Name of the University : Uttarakhand Open University
Degree : M.A
Department : English
Subject Code/Name : MEG10 American Literature
Year : II
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American Literature :
MEG-10 (M. A. English)
Final Year Examination 2012
Time : 3 Hours
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Max. Marks: 60
Note : The Question Paper is divided into three Sections, A, B and C. Follow instructions given at the beginning of each section.
Section A
(Long-Answer Questions)
Note : Answer any two questions. Each question carries 15 marks. 2×15 = 30
1. From your reading of Emily Dickinson’s poems give an account of her concept of death and her attitude towards it.
2. Compare the attitude of various characters in the novel Huckleberry Finn towards slavery. What do you think Mark Twain’s attitude towards it was?
3. To what extent can Willy Loman be considered a tragic hero?
4. Why do you think Raymond Carver called his story “A Small Good Thing”
Section B : (Short-Answer Questions)
Note : Answer any four questions. Each question carries 5 marks. 4×5 = 20 Explain and comment on the following lines:
1. I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun,
I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift in lacy jags.
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
2. Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne’er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
3. There where it is we do not need the wall :
He is all pine I am apple orchard
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
4. Write a note on the heroes of Hemingway.
5. Discuss the element of pathos in The Bluest Eye.
6. What is the significance of the ‘scarlet letter’ in the novel of the same name?
7. Define Emerson’s term ‘oversoul’.
8. What is the significance of the ‘silver bullet’ in The Emperor Jones?
Section C
Objective Questions (Compulsory)
Note : Answer all questions. Each question carries 01 mark.
1. ‘Vitamins’ is a _______ written by ______.
2. Hester Prynne is a character in the novel _______ by ______.
3. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep” is from the poem titled
4. “When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed” is an _______
5. Complete the line, “I heard a fly buzz _______”.
6. Lt Fredrick Henry is a character in _______written by ________.
7. Jackson’s island is a place in the novel _______ by _______.
8. In The Emperor Jones, O’Neill uses the technique of ________
9. The Wingfields are characters in _______ by _______.
10. The Bluest Eye is written by _______, and is representative
Second Year Examination-2015 :
Maeg-10/Meg-10 (Old Course) American Literature :
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 60
Note : This paper is of sixty (60) marks divided into three (03) sections A, B, and C. Attempt the questions contained in these sections according to the detailed instructions given therein.
Section – A : (Long Answer Type Questions)
Note : Section ‘A’ contains four (04) long-answer-type questions of fifteen (15) marks each. Learners are required to answer any two (02) questions only. (2×15=30)
1. “Walt Whitman is often considered to be a larger-than-life poet, writing expansive lines and embracing the whole of America as his inspiration”. Elucidate.
2. Who do you think is the most sympathetic character in the novel The Bluest Eye? Give reasons for your answer.
3. Discuss The Emperor Jones as a pantomime and an expressionistic play.
4. Give an estimate of Emerson as a philosopher.
Section – B : (Short Answer Type Questions)
Note : Section ‘B’ contains eight (08) short-answer-type questions of five (05) marks each. Learners are required to answer any four (04) questions only. (4×5=20)
1. What elements of mysticism do you find in the poems of Emily Dickinson?
2. Bring out the salient features of Frost as a poet of rural life.
3. Discuss in brief the relationship between the scarlet letter and Hester’ s identity.
4. Would you consider A Farewell to Arms an antiwar novel? Why?
5. Trace the picaresque elements in Huckleberry Finn.
6. Is Willy a victim of society or his own victim? Why?
7. Isolation is a strong current that runs through Ramond Carver’s A Small Good Thing? Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
8. How does Jim drive out Laura’s shyness and stand -offish attitude? How far does he succeed?