Dr. Moulay Tahar University

Department of English

                                        First Term Examination in English Literary Survey

Level: M1 CIV and Lit

Sample Correction

N.B: All logical, coherent, and well-argued essays were accepted

Introduction (03,50pts)

·         Background information

·         Thesis Statement

Content (08pts)

·         Characteristic of expressionism as a dramatic technique which enables a playwright to depict the inner psyche or inner reality of a character

·         O’Neil as social critic: Hairy Ape presents an extremely negative view of mechanized America when the worker best adjusted to the system and where the capitalist class is even more terribly dehumanized.

·         Sense of the alienation of the American individual in the modern technological age and the loss of identity.

·         Yank’s Search for Belongingness

Conclusion (03,50pts)

·           Restating the thesis statement

·           Summarizing the main ideas

Correctness of language and coherence of ideas (05pts)