| Semester I | Paper I (Ancient and Bhakti Period Poetry) | Links | Paper II (Hindi Language: Grammar) | Links |
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| Unit I | Ancient Hindi Poetry: Introduction and History | Phonetics: Hindi Alphabet – Pronunciation and Classification of Vowels and Consonants | ||
| Unit II | Bhakti Period Hindi Poetry: Bhakti Movement, Main Doctrines, Nirgun Poetry – Path of Knowledge, Path of Love, Sagun Poetry – Ram Bhakti, Krishna Bhakti, Sufi Poetry | Bhakti Period, Bhakti Movement, Bhramar Geet Saar | Hindi Orthography: Standardization, Analysis of Words and Spelling, Common Mistakes and Corrections | |
| Unit III | Chand Bardai and His Poetry | Word Study: Classification Based on Grammar (Inflected and Uninflected Words) | ||
| Unit IV | Kabir and His Poetry | Kabir Das, Social Awareness in Kabir’s Poetry | Hindi Word Formation – Compounding, Sandhi, Prefix, Suffix, Definition of Words, Types of Words Based on Structure – Root, Compound, Derived; Based on History – Tatsam, Tadbhav, Desi, Local, Foreign, and Mixed Words; Based on Meaning – Synonyms, Antonyms, and Polysemous Words, One Word for a Phrase | Language and Grammar |
| Unit V | Jayasi and His Poetry | Explanation of Jayasi’s Poetry, Message of Jayasi’s Poetry, Jayasi | Technical Terminology: Concept, Definition, Hindi Equivalents of English Technical Terms and Vice Versa | |
| Unit VI | Surdas and His Poetry | Surdas | Punctuation and Its Usage | |
| Unit VII | Tulsidas and His Poetry | Sentence Structure, Types of Sentences, Sentence Analysis, Sentence Synthesis, Sentence Correction |
| Semester II | Paper I (Hindi Prose Literature) | Links |
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| Unit I | Beginning of Prose in Hindi: Modern Era | |
| Unit II | Origin and Development of Hindi Novel | |
| Unit III | Origin and Development of Hindi Short Story | |
| Unit IV | Craft of Hindi Novel | |
| Unit V | Craft of Hindi Short Story | |
| Unit VI | Resignation Letter: Jainendra | |
| Unit VII | Representative Hindi Short Stories: “Usne Kaha Tha” – Chandradhar Sharma Guleri, “Namak Ka Daroga” – Premchand, “Aakashdeep” – Jaishankar Prasad, “Pajeb” – Jainendra Kumar, “Parda” – Yashpal, “Dopahar Ka Bhojan” – Amarkant, “Vapasi” – Usha Priyamvada | History of Hindi Literature, Division of Eras and Major Trends of Early Period |
| Semester III | Paper I (Riti Period Poetry and Literary Criticism) | Links | Paper II (Hindi Language: Form) | Links |
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| Unit I | Trends in Riti Period Poetry | Origin and Development of the Hindi Language | Origin and Development of Storytelling in Hindi | |
| Unit II | Introduction to Riti Period: History and Development | Styles of Hindi – Hindi, Hindustani, Urdu | ||
| Unit III | Major Poets of the Riti Period: 1. Keshavdas (10 Verses from Ramchandrika) 2. Bihari (25 Verses from Satsai) 3. Dev (20 Verses on Seasons, Love, Separation, Devotion, and Spirituality) 4. Ghananand (15 Verses) 5. Bhushan (10 Verses on Shivaji’s Glory) | Hindi Dialects and Varieties – Hindi, Hindustani, Urdu: 1. Western Hindi 2. Eastern Hindi 3. Rajasthani 4. Bihari 5. Pahari and Their Dialects | ||
| Unit IV | Chand: Characteristics and Examples of the Following Chands – Doha, Chaupai, Rola, Soratha, Savaiya, Barvai, Gitika, Harigitika, Kavitta, Indravajra, Upendravajra | Official Language, National Language, Standard Language, National Link Language | Characteristics of Official Language Hindi, Multilingual Nature of Hindi: From National Language to Official Language | |
| Unit V | Alankar (Figures of Speech): Characteristics and Examples of the Following Alankars – Anupras, Yamak, Shlesh, Vakrokti, Upma, Rupak, Upreksha, Vibhavana, Sandesh, Bhrantimaan, Prateep, Atishayokti, Anyokti, Samaasokti | Alankar | Hindi and New Media | Radio Writing |
| Unit VI | Rasa (Emotions): Components of Rasa – Sthayibhava, Vibhava, Anubhava, Sancharibhava. Types of Rasa – Shringar, Hasy, Veer, Adbhut, Karun, Raudra, Vibhats, Bhayanak, Shant, Bhakti, Vatsalya – Characteristics and Examples of Rasas. | Rasa Criticism, Introduction to Rasa | Devanagari Script and Numerals | |
| Unit VII | Shabda Shakti (Word Powers): General Introduction to Shabda Shakti – Abhidha, Lakshana, Vyanjana, A Brief Introduction to Stylistics. | Essay Writing | Essay |
| Semester IV | Paper I (Drama and Memorial Literature) | Links |
