Karnataka PSC Syllabus
KPSC Mains Optional Paper - Literature (Urdu)
Paper - I
PAPER —I
a) The coming of the Aryans In India, Development of the Indo-Aryan three stages-Old Indo Aryan (01A), Middle Ind° Aryan (MIA) and New Indo-Aryan (NIA), Grouping of the New Indo-Aryan languages, Western Hindi and Its dialects , Kharl Boll, Braj Bhasha and Haryanavi Relationship of Urdu to Khadl, Perso, Arabic elements In Urdu. Development of Urdu from 1290 to 1800 in the North and 1400 to 1700 in the Deccan.
b) Significant features of Urdu Phonology, Morphology Syntax, Perso, Arabic elements in its phonology, Morphology and syntax, its vocabulary.
c) Dakhani Urdu, its origin and development and its significant Linguistic features:
d) The Significant features of the Dakhani Urdu literature (1450-1700), The two classical backgrounds of Urdu Literature, Perso — Arabic and Indian — Masnavi, Indian tales, the influence of the West on Urdu Literature, Classicial genres, Ghazal, Maticism - Quasida, Rubai-Qitta, Prose, Fiction, Modern Geares, Blank verse, Free verz, Novel, Short Stories, Drama-Literary criticism and Essay.
PAPER — II
This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidate's critical ability.
Prose —
