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Gujarati Main Syllabus
Paper-I
Answers must be written in Gujarati
Section-A
Gujarati Language : Form and history
1.History of Gujarati Language with special reference to New Indo-Aryan i.e. last one thousand years.
2.Significant features of the Gujarati language: Phonology, morphology and syntax.
3.Major dialects: Surti, Pattani, charotari and Saurashtri.
History of Gujarati Literature
Medieval :
4.Jaina tradition
5.Bhakti tradition: Sagun and Nirgun (Jnanmargi)
6.Non-sectarian tradition (Laukik parampara)
Modern:
7.Sudharak yug
8.Pandit yug
9.Gandhi yug
10.Anu-Gandhi yug
11.Adhunik yug
Section-B
Literary Forms : (Salient features, history and development of the following literary forms):
(a) Medieval
1.Narratives: Rasa, Akhyan and Padyavarta
2.Lyrical: Pada
(b) Folk
3.Bhavai
(c) Modern
4.Fiction: Novel and short story
5.Drama
6.Literary Essay
7.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
(i) Vasantvilas phagu-Ajnatkrut
(ii) Kadambari-Bhalan
(iii) Sudamacharitra-Premanand
(iv) Chandrachandravatini varta-Shamal
(v) Akhegeeta-Akho
2.Sudharakyug & Pandityug
(vi) Mari Hakikat-Narmadashankar Dave
(vii) Farbasveerah- Dalpatram
(viii) Saraswatichandra-Part-I Govar-dhanram Tripathi
(ix) Purvalap- 'Kant' (Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt)
(x) Raino Parvat-Ramanbhai Neel-kanth
Section-B
1.Gandhiyug & Anu Gandhiyug
(i) Hind Swaraj-Mohandas Kar-machand Gandhi
(ii) Patanni Prabhuta- Kanhaiyalal Munshi
(iii) Kavyani Shakti- Ramnarayan Vish-wanath Pathak
(iv) Saurashtrani Rasdhar Part 1- Zaver-chand Meghani
(v) Manvini Bhavai-Pannalal Patel
(vi) Dhvani-Rajendra Shah
2.Adhunik yug
(vii) Saptapadi-Umashankar Joshi
(viii) Janantike- Suresh Joshi
(ix) Ashwatthama- Sitanshu Yash-aschandra