Exam Details
| Subject | american literature | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | alagappa university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | April, 2018 | |
| City, State | tamil nadu, karaikudi |
Question Paper
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018.
Second Semester
English
AMERICAN LITERATURE
(CBCS 2011 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions.
1. To whom does Walt Whitman identify the bird?
2. What releases an individual from tension according to
Whitman?
3. How does Poe classified the human faculty?
4. What does Poe mean by "Totality of effect" in a poem?
5. Why was Yank thrown out on the road?
6. What does the engine whistle symbolise in The Hairy
Ape?
7. What was Faulkner's source for the title of The Sound
and the Fury?
8. What does Luster plan to do with his money before he
loses it?
9. Why does Celie write letters to God?
10. What happened to the real father of Celie and Nettie?
Sub. Code
1MEN2C3
AFC-10832
2
Sp4
Part B 5 x 5 25)
Answer all questions by choosing either or
11. Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking is described as
a poem about the birth of the poet Analyse.
Or
Discuss the three major symbols present in
Whitman's poem.
12. What are Poe's views on the diction of a poem?
Or
"A Long Poem is a constradition in terms" says Poe
Explain.
13. Comment on Yank's experience in the Prison.
Or
What role does the fear of abandonment Play in
Willy's Life?
14. Analyse the role played by Quentin Compson in The
Sound and the Fury.
Or
How does Malamud deal with the theme of personal
responsibility in the Mourners?
15. How does Alice Walker represent in her novel,
Color Purple?
Or
Comment on the use of the symbols sewing and
Quilts.
AFC-10832
3
Sp4
Part C 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Comment on EE Cummings' experimental typography
and technical skill with reference to The Birds Reported
from the South.
17. Emerson calls Friendship on "human affection", which
make "The sweetness of Life" Explain.
18. The Hairy Ape pictures a disintegrated Modern
Civilization Justify.
19. Compare and contrast the three major narrators of the
novel The Sound and the Fury.
20. Discuss the vicious cycle of racism and sexism and the
disruption of traditional gender roles as portrayed in the
novel, The Color Purple.
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Second Semester
English
AMERICAN LITERATURE
(CBCS 2011 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions.
1. To whom does Walt Whitman identify the bird?
2. What releases an individual from tension according to
Whitman?
3. How does Poe classified the human faculty?
4. What does Poe mean by "Totality of effect" in a poem?
5. Why was Yank thrown out on the road?
6. What does the engine whistle symbolise in The Hairy
Ape?
7. What was Faulkner's source for the title of The Sound
and the Fury?
8. What does Luster plan to do with his money before he
loses it?
9. Why does Celie write letters to God?
10. What happened to the real father of Celie and Nettie?
Sub. Code
1MEN2C3
AFC-10832
2
Sp4
Part B 5 x 5 25)
Answer all questions by choosing either or
11. Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking is described as
a poem about the birth of the poet Analyse.
Or
Discuss the three major symbols present in
Whitman's poem.
12. What are Poe's views on the diction of a poem?
Or
"A Long Poem is a constradition in terms" says Poe
Explain.
13. Comment on Yank's experience in the Prison.
Or
What role does the fear of abandonment Play in
Willy's Life?
14. Analyse the role played by Quentin Compson in The
Sound and the Fury.
Or
How does Malamud deal with the theme of personal
responsibility in the Mourners?
15. How does Alice Walker represent in her novel,
Color Purple?
Or
Comment on the use of the symbols sewing and
Quilts.
AFC-10832
3
Sp4
Part C 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Comment on EE Cummings' experimental typography
and technical skill with reference to The Birds Reported
from the South.
17. Emerson calls Friendship on "human affection", which
make "The sweetness of Life" Explain.
18. The Hairy Ape pictures a disintegrated Modern
Civilization Justify.
19. Compare and contrast the three major narrators of the
novel The Sound and the Fury.
20. Discuss the vicious cycle of racism and sexism and the
disruption of traditional gender roles as portrayed in the
novel, The Color Purple.
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Subjects
- american literature
- aspects of english language and linguistics
- british drama
- british fiction
- british literature
- british literature – ii
- british literature — i
- british literature — iv
- british literature(chaucertomilton)
- british poetry
- british prose
- critical theory
- elective : study of an author :rabindranath tagore
- elective – diasporic literature
- elective – english for mass communication
- elective – literature for social
- elective – literature for social transformation
- elective – post colonial and subaltern literary studies
- elective – writing for the media
- elective –– mass communication and journalism
- elective — advanced english grammar and usage
- elective — comparative literature
- elective — creative writing
- elective — english for competitive
- elective — translation –theory and practice
- elective — women’s studies
- english language teaching
- english language teaching –– theory and practice
- english language teaching — theory and practice
- examination
- history of english language
- indian english literature
- indian writing in english
- journalism and mass communication
- literary criticism
- literary criticism – i
- literary criticism – ii
- literature and gender studies
- new literature
- office automation
- research methodology
- research methodology and modern rhetoric
- shakespeare
- study of an author – shakespeare
- transformation
- translation studies
- world classics inenglish translation
- world classicsin english translation