Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2010-3rd Year B.A English - — E, (AY 2003–04 and CY 2004 tches only) AMERICAN LITERATURE - Question Paper

B.A. DEGREE exam —
JUNE, 2010.
Third Year
(AY 2003–04 and CY 2004 batches only)
English
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 75
1.Annotate any 5 of the subsequent : (5 x three = 15)
(a)The port is near the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and darings,
(b)Darkness there, and nothing more.
(c)I 1st surmised the horses' heads were toward eternity.
(d)But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay Ice storms do that.
(e)It is needless to demonstrate that a poem is such, only in as much as it intensely excites, by elevating the soul; and all these excitements are, thoughts a psychal necessity, brief.
(f)Where I lived was as far off as many a region viewed nightly by astronomers.
(g)Annie, believe me there's nothing wrong for you here, believe me kid.
(h)You can be better! Once and for all you can know there's a universe of people outside and you're responsible to it, and unless you know that, you threw away your son because that's why he died.
2.Write short essays on any 3 of the
subsequent : (3 x 10 = 30)
(a)Outline and comment upon Poe 's theory of poetic compositions.
(b)Why did Thoreau go to the Woods?
(c)How does Emerson visualize the nature and responsibilities of the American Scholar?
(d)Write an essay on the characteristic features of Whitman 's poetry with reference to "O Captain! my Captain".
(e)The theme of death in Emily Dickinson 's "Because I could not stop in Death".
(f)The theme of "failure" in Robinson 's poetry.
3.Write short essays on any 2 of the subsequent :
(2 x 10 = 20)
(a)"Billy Budd" as the novel of tragedy.
(b)Autobiographical element in "The Glass Menagerie".
(c)Expressionism as traced in O' Neill's "Emperor Jones".
(d)Consider Hemingway as a novelist.
4.Write an essay on any 1 of the subsequent :
(1 x 10 = 10)
(a)Bring out the central theme of Arthur Miller's "All my Sons".
(b)Consider "The Glass Menagerie" as a memory play.
(c)Play character of Billy Budd.
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