MEG 11 AMERICAN NOVEL
Question Paper December
2014
Time : 3 hours Maximum
Marks : 100
Note : Attempt any one question from
Section A and any four questions from Section B. Attempt five questions in all.
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION A
Attempt any one question from the
following :
1. Novelists
of the nineteenth century America may be considered as "Social
visionaries". Discuss with reference to the novels in your syllabus.
2. Write a
critical note on Naturalism in American Fiction.
SECTION B
Attempt any four questions from the
following :
3.
Critically comment on the romantic quality of The Last of the Mohicans.
4. Discuss
Sister Carrie as a novel of ideas.
5. Explore
the concept of The American Dream' in The Great Gatsby.
6. Attempt a
character sketch of Joe Christmas in Light in August.
7. Write a
critical note on Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye.
8. Discuss
how The Floating Opera negates both existential euphoria and cynicism.
9. Discuss
House Made of Dawn as a `bildungsroman'.
10. Discuss
The Color Purple as a woman-centred text.
11. The
theme of Black Spring is 'universal death'. Do you agree ? Discuss.
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