MEG 11 AMERICAN NOVEL Question Paper December 2014

 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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