Answers must be written in Assamese.
Section A: Language
(a) History of the origin and development of the Assamese languages-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 - encilitic definitives and pleonastic suffixes.
(f) Dialectical divergences - the standard colloquial and the Kamrupi dialect in particular.
(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 up to 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.
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
Ramayana (Ayodhya Kanda only) by Madhava Kandali.
Parijat-Harana by Sankaradeva.
Rsakrida by Sankaradeva (From Kirtana Ghosa).
Bargeet_by Madhavadeva
Rajasuya by Madhavadeva
Katha-Bhagvata (Books I and II) by Baikunthanath Bhattacharyya.
Gurucarit-Katha (Sankaradevas Part only) ed. by Maheshwar Neog.
Morjeevan Sonwaran by Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
Kripabar Barbaruar Kakatar Topola by Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
Pratima by Chandra Kumar Aggarwala
Gaonburha-by Padmanadh Gohain Barua.
Monamati by Rajanikanta Bordoloi.
Purani Asmiya Sahita by Banikanta Kakati.
Karengar Ligiri by Jyotiprasad Agarwalla
Jeevanar Batat by Bina Barwa (Birinchi Kumar Barua)
Mrityunjoy by Birendrakumar Bhattacharyya
Samrat by Navakanta Barua.