UPSC Civil Services Mains exam syllabus: Malayalam
UPSC Civil Services Mains exam syllabus: Malayalam
The complete syllabus of Malayalam for the UPSC Civil Services Mains exam.

(Answers must be written in Malayalam)

Paper I

Section A

Unit 1 - Early phase of Malayalam Language

Various theories: origin from proto Dravidian, Tamil, Sanskrit.

Relation between Tamil and Malayalam: Six nayas of A.R. Rajarajavarma.

Pattu school-definition, Ramacharitam, later pattu works-Niranam works and Krishnagatha.

Unit 2 - Linguistics of Malayalam

Maniprvalam: definition. Language of early manipravala works- Champu, Sandesakavya, Chandrotsava, minor works. Later Manipravala works- medieval Champu and Attakkatha.

Folklore: Southern and Northern ballads, Mappila songs.

Early Malayalam prose: Bhashakautaliyam, Brahmandapuranam, Attaprakaram, Kramadipika and Nambiantamil.

Unit 3 - Satandardisation of Malayalam

Peculairities of the language of Pana, Kilippattu and Tullal.

Contributions of indigenous and European missionaries to Malayalam.

Characteristics of contemporary Malayalam: Malayalam as administrative language. Language of scientific and technicalliterature- media language.

Section B: Literary History

Unit 4 - Ancient and Medieval Literature

Pattu-Ramacharitam, Niranam works and Krishnagatha.

Manipravalam-early and medieval manipravala works including attakkatha and champu.

Folk literature.

Kilippattu, Tullal and Mahakavya.

Unit 5 - Modern Literature-Poerty

Venmani poets and contemporaries.

The advent of Romanticism-Poerty of Kavitraya i.e., Asan, Ulloor and Vallathol.

Poetry after Kavitraya.

Modernism in Malayalam poetry.

Unit 6: Modern Literature – Prose

Drama

Novel

Short story

Biography, travelogue, essay and criticism

Paper II

This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and is designed to test the candidate's criticalability.

Section A

Unit 1

Ramacharitam- Patalam 1

Kannassaramayanam- Balakandam first 25 stanzas

Unnunilisandesam- Purvabhagam 25 slokas including Prastavana

Mahabharatham Kilippattu- Bhishmaparvam

Unit 2

Kumaran Asan- Chintavisthayaya Sita.

Vailoppilli- Kutiyozhikkal.

G. Sankara Kurup- Perunthachan.

N.V. Krishna Variar- Tivandiyile Pattu.

Unit 3

ONV - Bhumikkoru Charamagitam

Ayyappa Panicker- Kurukshetram.

Akkittam- Paudatha Messanthi

Attur Ravivarma- Megharupan.

Section-B

Unit 4

O. Chanthu Menon- Indulekha

Thakazhy- Chemmin.

O V Vijayan- Khasakkinte Ithihasam.

Unit 5

MT Vasudevan Nair- Vanaprastham (Collection).

N S Madhavan- Higvitta (Collection).

C J. Thomas- 1128-il Crime 27.

Unit 6

Kuttikrishna Marar- Bharataparyatanam

M. K Sanu- Nakshatrangalute snehabhajanam

V.T. Bhattathirippad- Kannirum Kinavum

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