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| Unit I | Drama: Genre, Origin, and Development | |
| Unit II | Dhruvaswamini by Jaishankar Prasad | Jaishankar Prasad – Dhruvaswamini |
| Unit III | Memorial Literature: Meaning, Form, Origin, and Development | |
| Unit IV | Memoirs: Tumhari Smriti by Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Smritikar of Smaran (Raykrishna Das) by Agyeya, Dadā Swargīya Pandit Balkrishna Bal Sharma ‘Naveen’ by Dr. Nagendra, Nirala Bhai by Mahadevi Verma, Sketches: Mahakavi Jaishankar Prasad by Shivpoojan Sahayata, Makdoom Baksh by Seth Govind Das, Ek Kutta aur Maina by Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Yeh Hai Professor Shashank by Vishnukant Shastri | |
| Unit V | Biography and Autobiography | |
| Unit VI | Travel Diaries and Narratives | |
| Unit VII | Other Genres of Memorial Literature |
| Semester V | Paper I (Dvivedi Era and Chhayavad Poetry) | Links | Paper II (Post-Chhayavad Hindi Poetry) | Links |
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| Unit I | Dvivedi Era Poetry: Trends of the Era, Importance, and Brief History, Poetic Language, Poetic Form, Literary Criticism | Pragativad (Progressivism): Thoughts, Poetic Trends, Features, Importance, Prominent Poets | ||
| Unit II | Chhayavad Poetry: Trends of the Era, Importance, and Brief History, Poetic Language, Poetic Form, Literary Criticism | Chhayavad and Kamayani, Historicality of Chhayavad, Kamayani (Lajja), Chhayavad – Definition, Prominent Writers, Poetic Features | Prayogvad (Experimentalism): Thoughts, Poetic Trends, Features, Importance, Prominent Poets | |
| Unit III | Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay Harioudh (Maa Ki Mamta, Sachche Devte, and Sahasi) | Nayi Kavita (New Poetry): Thoughts, Poetic Trends, Features, Importance, Prominent Poets | ||
| Unit IV | Maithilisharan Gupta (Panchvati) | Contemporary Hindi Poetry: Various Thoughts, Poetic Trends, Features, Importance, Prominent Poets | ||
| Unit V | Jaishankar Prasad (Aansu and Geet) | Poems and Interpretations – 1. Agyeya (Kalgi Bajre Ki, Yeh Deep Akela) 2. Muktibodh (Bhool-Galti, Ek Rag Ka Raag) 3. Nagarjun (Kalidas, Akal Aur Uske Baad) 4. Shamshher Bahadur Singh (Suna-Suna Path Hai Udaas Jharna, Wah Salona Jism) 5. Kunwar Narayan (Nachiketa) 6. Bhawani Prasad Mishra (Kahin Nahi Bache, Geetfarosh) 7. Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (Maine Kab Kaha, Hum Le Chalenge) 8. Kedarnath Singh (Rachna Ki Aadhi Raat, Fark Nahi Padta) | Post-Chhayavad Hindi Poetry | |
| Unit VI | Sumitranandan Pant (Parivartan and Pratham Rashmi) | Sumitranandan Pant, Pratham Rashmi – Sumitranandan Pant | ||
| Unit VII | Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala (Vandana, Juhi Ki Kali, and Wah Todti Pathar) | |||
| Unit VIII | Mahadevi Verma (Geet – Dheere Dheere Utar Kshitij Se, Been Bhi Hoon Main, Laaye Kaun Sandesh Naye Ghan, Keer Ka Priya Aaj Pinjar Khol Do, He Chir Mahaan, Sab Bujhe Deepak Jala Loon) |
| Semester VI | Paper I (Hindi Essay) | Links | Paper II (Folk Literature) | Links |
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| Unit I | Essay Writing: Introduction, Form, Structure, Types, Origin, and Development | Folk Literature – Meaning and Definition, Folk Literature, Classification of Folk Literature | Folk Literature: Definition, Form, Process of Studying Folk Culture, Collection Methods and Issues | Novels and Stories |
| Unit II | Balakrishna Bhatt – Arambh (Literature is the development of the heart of the masses) | Folk Songs: Meaning and Form, Ritual Songs, Vow Songs, Labour Avoidance Songs, and Seasonal Songs | ||
| Unit III | Chandrashekhar Sharma Guleria – Policy Thought (The Turtle’s Religion) | Folk Dramas: Meaning and Form, Various Forms of Leela, Swang, Yakshagana, Bhavai, Dance, Tamasha, Nautanki, Jatra, Kathakali | ||
| Unit IV | Ramchandra Shukla – Literature (What is Poetry?) | Folk Tales: Meaning and Form, Types – Vrat Katha, Parikatha, Nag Katha, Bodh Katha, Plot Forms and Significance | Folk Tales: Structure and Significance | |
| Unit V | Mahadevi Verma – Women (The Art of Living) | Folk Ballads: Meaning and Form, Origin, Tradition, Common Trends, Folk Ballads – Rajula-Malushahi, Gora-Maheshwari, Teelo Rauteli | ||
| Unit VI | Hazari Prasad Dwivedi – Culture (Ashoka’s Flower) | |||
| Unit VII | Harishankar Parsai – Satire (The Age of Footpaths) | |||
| Unit VIII | Vidya Nivas Mishra – Lalit (The Call of Existence) |