IGNOU BEGC 105 Question Paper June 2023

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Post Published On: जून 8, 2023

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IGNOU BEGC 105 Question Paper – American Literature

Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks 100

Section – A BEGC 105 Question Paper

Question 1. Explain the meaning of the following stanzas with reference to the context (any four) 4×5(20)

If the red slayer thinks he slays of if the slain thinks he is slain they know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again
In the old world, the east, the Suez Canal The New by its mighty railroad spanned the seas inlaid with eloquent gentle wires; Yet first to sound, and ever sound the cry with thee O Soul
But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my captain lies, Fallen cold and dead
Because I could not stop for Death – he kindly stopped for me – The carriage held just ourselves and Immortality
A thought went up my mind today That i have had before But did not finish – some ways back, I could not fix the year.

Question 2. Answer the following questions in about 300 words each (any four) 10×4=40

Discuss one of the major themes of all my sons.
Write a note on the visual imagery in the novel The Scarlet Letter
Examine the theme of ‘Snows of Kilimanjaro’ and the techniques Hemingway employs to project this theme.
Write an extended note on the poetic devices used in “Passage to India”
How do you account for the characteristic vagueness of the poem ‘A thought went up my mind today’?

Question 3 Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each: 2×20 =40

Do you think that the title of the play All my Sons is justified? Give a reasoned answer.
How does Hawthorne present the organic mechanical contrast in the novel The Scarlet Letter?
Write a detailed note on ‘Realism’ in American Drama