LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
THIRD SEMESTER – NOV 2006
AP 11
EL 3500 - AMERICAN LITERATURE
(Also equivalent to ENG 502)
Date & Time : 02-11-2006/9.00-12.00 Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
SECTION - A
I Answer the following questions in not more than 30 words each.
(10x2=20)
1) What, according to Poe, is the ideal length of a poem? Why?
2) Who is the hero in the capture of Fort Lee? Why?
3) What is the calamity referred to in Bradford’s essay on Mayflower Compact?
4) Comment on the tone of Thomas Paine’s essay American Crisis.
5) What is the theme of the poem Fable?
6. Bring out the significance of the word “Child” in the poem “There was a child went forth”.
7. How does Levertov look at ‘holiness’?
8. What kind of sin does the youth commit according to Whitman?
9. Describe the phrase Christ’s Coach from the poem The Joy of Church Fellowship.
10. Why is a painting called ‘ a rushing creation’?
SECTION - B
II Answer any FIVE of the following in 150 words each.
(5x8=40)
11) Consider Hawthorne’s The Minister’s Black Veil as a short story.
12) Analyse the reasons responsible for the popularity of Paine’s essay American Crisis.
13) Why is Zoo Story so pathetic and tragic? Give reasons.
14) What poetic theory does Poe propose in his Philosophy of composition? Discuss.
15.The theme of illusion as presented in the play: The Glass Menagerie.
16.Write on the images employed by Emily Dickinson in the two poems of your study.
17. The poem Come into animal presence is a mockery on the humanity. Discuss.
18.Why does Philis Wheatley want to conspire with the artist?
SECTION – C
III Answer the following in about 300 words each.
(2x20=40)
19) Consider Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men as a social tragedy.
(or)
What do you understand about the early American society from the essays prescribed for you?
Discuss.
20.The Sufferings and trials of the earthly life are for a glorious reward. Explain this
point with reference to the poem As weary Pilgrim.
(or)
The genuine experience in the Church is Heaven on earth. Illustrate this view with
Edward Taylor’s The Joy of Church Fellowship.
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