Public Service Commission, West Bengal (PSCWB) WBCS (Exe) Examination
- English :
Paper - I History Of English Literature; History Of English Language, Shakespearean Drama.Paper - II English Poetry From 1798 To 1922 : Prose Drama Of Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries; Prose Fiction Of The Nineteenth Century; Practical Criticism, Comment And Appreciation. Top - Sanskrit:
Paper - I - Sanskrit Linguistics;
- Sanskrit Grammar;
- Translation From Vedic Texts Into English; Translation From Classical Sanskrit Into English; Translation From English Into Sanskrit.
Paper - II - History Of Vedic And Classical Sanskrit Literature;
- Texts (Meant For General Acquaintance And Not For Minute Study):
- Kalidas's Abhignanasakuntalam And Kumarsambhavam (Cantor I - Vii);
- Bhavabhuti's Uttararamcharitam And Malatimadhavam;
- Bharavi's Kiratarjuniyam;
- Banabhatta's Kadambari (Purvardha).
Top - Pali:
Paper-I - Pali Linguistics;
- Pali Grammar;
- Translation From Pali (Prose And Poetry) Into English, Translation From English Into Pali.
Paper - II History Of Pali Literature (Canonical And Post-Canonical) History Of Buddhism, Texts (Meant For General Acquaintance And Not For Minute Study):- Dighanikaya (P.T.S.), Vol. Ii (Pp. 72-252), Vol. Iii (Pp. 58-193),
- Majjhima-Nikaya (P.T.S.) Suttas (Nos. 26-40 And 81-90),
- Mahavagga (Oldenberg's Edn.) Pp. 1-100, (4) Milindapanha (Ed. By Trenckner), Pp. 1-89,
- Suttanipata-Uragavagga And Attakavagga,
- Dhammapada-The Whole,
- Therigatha (P.T.S.) - The Whole.
Top - Arabic :
Paper - I - Arabic Linguistics;
- Arabic Grammar;
- Translation From Arabic Into English;
- Translation From English Into Arabic;
- Arabic Rhetoric And Prosody.
Paper - II - History Of Arabic Literature;
- Texts (Meant For General Acquaintance And Not For Minute Study):
- Diwan-Ibn-Ul-Fariz;
- Sab'a Mu'allaqa;
- Sirat-Ibn-I-Hisham;
- Muqaddama-Ibn-I-Khaldun.
Top - Persian
Paper - I - Persian Linguistics (Persian And Indo-European Family Of Languages; Aryan Or Indo_Iranian Branch, Evolution Of Persian Language, Old Persian, Avestan Language, Middle Persian Or Pahlavi, Modern Persian, Iranian Dialects, Persian Influence On Indian Languages);
- Persian Grammar;
- Translation From Persian Into English;
- Translation From English Into Persian; (E) Persian Rhetoric And Prosody.
Paper - II - History Of Persian Literature (Origin Of Persian Poetry, Early Poets, Development Of Poetic Forms-Qasida, Ghazal, Masnavi,, Etc. Growth Of Poetic Themes Or Trendsepic, Romantic, Mystical, Philosophical, Ethical, Etc. Survey Of Prose-Works-Historical, Mystical, Ethical, Biographical, Etc. Literary Progress In Different Periods Of Iranian History. Contributions Of Eminent Poets And Writers. Modern Poetry, Modern Prose, Indo-Persian Literature);
- Texts (Meant For General Acquaintance And Not For Minute Study):
- Shahnama Of Firdausi;
- Chahar Maqala Of Nizami Aruzi;
- Qasaid-I-Khaqani;
- Diwan-I-Hafiz;
- Masnavi Of Jalaluddin Rumi;
- Naldaman Of Fayzi.
Top - French:
Paper - I Translation From French Into English, Translation From English Into French, French Grammar.Paper - II History Of French Literature, Texts, (Meant For General Acquaintance And Not For Minute Study):- Prose-Ronsard : Deveres Choisies (Classique Larosusse) - 2 Volumes, Pierre Loti; La Roman D'um Enfant;
- Poetry-Ronsard : Poesies Choisies (Classique Larosusse)-2 Volumes. Musset : Poesies Nouvelles. Drama-Moliers : L'avare, Corneilles : La Cid.
