UPSC Optional Subject Syllabus- Dogri Language

Paper-I

History of Dogri Language and Literature

(Answers must be written in Dogri)

Section-A

History of Dogri Language

1. Dogri language : Origin and development through different stages.
2. Linguistic boundaries of Dogri and itsdialects.
3. Characteristic features of Dogri language.
4. Structure of Dogri Language :-

• Sound Structure : Segmental : Vowels and Consonants Non-Segmental : Length, Stress, Nasalization, Tone and Juncture.
• Morphology of Dogri :

i.Inflection Categories : Gender, Number, Case, Person, Tense and Voice.

ii.Word Formation : use of prefixes,infixes and suffixes.

iii.Vocabulary : Tatsam, tadbhav, foreign and regional.

• Sentence Structure : Major Sentence - types and their constituents, agreement and concord in Dogri syntax.

5. Dogri Language and Scripts : Dogre/ Dogra Akkhar, Devanagari and Persian.

Section-B

History of Dogri Literature :

• A brief account of Pre-independence Dogri Literature : Poetry & Prose.
• Development of modern Dogri Poetry and main trends in Dogri Poetry.
• Development of Dogr i shor t -story, main trends & prominent short-story writers.
• Development of Dogri Novel, main trends & contribution of Dogri Novelists.
• Development of Dogri Drama & contribution of prominent Playwrights.
• Development of Dogri Prose : Essays, Memoirs & Travelogues.
• An introduction to Dogri Folk literature - Folk songs, Folk tales & Ballads.

Paper-II

Textual Cristisim of Dogri Literature

(Answers must be written in Dogri).

Section-A

Poetry

• Azadi Paihle Di Dogri Kavita. The following poets : Devi Ditta, Lakkhu, Ganga Ram , Ramdhan, Hardutt, Pahari Gandhi Baba Kanshi Ram & Permanand Almast.
• Modern Dogri PoetryAzadi Bad Di Dogri Kavita
  The following poets :
  Kishan Smai lpuri, Tara Smailpuri , Mohan Lal Sapolia, Yash Sharma,K.S. Madhukar, Padma Sachdev, Jitendra Udhampuri, Charan Singh and Prakash Premi.
• Sheeraza Dogri Number 102, GhazalAnk.
  The following poets :
  Ram Lal Sharma, Ved Pal Deep, N.D. Jamwal, Shiv Ram Deep, Ashwini Magotra and Virendra Kesar.
• Sheeraza Dogri Number 147, GhazalAnk.
  The following poets :
  R.N. Shast r i , Ji tendra Udhampur i , Champa Sharma and Darshan Darshi.
• Ramayan (Epic) by Shambhu Nath Sharma (upto Ayodhya Kand).
• Veer Gulab (Khand Kavya) by Dinoo Bhai Pant.

Section-B

Prose

• Ajakani Dogri Kahani The following short story writers : Madan Mohan Sharma, Narendra Khajuria and B.P. Sathe.
• Ajakani Dogri Kahani Part-II The following Short Story writters : Ved Rahi, Narsingh Dev Jamwal, Om Goswami, Chhattrapal, Lalit Magotra, Chaman Arora and Ratan Kesar.
• Khatha Kunj Bhag II The following Story writters : Om Vidyarthi, Champa Sharma and Krishan Sharma.
• Meel Patthar (collection of short stories) by Bandhu Sharma.
• Kaiddi (Novel) by Desh Bandhu Dogra Nutan
• Nanga Rukkh (Novel) by O.P. Sharma Sarathi.
• Nayaan (Drama) by Mohan Singh.
• Satrang (A collection of one act plays)
  The following pay wrights :
  VishwaNathKhajuria , Ram NathShastri, Jitendra Sharma, Lalit Magotra and Madan Mohan Sharma.
• Dogri Lalit Nibandh
  The following authors :
  Vishwa Nath Khajuria , Narayan Mishra, Balkrishan Shastri, Shiv Nath, Shyam Lal Sharma, Lakshmi Narayan, D.C. Prashant, Ved Ghai, Kunwar Viyogi.