Alagappa University 2006 M.Phil English AMERICAN LITERATURE - Question Paper

M.Phil. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2007.
English
AMERICAN LITERATURE
(upto 2006 batch)

Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks

ans any 5 of the subsequent.
All ques. carry equal marks.
(5 x 20 = 100)

1. How does Frost use the commonplace and the natural setting in his poems for conveying a universal message?
2. Langston Hughes’ central purpose in writing was, in his own words, ‘‘to discuss and illuminate the Negro condition in America’’. How do the opted poems illustrate his attempt?
3. Critically analyse Emerson as a transcendental philosopher.
4. Write an essay on Henry James as a critic of fiction.
5. Critically comment on the expressionistic technique used by O'Neill in the play ‘‘The Emperor Jones’’.
6. Comment on the American societal set–up with reference to Tennessee Williams play ‘‘A Street Car Named Desire’’.
7. Explain Hemingway's statement ‘‘A man can be destroyed but not defeated’’
8. Describe in your own words the overtones of Christian symbolism in the novel, ‘‘The Sound and the Fury’’.

Earning:   Approval pending.