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Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU)

UPRTOU MAEN-111(N) Solved Assignment 2025-26

Session: 2025-26 Max. Marks: 30
Program Name: MA English
Course Code: MAEN 111 (N)
Course Title: American Literature

NOTE: All Questions are Compulsory

SECTION-A
Q.No. NOTE: Short answer type question (approx. 150 to 200 words)
1 Write a short note on the ideology of Puritanism reflected in American Literature.
2 Write a short note on Transcendentalism with reference to Emerson.
3 How does Robert Frost use symbolism in Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening?
4 How does Santiago lose the Marlin?
5 What is the narrative structure of Huckellberry Finn?
6 Is Willy Loman a tragic hero? Discuss in brief.

SECTION- B
Q. No. NOTE: Long Answer Type Question (approx. 350 to 500 words)
7 Write an essay on the reasons and circumstances under which the Puritans migrated from England to America. 6
8 Examine Hemingway’s use of symbolism in The Old Man And the Sea.
9 Critically analyze Eugene O’Neill’s ‘The Emperor Jones’ as an expressionistic play.