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MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH
Term-End Examination

June, 2005

MEG-6 : AMERICAN LITERATURE

Time: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

1. Write short notes on any two of the following : 10x2=20

(a) Structure of the Puritan town in New England

(b) Imagery in Emily Dickinson's poetry

(c) Mistress Hibbins in The Scarlet Letter

(d) John Adam's "A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law"

2. Trace the development of thought and feeling in the poem "Sunday Morning".

3. In what way is The Bluest Eye a woman - centred novel ? Discuss. 20

4. Critically examine Death of a Salesman as a realist tragedy. 20

5. Discuss The Scarlet Letter as a historical romance. 20

6. Examine the growth and development of the American short story. 20

7. Critically examine the poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" 20

8. Attempt a comparative reading of "A Clean Well - Lighted Place" and "The Bear". 20

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