BA 4th Semester English Major 8 Question Paper 2025 | American Literature (NEP) MJC 8 QUESTION Paper

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BA 4th Semester English Major 8 Question Paper 2025 MJC 8| American Literature (NEP)
Course ID : 40314

B.A. 4th Semester (Major) Examination, 2025

ENGLISH

Course Code : A/ENG-404/MJC-8
American Literature
(NEP)
Time : 2 Hours
Full Marks : 40
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Answer all the questions.
1. Answer any one of the following questions: (1 × 10 = 10)
  • a) Discuss Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a picaresque novel.
  • b) Examine the relationship between Huck and Jim. How does their bond challenge the traditional notions of friendship?
  • c) Explore the significance of Santiago's love and respect for nature, particularly the sea, in shaping his identity.
  • d) How does Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea explore themes of human dignity, endurance and the pursuit of personal excellence?
2. Answer any one of the following questions: (1 × 10 = 10)
  • a) How does Faulkner explore the issue of racism in 'Dry September'?
  • b) Discuss Walt Whitman's 'O Captain! My Captain!' as an elegy.
3. Answer any two of the following questions: (2 × 5 = 10)
  • a) Write a brief note on the American Dream.
  • b) Write a brief note on William Faulkner.
  • c) Briefly mention any two factors resulting in the Harlem Renaissance.
  • d) Write a brief note on the contribution of Toni Morrison.
4. Answer any five of the following questions: (5 × 2 = 10)
  • a) Point out any one instance of Jim's superstition in Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
  • b) "A man can be destroyed but not defeated" — Comment briefly.
  • c) What is the significance of Joe DiMaggio in The Old Man and the Sea?
  • d) What does Manolin represent to Santiago?
  • e) What does the river signify in Huckleberry Finn?
  • f) Comment briefly on Emerson's view about "transcendentalism" as depicted in 'The American Scholar'.
  • g) When, according to Emerson, can one become a "Man Thinking"?
  • h) "There's not a Negro on the square. Not one." — Who said so? Comment briefly on the context.
  • i) Which "modern wonders" are referred to by Whitman in the poem 'A Passage to India'?
  • j) What is the significance of the "bells" in Whitman's 'O Captain! My Captain!'?
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