MAEG11 Canadian Literature MA Question Bank : vmou.ac.in

Name of the University : Vardhman Mahaveer Open University
Degree : MA
Department : English
Subject Code/Name : MAEG-11 – Canadian Literature
Year : II
Document Type : Question Bank
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Canadian Literature :

Section A :
1) Name two modernist prose writers of first phase.
2) Name two modernist poets of second phrase.

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3) Name two poets of third phrase.
4) Name two poems of Al Purdy prescribed in your syllabus.
5) Write the famous Canadian Darwinism.
6) Who wrote ‘New found land’.
7) Name the writer of The Fire Dwellers
8) Who is Anna-
9) How is Stacy related to Nial Comerrson.
10) Who received W H Smith Literary Award in 1995-
11) Who received Man Booker International Prize in 2009 in UK-
12) Who was Gustad-
13) Who wrote Power Politics-
14) Name two novels of Margaret Atwood.
15) Whom does Stacey meet, which brings a change in her behaviour.
16) Which river is referred in Wilderness Gothic.-
17) Who is the writer of The Cariboo Horses and The Country North of Belleville-
18) In whose poems North Pole as theme has been frequently used-
19) Who is the writer of ‘Dorcord born out of war between mam and man’-
20)Who has called Canadian poets as puppets-
21) Who wrote ‘Laurentian Shield’-
22) What is Garrison mentality-
23) Name two history plays of twentieth century.
24) Name two Asian Canadian Writers.
25) Is Maria Campbell’s Half Breed autobiographical memoir or novel-

Section B
1) Write a short note on Patt’s style of writing poetry.
2) Write a short note on Scott’s humanism.
3) Write a critical note on the modernism in Scott’s poetry.
4) Write a short note on pun used as a poetic device by F.R.Scott.
5) What were the factors influencing Purdy’s poem-
6) What themes does Purdy deal with in his poems-
7) Write a critical note on the symbols of snake and moon used by Atwood.
8) Throw light on the feminism in Margaret Atwood’s works.
9) Comment on the role of victims, victimizer and victor in Atwood’s poems.
10) Comment on the Laurence’s Art of Characterisation.
11) Throw light on the husband –wife relationship in The Fire Dwellers.
12) Discuss the critical responses of critics towards Alice Munro.
13) Write a note on the contribution of Alice Munro to Canadian Literature.
14) Comment on the writing style of Alice Munro.
15) Discuss the historical background which initiated to write the novel

16. Draw a character sketch of David
17. Discuss the central theme of Mistry’s novel ‘ Such a long Journey’.
18. Draw the pen sketch of the narrator of the novel ‘Surfacing’.
19. ‘Son must Die’ play is written against the backdrop of Kashmir and Indo-Pak war. Discuss.
20. ‘The Forever Banya Tree’ is Uma Parameswaran’s novella. Elucidate.
21. Discuss Sharan Pollock as playwright.
22. Discuss the narrative devices of Rohinton Mistry.
23. What does Uma Parameswaram say about language?

Section C :
Answer the following questions in about 800 words :
** Difference between Bucolic and rural myths
** Similarities between Bucolic and rural myths
** Autobiographical trends in novels

** Discuss many voices in poetry
** Define Post Modernism in literature
** Define salient features of Canadian Literature

** Discuss the poetic style of F.R.Scott’s poems referring to those prescribed for you.
** Write on the theme of Margaret Atwoods’ “Spelling’.
** Discuss death in ‘Come away Death’ by E J D Pratt.

** Comment on the political dimension of Rohinton Mistry’s ‘Such a Long Journey’.
** Discuss critically Alice Munro’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ novel.
** Make your observation on different relationships featured in ‘the Stone Angels’.

** Critically examine Uma Parmeswaran’s a diasporic writer.
** Write a critical appreciation of Sharon Pollock’s DOC
** Write a note on Contemporary Canadian Poets.

** Give an estimate of the Canadian poets of modernist period
** How does Purdy combine a strong sense of place with deep awareness of the past.?
** What are the characteristics of Canadian Literature?

** Express your views about the theme of “The Fire Dwellers”
** “The Robber Bride” has some elements of Feminism.Elucidate.
** Critically summarise the poem ‘ Wilderness Gothic’

** How does Scott satirize the poets in the poem “The Canadian Authors Meet”?
** What was the contribution of Scott to socialism and nationalism?
** Elucidate the different themes of life experiences reflected in the poetry of Pratt.