MAEG-10
December Examination 2016
MA (Final) English Examination
American Literature
Paper MAEG-10
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 80
Note: The questions paper will be divided into three sections B and C.
Section A 8 × 2 16
Note: Section contains 08 (eight) Very Short Answer Type Questions (one word, one sentence and definitional type). All questions in this section are compulsory. Each question will be of 2 marks and maximum word limit for each answer will be 30 words. Maximum marks of this section will be 16 marks.
Who wrote 'The Emperor Jones'?
Who is Catherine Barkley?
What does the 'Mississippi River' symbol stands for?
What does 'marigold' in the Bluest Eyes stand for?
Name the writer of 'The Glass Menagerie'.
What was the name of Biff Loman's father and mother?
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MAEG-10 1100 3 (P.T.O.)
MAEG-10 1100 3 (Contd.)
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Tom, Laura and Amenda Wingfield are characters of
which play.
(viii) Name the national epic of America.
Section B 4 × 8 32
Note: Section will contain 8 (eight) Short Answer Type
Questions. Examinees will have to answer any 4 (four)
questions. Each question will be of 8 (eight) marks and
maximum word limit for each answer is 200 words.
Maximum marks of this section will be 32 marks.
Discuss 'Song of Myself' as a new kind of poem.
Write note on the elements of mysticism in Enily Dickinson's
poetry.
Discuss Frediric Henry as a typical Hemingway Hero.
Write a per-portrait of Tom Sawyee.
What is the role of Baker in Small Good Things'?
Write a character sketch of pearl.
Critically appreciate the poem 'Because I could not stop for
death'.
How according to Emerson, does the over-soul manifest itself?
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Section C 2 × 16 32
Note: Section will contain 4 (four) Long Answer Type
Questions and each question will have an internal choice.
Examinees will have to answer any two questions. Each
question will be of 16 (sixteen) marks and maximum word
limit for each answer is 500 words. Maximum marks of
this section will be 32 marks.
10) Discuss 'The Scarlet Letter' as a symbolical and allegorical
novel.
11) Elucidate the role of Alcohol and Vitamins as contrast in the
story 'Vitamins'.
12) Justify the title of the play 'The Glass Managerie' and its
symbolic significance.
13) Explain the importance of theme and motifs in 'The Bluest
Eyes'.