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UPSC Exmas Indian Civil Services Syllabus for Mains Exams : French

Paper-I

Answers must be written in French except in the care of question requiring translation from French to English.

Section-A

Main trends in French Literature
a) Classicism
b) Rommanticism
c) Realism
Art in France
a) Romanticism
b) Realism
c) Impressionism
The Vth Republic
(a) De Gaulle and the Vth Republique
(b) May 1968
(c) Pompidou
(d) Giscard d' Estaing
(e) Mitterrand
(f) Chirac
Translation: French to English (2 passages of socio-politico-economic nature of 200 words each).

Section-B

Main trends in French Literature
a) Symbolism
b) Surrealism
c) Theatre of the Absurd
Art in French
a) Surrealism
b) Cubism
c) Abstract Painting
The Vth Republic
a) Parts politiques en France
b) Place et rôle du Président de la Ve Republique
c) Le gouvernement
d) Le Parlement
e) Le Senat
Translation : English to French 2 passages of socio-politico-economic nature of 200 words each.

Paper-II

Answers must be written in French.

Section-A

This paper will require an in-depth reading of the following texts and the questions will be designed to test the candidate’s critical ability.

XVIIth Century
a) Corneille : Le Cid
b) Racine : Andromaque
c) Moliere : L’Avare
XVIIIth Century
Beaumarchais : Le Mariage de Figaro
XIXth Century
a) Lamartine : Le lac Le Vallon
b) Victor Hugo : La Conscience. Elle Avait Pris Ce Pli.....
Demain, Dés L' Aube
c) Victor Hugo : Hernani
d) Musset : Souvenir. La Nuit de Decembre
e) Marimee : Colomba
f) Balzac : Eugenie Grandet
g) Flaubert : Madame Bovary
h) Baudelaire : L’Invitation au Voyage, Recueillement. L’Albatros.
i) Rimbaud : Le Dormeur du Val
j) Verlaine : Chanson d’Automne, Mon Reve Familier, II Pleure Dans mon Coeur...

Section-B