UPSC Mains · Optional · Video course

Telugu Literature Optional
complete video course

The full UPSC Telugu Literature syllabus for Paper I and Paper II: the history and structure of the Telugu language, the history of Telugu literature, and a detailed study of the prescribed texts, taught by KSN Sharma Sir.

Paper I + IIcomplete syllabus

Videolectures by KSN Sharma Sir

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What you get

Built for the UPSC literature paper

Complete video lectures

Every part of Paper I and Paper II, recorded in detail by KSN Sharma Sir.

Expert text analysis

Close reading of the prescribed texts: themes, style, context and critical appreciation.

Answer writing

How to structure literature answers the way UPSC examiners reward them.

Syllabus coverage

Both papers, completely

The course follows the official UPSC Telugu Literature syllabus: Paper I tests language and literary history, Paper II tests your reading of the prescribed texts.

Paper I · 250 marks

Language and history of literature

Section A · Language

Place of Telugu among the Dravidian languages and its antiquity
Historical development of Telugu: sound, word and sentence-level changes from Old to Modern Telugu
Classical and modern standard Telugu; dialects; loan words
Structure of modern Telugu, and translation

Section B · History of Telugu literature

Classical literature from the earliest poets onwards: the major periods, poets and genres
Modern Telugu literature and its forms
Literary movements and trends, and literary criticism

Paper II · 250 marks

Study of the prescribed texts

Section A · Classical poetry

Detailed study of the prescribed classical poetry texts
Context, themes, style and critical appreciation

Section B · Modern literature

Detailed study of the prescribed modern poetry, prose, fiction and drama
Critical analysis and the answer-writing skills the paper rewards

Your faculty

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KSN Sharma Sir

Telugu Literature

Faculty for the UPSC Telugu Literature Optional, teaching the complete syllabus of Paper I and Paper II.

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