ASSAMESE

PAPER-I

(Answers must be written in Assamese)

Section-A

Language

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

Section-B

Literary Criticism and Literary History

• (a) Principles of Literary criticism upto New criticism.
• (b) Different literary genres.
• (c) Development of literary forms in Assamese.
• (d) Development of literary criticism in Assamese.
• (e) 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-Sankaradeva - Sankaradeva-post Sankaradeva – Modern 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.

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

• Rãmãyana (Ayodhya Kãnda only) - by Madhava Kandali.
• Pãrijãt-Harana - by Sankaradeva.
• Rãsakrïdã - by Sankaradeva (From Kirtana Ghosa).
• Bargeet - by Madhavadeva
• Rãjasûya - by Madhavadeva.
• Kãthã-Bhãgavata (Books I and II) - by Baikunthanath Bhattacharyya.
• Gurucarit-Kathã (Sankaradeva’s - ed. by Maheswar Neog Part only)

Section-B

• Mor Jeevan Soñwaran - by Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
• Kripãbar Barbaruãr Kãkatar Topola - by Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
• Pratimã - by Chandra Kumar Agarwalla.
• Gãoñburhã - by Padmanath Gohain Barua.
• Monamatî - by Rajanikanta Bordoloi.
• Purani Asamîyã Sãhitya - by Banikanta Kakati.
• Kãrengar Ligirî - by Jyotiprasad Agarwalla
• Jeevanar Bãtat - by Bina Barwa (Birinchi Kumar Barua)v
• Mrityunjoy - by Birendrakumar Bhattacharyya
• Samrãt - by Navakanta Barua.