Dogri Literature Syllabus – UPSC

UPSC Dogri Literature Syllabus: Paper-1

Section A

History of Dogri Language

• Dogri language: Origin and development through different stages.
• Linguistic boundaries of Dogri and its dialects.
• Characteristic features of Dogri language.
• Structure of Dogri Language:
  • a. Sound Structure
    • Segmental Sound Structure: Vowels and Consonants
    • Non-Segmental Sound Structure: Length, Stress, Nasalization, Tone, and Juncture.
  • b. Morphology of Dogri-
    • Inflection Categories: Gender, Number, Case, Person, Tense and Voice.
    • Word Formation: use of prefixes, infixes and suffixes.
    • Vocabulary: Tatsam, tadbhav, foreign and regional.
  • c. Sentence Structure: Major Sentence – types and their constituents, agreement and concord in Dogri syntax.
• 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 short -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.

UPSC Dogri Literature Syllabus: Paper-2

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 Smailpuri, 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. Shastri, Jitendra Udhampuri, 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 writers : Ved Rahi, Narsingh Dev Jamwal, Om Goswami, Chhattrapal, Lalit Magotra, Chaman Arora and Ratan Kesar.
• Khatha Kunj Bhag II The following Story writers : 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.