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Autumn Examinations 2011 / 2012
Exam Code(s) 3BA1, 4BA4, 4BCW1, 4BFS1, 4BHR1, 4BIS1, 4BTP1, 4BWM
Exam(s) 3 rd^ Arts, 4 th^ Arts
Module Code(s) ENG Module(s) Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Paper No. I
External Examiner(s) Professor S. Matterson Professor H. Phillips Internal Examiner(s) *Professor S. Ryder Dr Julia Carlson Kilroy
Instructions: ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM EACH SECTION.
Use a separate answer book for each section
Duration 2hrs
No. of Pages 1 Discipline(s) English
Requirements None
TIME ALLOWED: TWO HOURS
ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM EACH SECTION.
Use a separate answer book for each section
SECTION A (answer one question)
1. “ Moby-Dick and The Scarlet Letter are both concerned with the interpretation of symbols”. Elaborate on this statement. 2. Melville described Moby-Dick as a “botch.” What do you think he may have meant? 3. What is the impact of the multiple registers of style and language in Moby- Dick? 4. Discuss one of the following issues in Moby-Dick :
narrative structure moral skepticism nature power
SECTION B (answer one question)
5. Analyse the way in which the figure of the African-American slave is represented in the writing of two of the following authors—Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe. 6. Discuss the way in which the subject of religious belief is examined by two of the following authors—Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe 7. Analyse the way in which two of the following authors—Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe — raise questions about the subject of social reform. 8. Discuss the questions raised about gender roles by two of the following authors—Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe
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