M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
Second Semester
English
AMERICAN LITERATURE
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What does the apple pickes mean by "I am down with
apple picking now?
2. Why does the narrator want to commit suicide in the
poem Raven?
3. What illusion does James Joyce want the novelists to
Grate?
4. What is Thoreau's opinion on democracy?
5. Why is Maggie compared to a cat?
6. What is the major theme of All My sons?
7. How does Huck help Jim?
8. What does the symbol "rain" represent in the novel A
Farewell to Arms?
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9. Describe sweet home.
10. Why did Setha develop the obsession that a cherry tree
had grown on her back?
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. Write a note on the symbols used in the poem
The Raven.
Or
How does Emily Dickinson journey with Death?
12. What is Thoreau's opinion on wealth and
consumption?
Or
How does James defined reality and experience?
13. In what ways do Big Daddy and Brick resemble
each other?
Or
Analyse the role played by Kate Keller.
14. Sketch the character of Tom sawyer.
Or
Give a brief account of the escapades of Huck.
15. Analyse the role played by Denver in the novel
Beloved.
Or
Comment on the style and narrative technique used
by Tom Morrison in her work beloved.
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Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Discuss Frost as a pact of Nature with reference to the
poems prescribed.
17. Analyse James views on Fiction.
18. Violence is a predominant factor in the plays of
Tennessee Williams Explain.
19. Comment on themes in The Adventures of Huckleberry
finn.
20. Bring out the significance of the title Native son.
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