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MASTER OF ARTS (ENGLISH)

(MEG)

Term-End Examination

December, 2023

MEG-11 : AMERICAN NOVEL

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : (i) Attempt any one question from Section A

and any four questions from Section B.

(ii) Attempt five questions in all.

(iii) All questions carry equal marks.

Section—A

1. Discuss the distinctive features of the American

novel of the nineteenth century. 20

P. T. O.
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2. Critically comment on the thematic concerns of


the post-Second World War American novelists.
Discuss with reference to any two of the novels
prescribed in your syllabus. 20

Section—B

3. Comment on the concept of the frontier in The


Last of the Mohicans. 20

4. Write a brief note on naturalism in Sister


Carrie. 20

5. How does Fitzgerald bring out the interplay of


criminal wealth and respectability in The Great
Gatsby ? 20

6. Discuss Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn


as a bildungsroman. 20

7. Discuss Holden Caulfield’s vision of childhood


and adulthood in The Catcher in the Rye. 20

8. Comment on the theme of alienation in William


Faulkner’s Light in August. 20
[3]

9. How does Alice Walker explore the issues of


racial, sexual and class prejudices in The Color
Purple ? 20

10. Discuss John Barth’s The Floating Opera as a


postmodern novel. 20

11. Comment on the significance of the title “Black


Spring.” 20

MEG–11

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