Combined State / Upper Subordinate Services Examination 2007
25. English Literature :
PAPER-1
Detail study of a literary age (19th century) : the paper will cover the study of English Literature from 1798 to 1900 with special reference to the works of William Wordworth, Coleridge, Shelly, Keats, Lamb, Hazlitt, Thackeray, Dickens, Tennyson, Robert Browning, A.C. Swinehurne, D.G. Rossetti, Carlyl and Ruskin. The candidates will be required to evince first hand reading. The paper will be designed to test candidates through understanding of the main literary trends during the period with reference to the authors prescribed. Questions on the social and cultural background of the period will be also set.
PAPER-II
The paper will be designed to test candidates first hand reading of the text alongwith their ability to examine literary problems critically. 1. William Shakespeare : Twelth Night Henry IV Pt 1, Hamlet, The Tempest. 2. John Milton : Paradise Lost Book-l & II 3. Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice. 4. W. Wordsworth : “Immortality Ode”, “Tintern Abbey”. 5 . Dickens : Great Expectations. 6. Graham Green : The Power and the Glory. 7. William Golding : Lord of the Flies. 8. W.B. Yeats : “The Second Coming”. “Bizantium”, “Sailing to Bizantium”, “A Prayer for My Daughter”. “Leda and the Swan”. 9. T.S. Eliot: The Wasteland. 10. D.H. Lawrence : Sons and Lovers.
26. URDU
PAPER-1 :
PART-A
(1) Development of Urdu language, (a) Western Hindi and its dialects mainly Khari Boli, Braj Bhasha and Haryanvi. (b) Persio-Arabic elements in Urdu. (c) Urdu Language from 1200 AD to 1700 AD (d) Different theories of the origin of Urdu language. (2) (a) Development of Urdu literature in Deccan (b) Two classical schools of Urdu poetry - Delhi & Lucknow, (c) Development of Urdu prose upto Ghalib. (3) (a) Aligarh movement, Romantic trends and progressive movement and their impact on Urdu Literature, (b) Urdu literature after independence.
PART-B
(1) Important genesis of poetry - Ghazal, Qasida, Marsiya, Masnavi, Rubai, Qata, Naam. Blank Verse, Free Verse. (2) Importance of prose - Dastan, Novel, Short Story, Drama, Literary Criticism, Biography, Essay. (3) Role of Urdu literature in freedom movement.
PAPER-II
This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidates critical ability.
PART-A (PROSE)
(1) Meer (Amman): Bagh-o-Bahar. (2) Ghalib : Intakhab-e-Khutoot-e-Ghalib, Ed : Dr. Khaliq Anjum. (3) Hali: Muqaddame- Sher-o-Shairi. (4) Ruswa : Umrao Jan Ada (5) Prem Chand : Prem Chan ke Numainda Afsaney, Ed : Prof. Qamar Rais.(6) Abul Kalam Azad : Ghubar-e-Khatir. (7) Imtiaz All Taj: Anar Kali. (8) QuratuI Ain Hyder: Akhir-e-Shab ke Hamsufar.
PART-B (POETRY)
(9) Meer: Intakhab-Kalam-e-Meer, Ed : Abdul Haq. (10) Sauda : Qasaid-e-Sauda (including Hajuriyat) (11) Ghalib Diewan-e-Ghalib.(12) Iqbal: Kulliyat-e-lqbal (Bal-e-Gibrail only) (13) Josh Malihabadi : Saif-o-Nagma. (14) Firaq Gorakhpuri : Gul-e- Naghma. (15) Faiz : Nuskhaha-e-Wafa (Naqsh-e-Fariadi, Dast-e-Saba, Zuridamm Nama only). (16) Akhtar-ullmam : Sar-o-Saman (Tareek Salyara ke Bar, Bint-e-Lamhat only).
27. ARABIC :
PAPER - I
1. (a) Origin and development of the language in outline. (b) Significant features of the grammar of the language and Rhetorich The following topics.
2. Literary history and literary criticism : Literary movement, socio-cultural influence (classical background) and modern trends: origin & development of modern literary generous including novel, short story, drama & essay.
PAPER - II
This paper will require first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidates critical ability.
SECTION A : Poets
1. Imraul Qasis : His Muallaqah : (Complete)
Qifa Nabki min Zkra Habibbin was Manzili"
2. Zuhair bin Abi Sulma : His Mullaqah (Complete)
A min ummi Aufa Diminatun lam takallami"
3. AI-Khansa : The following two elegies from her Diwan
i) Ta' azzara Bial-Majd (Complete)
ii) Uzakkiruni (Complete)
4. Hassan bin Thabit : The following Qasaid from his Diwan : Qasida No. I to IV
5. Umar bin Abi Rabiyah : The following four Ghazals from his Diwan
i) Fa jamma Tawaqafana (Complete)
ii) Lalita Hindan (Complete)
iii) Amin Aal Niam (Complete)
iv) Kitab (Complete)
6. AI-Farazdaq : The following 4 Qasaid from his diwani
i) In praise of Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (Complete)
ii) In praise of Zain al-Abidin Ali bin Hasan (Complete)
iii) Wa Atlasa Assalin Wa Kana Sahiba (Complete)
7. Abu Tammam : The following two from his Diwan
i) yarudahu Aba-Hasan (Complete)
ii) Al wa'z wa al Zuhd (Complete)
8. Ahmad al Shawqi : The following four Qasaid from his Diwan (Al-Shawqiat):
i) Masjid Aya Sufiyah (Vol.II) (Complete)
ii) Ghaba Bulunia (Vol.II) (Complete)
iii) Salamun Min Saba (Vol.II) (Complete)
iv) Al-Hamziah al-Nabawiyah (Vol.I) (Complete)
SECTION B : Authors
1. Ibn a-Maqaffa : "Kalila wa Dimna" Capter (Complete) (excluding Muqaddamah)
"Al-Asad Wa Al- Thaur"
2. Ibu Khaaldun : Muqaddamah, 39 pages, part six from the first chapter : From " Al fasl al-Sadis to wa min Faruihi al-Jabr-wa-al Muqabilah"
3. AI-Manfaluti : AI-Nazarat Vol 1 Egypt 1950
The following stories :
i) Al-Sidq wa al-kizb
ii) Al-Bauz wa allnsan
iii) Fi Sabit Al-Ihsan
iv) Al-ghani wa al-Faqir
4. Ahamd Amin : Hayati (Autobiography complete)
5. Taufiq al-Hakim : Drama : "Shahr Zad (Complete)
Section C: Translation from Urdu to Arabic.
Note : Candidates will be required to answer some questions carrying not less than 10 percent marks in Arabic also.
Public Service Commission Uttarpradesh - Upper Subordinate Services Examination 2007
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