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Syllabus:
Chinese (Main) |
Paper-I
This paper will require the candidates to have a good knowledge of
standard
Chinese language and its characteristics so as to test the
candidate’s
organisational capabilities. All the questions except the question
on
translation from Chinese to English must be answered in Chinese. All
the
questions carry equal marks.
Section-A
1. Essay writing in about 500 Chinese characters on a topical
subject.
2. Translation :
a) Chinese-English
b) English-Chinese
3. Syntactic and grammatical usage.
Section-B
1. Explanation of idioms and phrases in Chinese.
2. Development of Chinese language
3. Copmprehension Precis writing.
Paper-II
This paper will require the candidates to have a good grasp of
Chinese studies
and will be designed to test the candidate’s critical ability. All
the questions
must be answered in Chinese. All the questions carry equal marks.
Section-A
1. Short notes on topics related to major events in modern Chinese
history
(from 1919 till date).
2. Critical evaluation of major literary works in pre-liberation
period
(1919-1949) :
a) Lao She : Four Generations, Rickshaw-puller.
b) Ba Jin : Family.
c) Lu Xum : Medicine, Madman’s Diary. The True Story of Ah Q.
d) Mao Dun : Midnight
e) Ai Quing : Coal’s Reply (Mei de Duihua), Begger (Qigai), I Love
This Land (Wo Ai Zhe Tudi), Old Man (Laoren)
f) Guo Moruo : The Goddesses.
3. Role of Philosophy and Religion in the Development of Chinese
Society.
Section-B
1. Socio-Economic/Political/Educational/Sports/Science and
Technological
Development since 1979.
2. Critical appreciation of major literary works in post-liberation
period
(1949 till date) :
a) Gu Hua : The Town Called Hibiscus (Furongzhen)
b) Chen Rong : Till the Middle Age (Ren dao Zhongnian)
c) Liu Xinwu : The Class-in-Charge (Ban Zhuren)
d) Lu Yao : The Human Existence (Rensheng)
e) Ai Qing : Fish Fossil, The Mirror, The Gardener’s Dream, The
Hunter
Who Drew Birds
f) Shu Ting : Motherland, My Beloved Motherland. |
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