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, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Bring out the major guidelines/framework of the literary theory of the Puritans.
2. Attempt a critical evaluation of American Prose around the Civil War.
3. Write an essay on Mark Twain's art of characterization in 'Huckleberry Finn'.
4. 'Death of a Salesman' perfects the genre of realistic tragedy that began with Eugene O'Neill. Comment.
5. 'The Bean' is central to understanding Faulkner's attitudes towards the land, the Negro, and the South. Do you agree?
6. Discuss the theme of racism in 'The Bluest Eye'.
7. Discuss Walt Whitman as a representative poet of the American Renaissance. Support your answer with instances from the poems prescribed in your course.
8. Contextualize the modern American Poetry in its abiding concerns.
2. Attempt a critical evaluation of American Prose around the Civil War.
3. Write an essay on Mark Twain's art of characterization in 'Huckleberry Finn'.
4. 'Death of a Salesman' perfects the genre of realistic tragedy that began with Eugene O'Neill. Comment.
5. 'The Bean' is central to understanding Faulkner's attitudes towards the land, the Negro, and the South. Do you agree?
6. Discuss the theme of racism in 'The Bluest Eye'.
7. Discuss Walt Whitman as a representative poet of the American Renaissance. Support your answer with instances from the poems prescribed in your course.
8. Contextualize the modern American Poetry in its abiding concerns.
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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