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

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