Gujarati

Paper-I

(Answers must be written in Gujarati)

Section-A:

Gujarati Language : Form and history

•  History of Gujarati Language with special reference to New Indo-Aryan i.e. last one thousand years.
•  Significant features of the Gujarati language: Phonology, morphology and syntax.
• Major dialects: Surti, Pattani, charotari and Saurashtri.

History of Gujarati Literature

Medieval :

•  Jaina tradition
• Bhakti tradition: Sagun and Nirgun (Jnanmargi)
• Non-sectarian tradition (Laukik parampara)

Modern:

•  Sudharak yug
•  Pandit yug
•  Gandhi yug
•  Anu-Gandhi yug
•  Adhunik yug

Section-B:

Literary Forms : (Salient features, history and development of the following literary forms):

(a) Medieval

•  Narratives: Rasa, Akhyan and Padyavarta
•  Lyrical: Pada

(b) Folk

Bhavai

(c) Modern

•  Fiction: Novel and short story
•  Drama
• iterary Essay
•  Lyrical Poetry

(d) Criticism

8. History of theoretical Gujarati criticism

9. Recent research in folk tradition

Paper-II

Answers must be written in Gujarati

The paper will reqire first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the critical ability of the candidate.

Section-A

1. Medieval

•  Vasantvilas phagu-Ajnatkrut
•  Kadambari-Bhalan
• Sudamacharitra-Premanand
•  Chandrachandravatini varta-Shamal
•  Akhegeeta-Akho

2. Sudharakyug & Pandityug

• Mari Hakikat-Narmadashankar Dave
•  Farbasveerah- Dalpatram
• Saraswatichandra-Part-I Govar-dhanram Tripathi
•  Purvalap- 'Kant' (Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt)
•  Raino Parvat-Ramanbhai Neel-kanth

Section-B

1. Gandhiyug & Anu Gandhiyug

•  Hind Swaraj-Mohandas Kar-machand Gandhi
• Patanni Prabhuta- Kanhaiyalal Munshi
•  Kavyani Shakti- Ramnarayan Vish-wanath Pathak
•  Saurashtrani Rasdhar Part 1- Zaver-chand Meghani
•  Manvini Bhavai-Pannalal Patel
• Dhvani-Rajendra Shah

2. Adhunik yug

•  Saptapadi-Umashankar Josh
•  Janantike- Suresh Joshi
•  Ashwatthama- Sitanshu Yash-aschandra