Top - Bengali:
Paper - I - Bengali Linguistics;
- History Of Bengali Literature;
- Old Bengali Texts (Poetry And Prose) Up To Iswarchandra Gupta.
Texts (Meant For General Acquaintance And Not For Minute Study) : The Charyapadas, The Srikrishnakirtan And Lyrics Of Chandidas, Vidyapati, Jnandas And Govindadas, The Chaitanya-Bhagavata, The Ramayana Of Krittivasa, The Mahabharata Of Kasiram Das, Mangala Kavyas Including Bharatchandra's Annadamangal, Poems Of Syed Alaol, Lyrics Of Ramprasad. The Eastern Bengali Ballads, Works Of Iswarchandra Gupta.
Paper - II Modern Bengali Poetry, Prose, Drama And Criticism. Top - Hindi :
Paper - I - Hindi Linguistics;
- History Of Literature; Rhetoric And Prosody. Old Hindi Texts - Prose And Poetry. Text (Meant For General Acquaintance And Not For Minute Study):
- Veer Kavya Sangrah (Chand, Narpati Nalha, Bhusan). Ed. By Udayanarayan Tripathi
- Kabir Sangrah (Hindi Sahitya Sammelan);
- Suffi Kavya-Sangrah. Edited By Pt. Parashuram Chaturvedi;
- Ramcharitamanas-Tulsidas;
- Bharmara-Geet-Saar-Surdas. Edited By Ramachandra Shukla,
- Bihari-Satsai-Bihari;
- Shabda-Rasayan-Deva. Edited By Dr. J.N. Singh Manoj;
- Rasakhan Aur Ghanananda (Nagri Prachar Sabha);
- Astha Chhap. Edited By Dr. Dhirendra Varma.
Paper - II Modern Hindi Poetry, Prose, Drama And Criticism. Top - Urdu :
Paper - I - Urdu Linguistics;
- History Of Urdu Literature, Old Urdu Literature - Prose And Poetry.
Texts (Meant For General Acquaintance And Not For Minute Study) :- Diwani-I-Wali-100 Ghazals From The Beginning;
- Intikhab-E-Kalam-E-Mir By Dr. Abdul Haque;
- Qasaid-I-Sauda : One Qasaid Only-Beginning With The Line “Hua Gab Kufr Thabit Hai Wuh Tamha-Musalmani.”;
- Muthnavi Schrul Bayan By Mir Hassan Dehlavi;
- Fasan-I-Ajaib By Rajab Ali Beg Saroor;
- Araish-I-Muhfil By Haider Baksh Haidri.
Paper - II Modern Urdu Poetry, Prose, Drama And Criticism. Top - Comparative Literature :
Paper - I - Theories Of Literature : Dates Terms And Concepts.
- Literature Of The Ancient World; (I) Indian, (Ii) Western
- Bangla Sahitya : 1 (Baishnab Padabali Theke Bankimchandra)
- Bangla Sahitya : 2 (Rabindranath O Uttorkaal)
- Bengali Literature In Translation
- Indian Literature Other Than Bengali In Translation
Paper - II Western Literature -- 800 - 1400 A.D. (Including Song Of Ronald, Tristan And Representative Writings Of Troubadour Minnesang, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio And Chaucer).
- 1400 - 1616 A.D. (Including Representative Writings Of Villon, Ronsard, Spencer, Machiavelli, Rableis, Montaigne And Shakespeare).
- 1616 - 1749 A.D. (Including Representative Writings Of Moliere, Racine, Swift, Voltaire And Defoe).
- 1749 - 1832 A.D. (Including Representative Writings Of Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Scott, Rene, Lamartine, Vigny, Hugo And Musset).
- 1832 - 1910 A.D. (Including Representative Writings Of Whitman, Baudelaire, Verlaine, Laforgue, Lbsen, Balzac, Tolstoy, Maupassant And Chekhov).
- 1910 To The Present Times (Including Representative Writings Of Yeats, Eliot, Frost, Rilke, Mayakovsky, Eluard, Neruda, Hervert, Kafka, Marquez And Lonesco).
[Candidates Are Not Permitted To Take More Than One Of The Optional Subjects Mentioned At Serials 1(I) To 1(X). Above]
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