom fighters? Explain with two examples. [CBSE 2011]
How did the early novels contribute to colonialism ?
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With the help of an example show how the early novels in Europe contributed to colonialism? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
Name some important novelists who use to write for the young generation.
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Name some of the important novels for the young. [CBSE 2014]
Discuss some of the social changes in the nineteenth century Britain which Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens wrote about.
Name the first novel written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Describe his contribution to the Bengali novel. [CBSE 2010]
Discuss how the issue of caste was included in the novels in India. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
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Describe, the theme of the novel . Saraswativijayam' written by Potheri Kunjambu.
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Who is the author of novel "Saraswati vijayam"? Describe the theme of it.
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How does Saraswativijayam' lay stress upon the importance of education for the upliftment of the lower castes ? [CBSE 2012]
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How did authors from so called low castes gain recognition in the world of literature? Explain with examples of any two such authors. [CBSE 2012]
What did the novels in the nineteenth- century India mean to :
(a) Women
(b) Children
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What was the attitude of people in India in the 19th century towards women reading ? How did women responded to this ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
What do you mean by epistolary novel ? Give One example.
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State the meaning of epistolary novel. Give one example for this type of novel. [CBSE 2013]
Name a novelist who wrote about traditional rural communities of England that were vanishing.
How was the sources of entertainment of the old merchant elite of Calcutta different from the new bhadralok ?
Who was Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer? Mention some features of his writing. [CBSE Sept. 2012]
Who is the author of novel "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam"? Why is it considered a special novel ? Explain any four reasons. [CBSE 2013, 2014]
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Who is the author of novel "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam"? Describe the theme of this novel. [CBSE 2012]
Explain how the writings of Munshi Premchand promoted the sense of nationalism among the Indians.
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How did the novels of Munshi Premchand promote the feeling of nationalism ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
Name the Mala novelist who tried to translate an English novel called Henrietta Temple.
Summarise the concern in both nineteenth- century Europe and India about women reading novels. What does this suggest about how women were viewed ?
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.
Describe how the issue of caste was included in novels in India. By referring to any two novels, discuss the ways in which they tried to make readers think about existing social issues.