American Literature Important Questions for UOS

American Literature
Important Questions
MA English Annual System
University of Sargodha
Pakistan

Robert Frost
1. Salient Features of Frost Poetry
2. As a Poet of Nature
3. Themes

Most Important Critical Appreciation
1. Mending Walls
2. The Road Not Taken
3. After Apple Picking
4. Stopping by Woods

John Ashbery
1. As a Modern Poetry
2. Themes

Critical Appreciation
1. The Painter
2. Melodic Trains

Richard Wilbur
1. Characteristics of modern poetry in Richard Wilbur and John Ashbery
2. As a Modern Poet

Critical Appreciation
1. After The Last Bulletin
2. Still Citizen

Walt Whitman
1. Characteristics of Walt Whitman's Poetry
2. Themes

Critical Appreciation
1. O Captain! My Captain!
2. There was a Child went Forth
3. To a Stranger
4. These Carols.

Mourning Becomes Electra

1. Mother daughter relationship
2. Adam Brant as a True Villain
3. As Modern Tragedy
4. Art of Characterization
5. Psychoanalysis / psychological Drama of lust.

The Crucible

1. Significance of Title
2. Themes
3. Historical and Cultural Background
4. Theme of Witch Craft
5. Character of John Proctor

A Farewell to Arms

1. Significance of Title
2. Views on Love and War
3. Autobiographical Novel
4. Robert Jordan as a Typical Hemingway Hero
5. Catherine Barkley as a typical Hemingway Heroin.

Jazz

1. Significance of Title
2. Role of Women Characters
3. Depiction of Urban Life
4. Thematic and Symbolic Importance of Music
5. Identity and Memory in Jazz
6. Violet as a Representative of Black Woman.

Note: Try to learn all critical appreciation of all poems which are included in your syllabus.