MEG 11 AMERICAN NOVEL
Question Paper December 2015
Time : 3 hours Maximum
Marks : 100
Note : Attempt one question from
Section A and any four questions from Section B. Attempt five questions in all.
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION A
1. Show how
American Literature in the 19th century evolves the idea of nationhood.
OR
Trace the
important phases in the history of Black American fiction.
SECTION B
2. Discuss
the significance of the portrayal of Natty Bumppo in The Last of the Mohicans.
3. Discuss
Sister Carrie as a city novel.
4. Consider
the novel The Great Gatsby as a critique of the American social structure.
5. Write a
critical note of the plot structure of Light in August.
6. The
Catcher in the Rye portrays the Preparatory School System negatively. Discuss.
7. Consider
Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn as a bildungsroman.
8. Comment
on the significance of the epistolary form of the novel The Color Purple.
9. What
characteristics of the post-modern novel do you notice in John Barth's The
Floating Opera ? Explain
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