GUJARATI

Sakshi Education

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
Literary Essay
Lyrical Poetry
(d) Criticism
History of theoretical Gujarati criticism
Recent research in folk tradition.

Paper-II
(Answers must be written in Gujarati)
The paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the critical ability of the candidate.

Section-A

Medieval (i) Vasantvilas phagu-Ajnatkrut
(ii) Kadambari-Bhalan
(iii) Sudamacharitra-Premanand
(iv) Chandrachandravatini varta-Shamal
(v) Akhegeeta-Akho
Sudharakyug & Pandityug (vi) Mari Hakikat-Narmadashankar Dave
(vii) Farbasveerah- Dalpatram
(viii) Saraswatichandra-Part-I Govardhanram Tripathi
(ix) Purvalap- 'Kant' (Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt)
(x) Raino Parvat-Ramanbhai Neelkanth

Section-B

Gandhiyug & Anu Gandhiyug (i) Hind Swaraj-Mohandas Kar-machand Gandhi
(ii) Patanni Prabhuta- Kanhaiyalal Munshi
(iii) Kavyani Shakti- Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak
(iv) Saurashtrani Rasdhar Part 1- Zaverchand Meghani
(v) Manvini Bhavai-Pannalal Patel
(vi) Dhvani-Rajendra Shah
Adhunik yug (vii) Saptapadi-Umashankar Joshi
(viii) Janantike- Suresh Joshi
(ix) Ashwatthama- Sitanshu Yashaschandra

Published date : 20 Jun 2014 01:41PM