American Literature

MA 2nd Semester

Poetry
Emily Dickinson:
a. I Dwell in Possibility
b. Because I Could Not Stop for Death
c. Much Madness is Divinest Sense
Questions:
1. Uniqueness of Emily Dickinson
2. As a modern poetess
3. Philosophy of Emily Dickinson

Robert Frost:
a. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
b. Fire and Ice
c. The Road Not Taken
Questions:
1. Poet of nature
2. Poetic Style

Novels
A Farewell to Arms:
Questions:
1. Concept of NADA.
2. Code Hero with references from text.

Scarlet Letter:
Questions:
1. Feminism in Scarlet Letter.
2. Hester Prynne as a rebel to her society.
3. Significance of the title of "The Scarlet Letter".

Drama
Glass Menagerie:
Questions:
1. What's the importance of the title Glass Menagerie?
2. Symbolism.
3. American dream in Glass Menagerie or Discuss Glass Menagerie in the
light of America Dream.