List of Important Long Questions of American Literature for MA English Literature Part 1 - Sargodha University

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Robert Frost

1. Salient Features of Frost Poetry
2. As a Poet of Nature
3. Frost as a Modern Port

Most Important Critical Appreciations

⚠ This is just a rough estimate. You should prepare all eight poems that are included in the syllabus

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

John Ashbery

1. As a Modern Poet
2. Themes

Critical Appreciations

1. The Painter
2. Melodic Trains

Richard Wilbur

1. As a Modern Poet

Critical Appreciation

1. After The Last Bulletin
2. Still Citizen Sparrow

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

Mourning Becomes Electra

1. Mother-daughter relationship
2. Adam Brant as a True Villain
3. As Modern Tragedy
4. Art of Characterization
5. 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. As an Autobiographical Novel
4. Frederic Henery - Character Analysis
5. Catherine Barkley - Character Analysis

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