Exam Details
| Subject | American Literature | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Masters Degree Programme in English | |
| Department | School of Humanities (SOH) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Critically comment on Puritanism with reference to American writing in the 19th century.
2. The central concern of Huckleberry Finn is freedom and slavery. Discuss.
3. What are the chief characteristics of American Transcendentalist Prose Elaborate with reference to the prose writers you have read.
4. Explain the concept of the self in Whitman's poems.
5. How does Wallace Stevens juxtapose images of life and death in "The Emperor of Ice-Cream" Explain.
6. How does "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" explore Hemingway's existentialist concerns? Discuss.
7. The Hairy Ape is about the predicament of man in the 20th century industrial civilization. Do you agree? Discuss.
8. Comment on Toni Morrison's attitude to physical beauty with reference to her novel The Bluest Eye.
2. The central concern of Huckleberry Finn is freedom and slavery. Discuss.
3. What are the chief characteristics of American Transcendentalist Prose Elaborate with reference to the prose writers you have read.
4. Explain the concept of the self in Whitman's poems.
5. How does Wallace Stevens juxtapose images of life and death in "The Emperor of Ice-Cream" Explain.
6. How does "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" explore Hemingway's existentialist concerns? Discuss.
7. The Hairy Ape is about the predicament of man in the 20th century industrial civilization. Do you agree? Discuss.
8. Comment on Toni Morrison's attitude to physical beauty with reference to her novel The Bluest Eye.
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Subjects
- A Survey Course in 20th Century Canadian Literature
- American Literature
- American Novel
- Aspects of Language
- Australian Literature
- British Drama
- British Novel
- British Poetry
- Contemporary Indian Literature in English Language
- English Studies in India
- Indian English Literature
- Literary Criticism and Theory
- New Literatures in English