University of Mumbai 2007 B.A English-III(il-07) - Question Paper
English-III(April-07)
Con.63(.a)-07. ( REVISED COURSE ) JL-610
( 3 Hours ) [ Total Marks : 100
N.B. (1) Attenpt all questions.
(2) All questions carry equal marks.
Prescribed Texts :-
(1) John Steinbeck : The Grapes of Wrath (Fiction).
(2) Miller, Arthur : All My Sons (Drama).
(3) Twentieth Century American Verse (Poetry) :
Robert Frost/ Langston Hughes, e.e. Cummings, John Berryman and Sylvia Plath.
(4) Background : American Literature of the Twentieth Century (1900-1990).
1. (a) Elaborate the growth and development of American Drama in the early
20th Century.
Or
(b) Discuss the factors contributing to the emergence of American Literature of the early 20th Century.
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(c) Examine the tradition and experiment in Modem American Poetry substantiate your answer with reference to any two American poets you have studied.
2. (a) Justify the significance of the title of the novel, 'The Grapes of Wrath'.
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(b) Analyse the art of characterisation in the novel 'The Grapes of Wrath'.
3. (a) 'All My Sons' is an expressionistic tragedy. Explain.
Or
(b) Discuss the plot and structure of the play "All My Sons" .
4. (a) Estimate Langston Hughes as a Black revolutionary American poet with
reference to any two poems you have studied.
Or
(b) Write a detailed note on Robert Frost's Poems 'Mending Wall' and 'The Road Not Taken1.
5. (a) Write a note on any one of the following
(i) "The Moon and the Yew Tres" (Sylvia Plath).
(ii) "Symbols" and "Imagery" in "The Grapes of Wrath".
(iii) "The Statue" (John Berryman).
AND
(b) Write a note on any one of the following
(i) Jazz Age.
(ii) The Little Theatre Movement.
(iii) Post World War-II Literature.
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( 3 Hours ) [ Total Marks : 100
N.B. (1) Attempt all questions.
(2) All questions carry equal marks.
Prescribed Texts
(1) Scott/ Fitzgerald F. : The Great Gatsby
Or
Naylor, Gloria : The Women of Brewster Place
(2) Williams, Tennessee ; The Glass'Managerie
Or
Miller, Arthur : The Crucible.
(3) Poetry : Twentieth Century American Verse,
(4) Background : American Literature of the 20th Century (1900 to 1990)
1. (a) Write a note on the modernist trend in American Poetry.
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(b) Critically appreciate the development in American Fiction 1900 to 1930.
Or
(c) Write an essay on the development of Modem American Theatre.
2. (a) Do you agree with the view that "The Great Gatsby" is a reflection of the
social realities of the Jazz Age ? Substantiate your answer with Textual Illustrations.
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(b) Discuss the themes of the play "The Grdat Gatsby" as a love story.
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(c) Discuss the theme of "Motherhood" and "Sisterhood" in the light of 'Female Bonding* as they have been depicted in the text "The Women of Brewster Place".
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(d) Give feminist interpretation of Gloria Naylor's novel, "The Women of Brewster Place". 1
3. (a) Appreciate the significance of the title "The GlassManagerie".
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(b) "The Glass Managerie" is a complex blend of expressionistic, syirbolist and cinematic techniques". Discuss.
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(c) Discuss the plot and structure of the play "The Crucible".
4. (a) Examine modernism in Frosts' poetry with reference to any two poems you
have studied.
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(b) Evaluate Sylvia Plath as a confessional poet with reference to her two poems, you have studied.
Or
(c) Comment on the element of "Black Realism" in Langston Hughes's poetry.
5. (a) Write a note on any one of the following
(i) Experimentation and innovation in the Twentieth Century American Poetry.
(ii) Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliat as pioneers of modern poetry.
(iii) Little .Theatre Movement.
(b) Write a note on any one of the following
(i) Amanda Wingfield.
(ii) The Wilsons in "The Great Gatsby".
(iii) "The Colossus" by Sylvia Plath.
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