Dibrugarh University| B.A| CBCS| English (American Literature) - (C-5)| Question Paper - (Nov/ Dec) - 2022| 3rd Semester
3 SEM TDC
ENGH (CBCS) C 5
2022
(Nov/Dec )
ENGLISH
(Core)
Paper: C-5
(American
Literature)
Full
Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3
hours
The
figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
UNIT-I
(Drama)
1. Answer any one of the following questions: 15
(a) Attempt a critical note on the symbolism
in The Glass Menagerie. Which of the symbols represent reality and which
represent illusion? 10+5=15
(b) Discuss The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee
Williams as a memory play.
2. Answer any one
of the following questions: 5
(a) Draw a character sketch of Laura.
(b) Draw a character sketch of Jim or Tom in
The Glass Menagerie.
UNIT-II
(African-American Novel)
3. Answer any one
of the following questions: 15
(a) What is the major conflict in Beloved by
Toni Morrison?
(b) Was Sethe reasonable in killing Beloved?
Justify your answer.
4. Answer any one
of the following questions: 5
(a) What does the house 124 represent in
Beloved?
(b) Who is Beloved? What does she signify?
UNIT-III
(Short Stories)
5. Answer any one
of the following questions: 15
(a) In the short story, The Purloined Letter,
what does the letter' symbolize?
(b) What docs 'dry' symbolize in Dry
September?
(c) How does F. Scott Fitzgerald's The
Crack-Up connect with the author's personal life?
6. Answer any one
of the following questions: 5
(a) What is the major conflict in The
Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe?
(b) What is the irony in the character of John
McLendon you find in Dry September?
(c) What is the major theme in The Crack-Up?
UNIT-IV
(Poetry)
7. Answer any one
of the following questions: 15
(a) Discuss the subject matter of the poem,
Crow Testament by Sherman Alexie.
(b) Do you consider The Prologue as a feminist
poem? Elucidate.
(c) Write a note on the central idea of the
poem, O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman.
(d) How does India appeal to Whitman in his
poem, A Passage to India?
(e) Write a critical appreciation on the poem,
Mending Wall by Robert Frost.
8. Answer any one
of the following questions: 5
(a) Write a brief note on the major theme of
The Prologue by Anne Bradstreet.
(b) What is the speaker's attitude towards the
wall in Mending Wall by Robert Frost?
(c) What is the major theme of the poem, Crow
Testament by Sherman Alexie?
(d) How does Walt Whitman dramatize between
loss' and 'victory' in the poem, 'O Captain! My Captain!'?
(e) Write a brief note on the title of the
poem, A Passage to India by Walt Whitman.
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