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Thursday, June 30, 2011

SYLLABUS OF PUNJABI LITERATURE FOR CIVIL SERVICES EXAM CONDUCTED BY UPSC

PUNJABI


PAPER-I

(Answers must be written in Punjabi in

Gurumukhi Script)

Section-A

(a) Origin of Punjabi language : different

stages of development and recent development

in Punjabi language : characteristics of

Punjabi phonology and the study of its tones:

classification of vowels and consonants.

(b) Punjabi morphology : the number-gender

system (animate and inanimate), prefixes,

affixes and different categories of Post

positions: Punjabi word formation: Tatsam.

Tad Bhav, forms: Sentence structure, the

notion of subject and object in Punjabi:

Noun and verb phrases.

(c) Language and dialect; the notions of

dialect and idiolect; major dialects of

Punjabi; Pothohari, Majhi, Doabi, Malwai,

Puadhi; the validity of speech variation on

the basis of social stratification, the distinctive

features of various dialects with special

reference to tones. Language and script;

origin and development of Gurmukhi; suitability

of Gurmukhi for Punjabi.

(d) Classical background; Nath Jogi Sahit

Medieval literature : Gurmat, Sufti, Kissa

and Var Janamsakhis.

Section-B

(a) Modern Mystic, romantic, progressive

Trends and neomystic (Vir Singh,

Puran Singh, Mohan Singh,

Amrita Pritam, Bawa Balwant,

Pritam Singh Safeer, J.S.

Neki).

Experimentalist (Jasbir SinghAhluwalia, Ravinder Ravi,

Ajaib Kamal)

Aesthetes (Harbhajan Singh,

Tara Singh)

Neo-progressive (Pash.

Jagtar, Patar)

Origin and Development of Genres :

(b) Folk Folk songs, Folk tales. Riddles,

literature Proverbs.

Epic (Vir Singh, Avtar Singh, Azad

Mohan Singh)

Lyric (Gurus, Sufis and Modern Lyricists-

Mohan Singh Amrita

Pritam, Shiv Kumar,

Harbhajan Singh)

(c) Drama (I.C. Nanda, Harcharan Singh,

Balwant Gargi, S.S.Sekhon,

Charan Das Sidhu)

Novel (Vir Singh, Nanak Singh,

Jaswant Singh Kanwal, K.S.

Duggal, Sukhbir, Gurdial

Singh, Dalip Kaur Tiwana,

Swaran Chandan)

Short Story (Sujan Singh, K.S. Virk. Prem

Parkash, Waryam Sandhu).

(d) Socio- Sanskrit, Persian and Western.

cultural

Literary influences

Essay (Puran Singh, Teja Singh,

Gurbaksh Singh)

Literary (S.S. Sekhon, Attar Singh,

Criticism Kishan Singh, Harbhajan

Singh, Najam Hussain

Sayyad).

PAPER-II

(Answers must be written in Punjabi

in Gurumukhi Script)

This paper will require first-hand reading

of the texts prescribed and will be designed

to test the candidate’s critical ability.

Section-A

a) Sheikh Farid The complete Bani as included

in the Adi Granth.

b) Guru Nanak Japu Ji Baramah, Asa di

Var

c) Bulleh Shah Kafian

d) Waris Shah Heer

Section-B

a) Shah Jangnama (Jang

Mohammad Singhan te Firangian)

Dhani Ram Chandan Vari

Chatrik (Poet) Sufi Khana

Nawan Jahan

b) Nanak Singh Chitta Lahu

(Novelist) Pavittar Papi

Ek Mian Do Talwaran

c) Gurbaksh Zindagi di Ras

Singh (Essayist) Nawan Shivala

Merian Abhul Yadaan.

Balraj Sahni Mera Roosi Safarnama

(Travelogue) Mera Pakistani

Safarnama

d) Balwant Gargi Loha Kutt

(Dramatist) Dhuni-di-Agg

Sultan Razia

Sant Singh Sahityarth

Sekhon (Critic) Parsidh Punjabi Kavi

Punjabi Kav Shiromani

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