Other Bachelor Degree- AMERICAN LITERATURE_(Karunya University, Coimbatore-2010)
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Karunya University
(Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences)
(Declared as Deemed to be University under Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956)
End Semester Examination – November/December 2010
Subject Title: AMERICAN LITERATURE Time: 3 hours
Subject Code: 09EN312 Maximum Marks: 100
Answer ALL questions (5 x 20 = 100 Marks)
1. Compulsory:
Discuss the title ‘Raisin in the sun’ and how does it relate to the dreams of each characters in the drama.
2. Explain Emily Dickinson’s poetic style with reference to ‘I taste a liquor not brewed’
(OR)
3. Justify Walt Whitman’s ‘When Lilacs last in the Dooryard Bloomed’ is a perfect elegy mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln.
4. Write an essay on Emerson’s message on self reliance and trusting oneself.
(OR)
5. Write an essay on Thoreau’s experiment of spending time deliberately with nature near the Walden Pond.
6. Explain the characterization in Huckleberry Finn.
(OR)
7. Discuss the theme of sin and redemption in the novel ‘The Scarlet Letter’.
8. Justify Tony Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ as one of the most outstanding novels of black literature.
(OR)
9. Critically comment on Steinbeck’s ‘Grapes of wrath’.
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