Final Suggestion:MA 2008 for the National UNiversity Bangladesh

Novel

A Farewell to Arms

• Write a note on Hemingway”s narrative technique in A Farewell to the Arms Or Stylistic features.
• Critically discuss the characters of Catherine Barkley & Lieutenant Fredrick Henry.
• Comment on the significance of the title A Farewell to the Arms.


Lord of the flies• How does Golding combine realism & fantasy in Lord of the flies.
• What does Golding gain by using children as characters in lord of flies.
• Analyze the major symbols used in Lord of the flies.


The scarlet letter• Show the Arthur Dimmesdale as a tragic character.
• Comment on Hawthrone’s attitude to the puritan community in The Scarlet letter.


Brave New world• Brave new world is a novel of the present , not of the future Elaborate.
• Discuss Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave new world as a science fiction.
• In what sense is Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World a novel of ideas.

Prose
Literature & society• Justify the title of the essay Literature & Society.
• In his essay Literature & society, Leavis upholds both the individuality & the supremacy of the creative artists. Defend or refute this argument.


Shakespeare’s Sister• Why has the woman artist, according to Woolf, led a life of such ‘disorder’ & struggle?
• Discuss the essay in the light of Virginia Woolf & her feministic approach.
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