UPSC Mains English Literature Syllabus


Look at the most recent UPSC Mains English Syllabus 2019. English subject is one of the discretionary papers in UPSC IAS Mains Exam. Prior we've given UPSC Mains Syllabus, Now we are giving UPSC Mains are given underneath.

It includes two papers every one of 250 Marks. Along these lines, the discretionary paper has absolute 500 Marks. In UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam, English is one of the Optional Subjects and comprises of 2 papers. Each paper is of 250 Marks with an aggregate of 500 Marks. Find beneath the UPSC Syllabus for English Optional Subject.Optional Subject Syllabus of English Paper. There is just "ONE" discretionary subject to look over the rundown of discretionary subjects which


Paper-I : UPSC Mains English
Answers must be written in English.
Texts for detailed study are listed below. Candidates will also be required to show adequate knowledge of the following topics and movements :
The Renaissance : Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama; Metaphysical Poetry; The Epic and the Mock-epic; Neo-classicism; Satire; The Romantic Movement; The Rise of the Novel; The Victorian Age.
Section-A
1. William Shakespeare : King Lear and The Tempest.
2. John Donne. The following poems :
- Canonization;
- Death be not proud;
- The Good Morrow;
- On his Mistress going to bed;
- The Relic;
3. John Milton : Paradise Lost, I, II, IV, IX
4. Alexander Pope. The Rape of the Lock.
5. William Wordsworth. The following poems:
- Ode on Intimations of Immortality.
- Tintern Abbey.
- Three years she grew.
- She dwelt among untrodden ways.
- Michael.
- Resolution and Independence.
- The World is too much with us.
- Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour.
- Upon Westminster Bridge.
6. Alfred Tennyson : In Memoriam.
7. Henrik Ibsen : A Doll's House.
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Section-B
1. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels.
2. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
3. Henry Fielding. Tom Jones.
4. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
5. George Eliot. The Mill on the Floss.
6. Thomas Hardy. Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
7. Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Paper-II : UPSC Mains English
Answers must be written in English.
Texts for detailed study are listed below. Candidates will also be required to show adequate knowledge of the following topics and movements :
Modernism; Poets of the Thirties; The stream-of-consciousness Novel; Absurd Drama; Colonialism and Post-Colonialism; Indian Writing in English; Marxist, Psychoanalytical and Feminist approaches to literature; Post-Modernism.


Section-A
1. William Butler Yeats. The following poems:
- Easter 1916
- The Second Coming
- A Prayer for my daughter.
- Sailing to Byzantium.
- The Tower.
- Among School Children.
- Leda and the Swan.
- Meru
- Lapis Lazuli
2. T.S. Eliot. The following poems :
- The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock
- Journey of the Magi.
- Burnt Norton.
3. W.H. Auden. The following poems :
- Partition
- Musee des Beaux Arts
- in Memory of W.B. Yeats
- Lay your sleeping head, my love
- The Unknown Citizen
- Consider
- Mundus Et Infans
- The Shield of Achilles
- September 1, 1939
- Petition.
4. John Osborne : Look Back in Anger.
5. Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot.
6. Philip Larkin. The following poems :
- Next
- Please
- Deceptions
- Afternoons
- Days
- Mr. Bleaney
7. A.K. Ramanujan. The following poems :
- Looking for a Causim on a Swing
- A River
- Of Mothers, among other Things
- Love Poem for a Wife 1
- Samll-Scale Reflections on a Great House
- Obituary
(All these poems are available in the anthology Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets, edited by R. Parthasarthy, published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi).
Section-B
1. Joseph Conrad. Lord Jim
2. James Joyce. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
3. D.H. Lawrence. Sons and Lovers.
4. E.M. Forster. A Passage to India.
5. Virginia Woolf. Mrs Dalloway.
6. Raja Rao. Kanthapura.
7. V.S. Naipal. A House for Mr. Biswas.

Tips For UPSC Mains English Literature
1.     On the off chance that one is genuinely inspired by writing, one can go for this discretionary in all respects securely despite his/her graduation stream.
2.     Inclusion of complete prospectus ought to be a need. Inquiries posed, particularly in the ongoing years are so based as to test this perspective. For the most part, 3 months is adequate for an individual having foundation in English to finish the prospectus. For one with an alternate foundation, around a half year is adequate relying upon one's nature with the writings.
3.     Peruse the verifiable segment after finishing of the abstract works. In many books, the plot and characters delineate unmistakably the characteristics of a specific scholarly period. That way, one would get a reasonable thought of different periods with no additional exertion.


4.     One should utilize straightforward language while addressing questions. Conscious and pointless utilization of complex vocabulary won't bring any additional Marks. Keep in mind that it is a trial of one's learning of 'writing' and not 'English'. The last is just a mechanism for the previous.
5.     Answer-composing practice is of most extreme significance. One ought to do it all the time utilizing the earlier year questions (inquiries from recent year paper are important).
6.     Since expert direction (according to UPSC necessity) for this discretionary is for all intents and purposes non-existent, one can approach any great college educator for assessment of one's answers. If not, even self-assessment is adequate.
7.     Try not to allude such books which are regularly utilized by college understudies for verifying a simple passing evaluation in tests (one such precedent is Ramji Lall). Their utilization, whenever required, should just be limited to outline of the plot/play. They can't fill in as an essential book for one's arrangement in CS tests.
8.     A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H Abrams is valuable for acclimating oneself with different scholarly terms.

UPSC Mains English: Strategy
·        Novels & Drama (English-origin+Indian)
·        Poetry
·        History of English Literature
·        Unforeseen poetry and prose


NOVELS & DRAMA
Books: For English-birthplace books and show, either 'Perspective release' or 'Norton Critical version' is suggested. One should enhance the investigation/analysis furnished in these books with substance accessible on sites, for example, Sparknotes , Cliffnotes, Wikipedia and so on. Be that as it may, above all, content of a novel ought to be perused at any rate once. In any case, while understanding, one must not be too focused on the importance of every single sentence, rather should see a section completely and in connection to the general plot. Basic articles and examination of a work ought to be perused altogether and significant focuses retained, particularly fundamental topics, images and themes.
For Indian-cause books (where Worldview and Norton are not accessible), one should peruse the content well and look the net for papers, reactions and investigation.
POETRY
Books: Here, no particular book will give all elements of a sonnet. One ought to widely burrow the web to assemble however much inside and out learning about a sonnet as could be expected. Remembering significant lines of a sonnet is a smart thought as its use in an answer gives a generally amazing impression. One's very own investigation amid perusing of a lyric is similarly significant
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
(Spreads significant artistic periods like Renaissance, Elizabethan time and so forth allude prospectus)
Books: Many books are accessible for this segment. In any case, one can pick what covers all (or most) periods referenced in UPSC schedule. A few books are given underneath:
Prologue to English Literature by W.H Hudson, The Routledge History of Literature in English, A short History of English Literature (Pramod K. Nayar). Web, esp. Wikipedia is likewise a decent source


UNFORESEEN POETRY AND PROSE
UPSC Mains, In paper-I, one needs to respond to addresses dependent on unexpected sonnet and in paper-II, there is correspondingly an entry from which questions are based. Both consolidated comprise 100 imprints (50 each) and are mandatory. Albeit one can respond to inquiries from these areas by utilizing one's good judgment with no escalated earlier arrangement, a book Practical Criticism (Oxford University Press) can be helpful in such manner.

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