Urdu Literature is one of the optional subjects offered in the OAS Mains examination, with two papers of 250 marks each.
The syllabus below is reproduced from the Odisha Public Service Commission's own notification. Both papers carry 250 marks and run for three hours.
URDU. Paper-I Answers must be written in Urdu.
Section-A
Development of Urdu Language ‘ a) Development of Indo-Aryan (i) Old Indo-Aryan (ii) Middle Indo - Aryan (iii) New Indo Aryan b) Western Hindi and its dialects Brij Bhasha Khadi Boli, Haryanavi Theories about the origin of Urdu Language c) Dakhani Urdu-Origin and development, its significant linguistic features. d) Social and Cultural roots of Urdu language-and its distinctive features. Script, Phonology, Morphology, Vocabulary.
Section-B
a) Genres and their development: (i) Poetry: Ghazal, Masnavi, Qasida, Marsia, Rubai, Jadid Nazm, (ii) Prose: Dastan, Novel, Short Story, Drama, Inshaiya, Khutoot,. Biography. b) Significant features of: (i) Deccani, Delhi and Lucknow schools. (ii) Sir Syed movement, Romantic movement, Progressive movement, Modernism (iii) Development of Urdu prose and poetry in Odisha c) Literary Criticism and its development with reference to Hali, Shibli, Kaleemuddin Ahmad, Ehtisham Hussain, Ale-Ahmad Suroor. d) Essay writing (covering literary and imaginative topics)
Paper-II
Answers must be written in Urdu. This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidate's critical ability.
Section-A
7 1. Mir Amman - Bagho-Babar. 2. Ghalib - Intikhab-e-Khutoot-e Ghalib
- Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan - Intekhab-e-Mazamin-e Sir Sayed.
- Prem Chand - Godan
- Krishan Chander - Ann Data
- Abul Kalam Azad - Ghubar-e-Khatir
Section-B
- Mir - Intikhab-e-Kalam-e- Mir (Ed. Abdul Haq.). 2. Mir Hasan - Sahrul Bayan
- Ghalib - Diwan-e-Ghalib; 4. Iqbal - Bal-e-Jibrail
- Firaq - Gul-e-Naghma
- Faiz - Dast-e-Saba
- Ali Sardar Jafri - Patthar-ki-Diwar