Major · 01/ENG/MJR/351T · 2026–27 intake
Life Writings
Semester VI · 6 credits · 5 units
Examination scheme & source discrepancies
The source lists 3 hours, 120 end-semester marks and 30 sessional marks.
Some marking instructions are internally inconsistent. Confirm the current pattern with your department; the practice questions here do not claim to reproduce it.
Paper Setting & Marking Scheme: Time: 03 Hours MM= 120 Part- A (10x2=20 Marks) Ten short answer questions, two from each unit. Answer to each question shall be limited up to 50 words. Part- B: (5x20=100 Marks) The Candidates shall attempt one out of two questions from all the five units in not more than 500 words each.
Unit IAutobiography / Biography and more
5 entries
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Life Writings: Autobiography, Biography, Diaries, Memoirs, Letters
Source syllabus · page 103Unit III Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1 entry
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Autobiography: Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Source syllabus · page 103Unit IIIThe Diary of a Young Girl
1 entry
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Diary: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Source syllabus · page 103Unit IVMy Days
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Memoirs: R.K. Narayan: My Days
Source syllabus · page 103Unit VLetter 23: To Rabindra Nath Tagore / Letter 23A: From Rabindra Nath Tagore and more
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- Letter 23: To Rabindra Nath TagoreComing soon
- Letter 23A: From Rabindra Nath TagoreComing soon
- Letter 40: From Jawahar Lal NehruComing soon
- Letter 74: To M. A. JinnahComing soon
- Letter 78: From Subhash Chandra BoseComing soon
- Letter 78A: To Subhash Chandra BoseComing soon
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Letters: The Following letters from Selected Letters [ from Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Vol-4] 1. Gandhi Letter 23: To Rabindra Nath Tagore 2. Gandhi Letter 23A: From Rabindra Nath Tagore 3. Gandhi Letter 40: From Jawahar Lal Nehru 4. Gandhi Letter 74: To M.A. Jinnah 5. Gandhi Letter 78: From Subhash Chandra Bose 6. Gandhi Letter 78A: To Subhash Chandra Bose
Source syllabus · page 103Recommended readings in the source
- Jolly, Margaretta (ed). 2001. The Encyclopaedia of Life Writing. Autobiographical and Biographical Forms. Routledge, London and New York.
- Smith, Sidonie; Watson, Julia (2017). Life Writing in the Long Run: A Smith & Watson Autobiography Studies Reader. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Publishing.
- Gu, Y (2018). "Narrative, life writing, and healing: The therapeutic functions of storytelling", Neohelicon, Vol.45, Issue 2, 479-489, December, 2018