ASSAMESE

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 language—periods in its history.
  • Development of Assamese prose.
  • Vowels and consonants of the Assamese Language—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.
  • Dialectical divergences—the Standard colloquial and the Kamrupi dialect in particular.
  • Assamese script—its evolution through the ages till 19th century A.D.

Section B

  • Literary Criticism and Literary History
  • Principles of literary criticism up to 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 chariya geeta with their socio-cultural background : the proto Assamese Pre-Sankaradeva—Sankaradeva—Post-Sankaradeva—Modern period (from the coming of the Britishers)—Post-Independence period. Special emphasis is to be given on the Vaishnavite period, the gonaki and the post-independence periods.

PAPER II

This paper will require first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidate’s critical ability.

Section A

  • Râmâyana (Ayodhyâ Kânda —by Madhava Kandali only)
  • Pârijât-Harana —by Sankaradeva.
  • Râsakrîdâ —by Sankaradeva (From Kirtana Ghosa)
  • Bârgeet —by Madhavadeva.
  • Râjasûya —by Madhavadeva.
  • Kathâ-Bhâgavata(Books I and II) —by Baikuntha Nath Bhattacharyya.
  • Gurucharitra-Kathâ (Sankaradeva’s Part only) —ed. by Maheswar Neog.

SECTION B

  • Mor Jeevan Soñwaran —by Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
  • Kripâbar BorbaruârKakatar Topola —by Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
  • Pratimâ —by Chandra Kumar Agarwala.
  • Gâonburhâ —by Padmanath Gohain Baruah.
  • Manomatî —by Rajanikanta Bordoloi.
  • Purani Asamîyâ Sâhitya —by Banikanta Kakati.
  • Kârengar Ligirî —by Jyotiprasad Agarwalla
  • Jeevanar Bâtat —by Bina Barva(BirinchiKumar Barua)
  • Mrityunjoy —by Birendrakumar Bhattacharyya
  • Samrât —by Navakanta Barua