Mains Examination Syllabus  - Persian

PAPER - I

Part I : Poetry :

1.Mathnavi - Rumi:1st Daftar (1st half)

2.Shahnama-Firdawasi:Selected pieces :

(i) Aghaz-i-Dastan-i-Sahrab

(ii)Raftan-i-Rustan Ba Shikar wa Rashidan-i-Nazdi Shah Samangan.

(iii)Amadan-i-Tahminah nazdi Rustam wa be zanigiriftan-i-Rustam ura.

3.Hafiz : Diwan-i-Hafiz:(1st part only)

4.Ghazals of Saidi,

(i) Barkhez ta yaksu mihim.

(ii) Wagi-i-Tarab Khush Yaftan.

(iii) In Tui Sarwi bustani.

(iv) Aiki gufti hich Mushkil chum Firg-i-nist.

(v) Khushtar az dawran-i-ishk ayyam nist.

5.Ruba’yet-I-Umar Khayyam 1st 15 rubayats only Book recommended, Rubayat-I-Umar Khayyam Edited by Late A.C. Bose.

6.Parwin I tasami : Yad-i-Yaran

7.Iraj Mirza:Madar, Sharab, Bechara, Madar

Part - II : Prose :

1.Chehar Maqalah:Maqalah-i-Awwal

2.Siyasat Namah:Andar Ummal wa Pursidan-i-Ahwal-i-Waziram wa Dabiran

3.Seh Nasr-Zahuri:Nasr-i-Awwal.

4.Darye-i-Gawhar :

(i) Khanah-i-Pindari

(ii) Amaniyat

5.Kimiya-i-Saadat, Paida Kardan Sharayat ...................... Riyazat

6.Nazhatul Qulub, The whole selection (from, Muntakhabut-I-Farsi, Calcutta University, 1963)

7.Muntakhabat Tawarikh The whole selection. (from Muntakhabat-I-Farsi, Calcutta University, 1963.)

Books recommended :

1.Mathnavi Rumi by Jalaluddin Rumi.

2.Shahnamah by Firdausi.

3.Diwan-i-Hafiz.

4.Chazliyat-i-Sadi by Sadi.

5.Darya-i-Gawhr by Dr. Meddi Hamidi, Vil.-III

6.Seh Nasr-i-Zahuri by Zahuri Turshizi

7.Darya-i-Gawhar by Dr. Meddi Hamidi, Vol.-I

PAPER - II

Part I : History of Parsian Language and Literature :

(a)Origin and development of Persian Languag.

(b)Origin and development of persian Literature.

(i) Classical background

(ii) Socio-cultural influences.

(iii) Modern trends, Origin and development of modern literary genres including drama, short story, essay.

Part II : Translation, Grammar, Rhetoric, Essay :

(a)Translation of unseen Persian passage into English.

(b)Significant features of Persian Grammar and Rhetorics.

(c)Short essay in Persian on a subject connected with Persian Literature.

Books recommended :

1.Literary History of Persia, 5 Vol. E.G. Browne.

2.History of Persian Language and Literature

Dr. N.H. Ansari

3.Tarikha-dabiya-i-Farsi, Raza Zadeh Shafa.

4.Sherul Azam, 5 Vol. Allama Shibli.

5.San adid-i-Azam, Mehdi Nasiri

6.Dastur-i-Zaban Farsi, Dr. P.N. Khanlari

7.Iimul Balaghat - Abdul Majid.

Note :

(i)The candidates are expected to answer critical questions on the authors and the poem as well as the General Characteristics of the Literature.

(ii)The candidates will be required to answer some questions carrying not less than 25 percent marks in Persian.

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