MJC 8 Suggestion 2026 Set-4 Bankura University

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MJC 8 Suggestion 2026 Set-4

Course: American Literature (Set 4)

Time: 2 Hours Total Marks: 40

Instructions: Please note that questions must be answered within the choice limits specified under each section header.

Section A (From Unit I)

Answer any 1 out of 4 (1 × 10 = 10 Marks)
  1. How does Mark Twain critique the institution of religion and conventional piety through the viewpoints of Huck and Jim in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
  2. Analyze the symbolic significance of the sea in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, exploring how it acts as both an affectionate provider and a cruel adversary.
  3. Discuss The Red Badge of Courage as an anti-romantic war novel. How does Stephen Crane demythologize the glory traditionally associated with physical combat?
  4. Trace the motif of psychological rebirth across Unit I by examining how either Huck Finn or Henry Fleming emerges with a reformed understanding of selfhood.

Section B (From Unit II)

Answer any 1 out of 2 (1 × 10 = 10 Marks)
  1. "The historical shift from passive learning to active creation." Discuss this statement in light of Ralph Waldo Emerson's vision for an autonomous American national voice in The American Scholar.
  2. Analyze how the psychological frustrations of the community turn into violent hysteria in William Faulkner's 'Dry September'.

Section C (From Unit III)

Answer any 2 out of 4 (2 × 5 = 10 Marks)

Write short notes on any two of the following Background Readings:

  1. The impact of European literary naturalism on the development of American Social Realism.
  2. The intersection of racial politics and artistic freedom during the Harlem Renaissance.
  3. How Black Women's Writings dismantled both racial caricatures and gendered constraints in early literature.
  4. The systemic hurdles that turned The American Dream into an unattainable myth for marginalized communities.

Section D (From Units I & II)

Answer any 5 out of 10 (5 × 2 = 10 Marks)

Answer the following short-answer questions in 2-3 sentences each:

  1. What is the significance of the "Mississippi raft" as a miniature community in Huckleberry Finn?
  2. Why does Santiago refer to the marlin as his "brother"?
  3. Identify the symbolic purpose of the unnamed "loud soldier" (Wilson) in Crane's novel.
  4. According to Emerson, why is a submissive reliance on past European literature hazardous to the American mind?
  5. What does the "stifling dust" signify in William Faulkner's 'Dry September'?
  6. Explain the juxtaposition between the fallen captain and the ship reaching its safe harbor in 'O Captain, My Captain'.
  7. What does Walt Whitman mean by singing the "accomplishments of present things" in 'Passage to India'?
  8. Briefly comment on the role of the barber shop as a micro-climate of Southern public opinion in Faulkner’s narrative.
  9. How does Hemingway show the physical toll of the struggle on Santiago's hands?
  10. Identify how the Suez Canal and the transcontinental railroad serve Whitman's poetic perspective in 'Passage to India'.

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