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KASHMIRI

PAPER-II

(Answers must be written in Kashmiri)

Section A

1. Intensive study of Kashmiri poetry up to the nineteenth century :

(i) Lal Dyad,

(ii) Sheikhul Aalam

(iii) Habba Khatoon

2. Kashmiri poetry : 19th Century

(i) Mahmood Gami (Vatsans)

(ii) Maqbool shah (Gulrez)

(iii) Rasool Mir (Ghazals)

(iv) Abdul Ahad Nadim (N’at)

(v) Krishanjoo Razdan (Shiv Lagun)

(vi) Sufi Poets (Test in Sanglaab, published by the Deptt. of Kashmiri, University of Kashmir)

3. Twentieth Century Kashmiri poetry (text in Azich Kashir Shairi, published by the Deptt. of Kashmiri, University of Kashmir).

4. Literary criticism and research work : development and various trends.

Section B

1. An analytical study of the short story in Kashmiri.

(i)  Afsana Majmu’a, published by the Deptt. of Kashmiri, University of Kashmir.

(ii) Kashur Afsana Az, published by the Sahitya Akademi.

(iii) Hamasar Kashur Afsana, published by the Sahitya Akademi.

The following short story writers only : Akhtar Mohi-ud Din, Kamil, Hari Krishan Kaul, Hraday Kaul Bharti, Bansi Nirdosh, Gulshan Majid.

2. Novel in Kashmiri :

(i) Mujrim by G. N. Gowhar

(ii) Marun—Ivan Ilyichun, (Kashmiri version of Tolstoy’s) The Death of Ivan Ilyich (published by Kashmiri Deptt.)

3. Drama in Kashmiri :

(i) Natuk Kariv Band by Hari Krishan Kaul

(ii) Qk Angy Natuk, ed. Motilal Keemu, published by the Sahitya Akademi.

(iii) Razi Oedipus, tr. Naji Munawar, published by the Sahitya Akademi.

4. Kashmiri Folk Literature :

(i) Kashur Luki Theatre by Mohammad Subhan Bhagat,published by the Deptt. of Kashmiri, University of Kashmir.

(ii) Kashiry Luki Beeth (all volumes) published by the J&K Cultural Akademy.