UPSC Syllabus
Categories: Optional
Paper-I
(Answers must be written in Urdu)
Section-A
Development of Urdu Language
a) Development of Indo-Aryan
(i) Old Indo-Aryan
(ii) Middle Indo Aryan
(iii) New Indo Aryan
b) Western Hindi and its dialects Brij Bhasha Khadi Boli, Haryanavi Kannauji, Bundeli-Theories about the origin of Urdu Language
c) Dakhani Urdu-Origin and development, its significant linguistic features.
d) Social and Cultural roots of Urdu language and its distinctive features.
Script, Phonology, Morphology, Vocabulary.
Section-B
a) Genres and their development :
(i) Poetry : Ghazal, Masnavi, Qasida, Marsia, Rubai, Jadid Nazm,
(ii) Prose : Novel, Short Story, Dastan, Drama, Inshaiya, Khutoot, Biography.
b) Significant features of :
(i) Deccani, Delhi and Lucknow schools
(ii) Sir Syed movement, Romantic movement, Progressive movement, Modernism.
c) Literary Criticism and its development with reference to Hali, Shibli, Kaleemuddin Ahmad, Ehtisham Hussain, Ale-Ahmad Suroor.
d) Essay writing (covering literary and imaginative topics)
Paper-II
(Answers must be written in Urdu)
This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidate's critical ability.
Section-A
| 1. | Mir Amman | Bagho-Babar |
| 2. | Ghalib | Intikhab-e-Khutoot-e Ghalib |
| 3. | Mohd. Husain Azad | Nairang-e-Khayal |
| 4. | Prem Chand | Godan |
| 5. | Rajendra Singh Bedi | Apne Dukh Mujhe Dedo |
| 6. | Abul Kalam Azad | Ghubar-e-Khatir |
Section-B
| 1. | Mir | Intikhab-e-Kalam-e-Mir(Ed. Abdul Haq.) |
| 2. | Mir Hasan | Sahrul Bayan |
| 3. | Ghalib | Diwan-e-Ghalib |
| 4. | Iqbal | Bal-e-Jibrail |
| 5. | Firaq | Gul-e-Naghma |
| 6. | Faiz | Dast-e-Saba |
| 7. | Akhtruliman | Bint-e-Lamhat |
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