Assignment Code: MEG-11/TMA-3/2005

Coverage: Blocks 1-9

Maximum Marks: 100

Note: Answer all questions. Each question carries 20 marks. Answer each question in approx. 400 words.

1. Discuss at length the origin of Native American Literature.

2. Discuss the main features of Black Womanist fiction. Also, comment on The Color Purple as a womanist fiction.

3. "Like the mystics, Henry Miller deliberately seeks to focus on the most repulsive aspects of existence in order to recognise them as intrinsically beautiful, an organic part of the cosmic scheme of things.' - Discuss.

4. Explore the concept of "The American Dream" in Scott Fitzgerald.

5. Discuss Sister Carrie as a novel of ideas.