N A L A N D A O P E N U N I V E R S I T Y
M.A. English, Part-II
PAPER-XVI
(American and Canadian Literature)
Annual Examination, 2017
Time 3 Hours. Full Marks 80
Answer any Five Questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Discuss Huckleberry Finn as a picaresque novel.
2. Discuss The Old Man and the Sea as an allegory.
3. Write a summary of Song of Myself.
4. Write critical appreciation of the poem, Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening.
5. Write a Critical note on Canadian poetry.
6. Write a note on the themes and style used by Purdy in his poem, Wilderness Gothic.
7. Write a short note on the themes of Emerson's writings.
8. Examine Street Car as an expressionistic play.
9. Examine Death of a Salesman as an expressionistic tragedy of degradation.
10. Explain the following lines with reference to the context
I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end,
But I do not talk of the beginning or the end.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.