Model Paper Of Short Stories M.A English Part 2 GCUF

Government College University, Faisalabad
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part II
Short Stories
Subject: English Time Allowed: 3 hrs
Paper V Max Marks: 100
Attempt any 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Most modern short stories dramatize the fragmentation and conflict of our
lives. Elaborate with reference to two short stories included in your syllabus.
2. Anton Chekov analyses human motivation in behaviour in his short stories.
Discuss with close reference to the story ‘The Man who lives in a Shell.
3. Write a detailed critical comment on the story ‘Everything that rises must
converge’ by Flannry O’Connor.
4. Elaborate on how Edger Allen Poe employs all the features of short story in
‘The Man of the Crowd.
5. Justify the title of the story ‘The Dead’ by James Joyce.
6. Critically examine the thematic concern in Any Tan’s short story ‘ The Voice
from the Wall’.
7. Discuss how the story ‘ My Son the Fanatic’ by Hanif Kureishi focuses on the
dilemma of living in a cross cultural society.