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UPSC Assamese Syllabus 2021 For IAS Mains | PDF Download

October 15, 2020 by Karan

Assam is the native language of the state of Assam. Assam has a rich history, cultural roots heritage with a deep connection embedded in the Assamese language. This paper can be attempted by those candidates who are well versed in the Assamese language. IAS Exam has one of the optional literature paper as Assamese. It has two papers (I and II), each of 250 marks summing up to 500 for the paper. The duration of each paper is three hours. This paper proves to be a scoring subject for aspirants who are well-versed and acquainted with the Assamese language. Having knowledge of the grammatical aspects of the language is also important. It is easy to crack this optional subject for those who are native Assamese speakers and familiar with it. This article provides you with the latest UPSC Assamese Literature Syllabus for IAS Mains 2021.

UPSC Assamese Syllabus – Paper I

Answers must be written in Assamese

Section-A: Language

  • History of the origin and development of the Assamese language-its position among the Indo-Aryan Languages-periods in its history.
  • Developments of Assamese prose.
  • Vowels and consonants of the Assamese languages-rules of phonetic changes with stress on Assamese coming down from Old Indo-Aryan.
  • Assamese vocabulary-and its sources.
  • Morphology of the language-conjugation-enclitic definitives and pleonastic suffixes.
  • Dilectical divergences-the standard colloquial and the Kamrupi dialect in particulars.
  • Assamese scripts-its evolution through the ages till 19th century A.D.

Section-B: Literary Criticism and Literary History

  • Principles of Literary criticism upto New criticism.
  • Different literary genres.
  • Development of literary forms in Assamese.
  • Development of literary criticism in Assamese.
  • Periods of the literary history of Assam from the earliest beginnings, i.e. from the period of the charyyageets with their socio-cultural background : the proto Assamese-Pre-SankaradevaSankaradeva-post SankaradevaModern period (from the coming of the Britishers)-Post-Independence period. Special emphasis is to be given on the Vaisnavite period, the gonaki and the post-Independence period.

UPSC Assamese Syllabus – Paper II

This paper will require first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidates’ critical ability. Answers must be written in Assamese

Section-A

  • Ramayana (Ayodhya Kanda only)-by Madhava Kandali.
  • Parijat-Harana-by Sankaradeva.
  • Rasakrida-by Sankaradeva (From Kirtana Ghosa).
  • Bargeet-by Madhavadeva
  • Rajasuya-by Madhavadeva.
  • Katha-Bhagavata (Books I and II)-by Baikunthanath Bhattacharyya.
  • Gurucarit-Katha (Sankaradeva’s Part only)-ed. by Maheswar Neog.

Section-B

  • Mor Jeevan Sonwaran-by Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
  • Kripabar Barbaruar Kakatar Topola-by Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
  • Pratima-by Chandra Kumar Agarwalla.
  • Gaonburha-by Padmanath Gohain Barua.
  • Monamati-by Rajanikanta Bordoloi.
  • Purani Asamiya Sahitya-by Banikanta Kakati.
  • Karengar Ligiri-by Jyotiprasad Agarwalla
  • Jeevanar Batat-by Bina Barwa (Birinchi Kumar Barua)
  • Mrityunjoy-by Birendrakumar
  • Bhattachary-ya
  • Samrat-by Navakanta Barua.

UPSC Assamese Syllabus 2021 – PDF Download

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