MEG-06 Solved Assignment 2018-19
MEG-06: AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASSIGNMENT 2018-2019
(Based on Blocks 1-9)
Course Code: MEG-06/2018-19
Max. Marks: 100
Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks. Answer all questions in
approximately 450 words.
1. Discuss The Scarlet Letter as a literary response to Puritanism. 20
2. Do you agree that Whitman’s “Song of Myself” is primarily a poem of hope?
Give a reasoned answer. 20
3. Examine the similarities and dissimilarities between Hemingway and
Faulkner with reference to their stories ― “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”
and “The Bear”. 20
4. The poem “Mending Wall” seeks to project a close link with nature. Discuss. 20
5. Examine the development of Romanticism in nineteenth century America. 20
