Paper I
Answers must be written in French except in the care of question requiring translation from French to English.

Section-A

1. Main trends in French Literature
(a) Classicism
(b) Rommanticism
(c) Realism

2. Art in France
(a) Romanticism
(b) Realism
(c) Impressionism

3. The Vth Republic
(a) De Gaulle and the Vth Republique
(b) May 1968
(c) Pompidou
(d) Giscard d' Estaing
(e) Mitterrand
(f) Chirac

4. Translation : French to English (2 passages of socio-politico-economic nature of 200 words each).

Section-B

1. Main trends in French Literature
(a) Symbolism
(b) Surrealism
(c) Theatre of the Absurd

2. Art in French
(a) Surrealism
(b) Cubism
(c) Abstract Painting

3. The Vth Republic (a) Parts politiques en France
(b) Place et r鬺e du Pr閟ident de la Ve Republique
(c) Le gouvernement
(d) Le Parlement
(e) Le Senat

4. Translation : English to French 2passages of socio-politico-economic nature of 200 words each.

Paper II
Answers must be written in French.

Section-A

This paper will require an in-depth reading of the following texts and the questions will be designed to test the candidate's critical ability.

1. XVIIth Century
(a) Corneille : Le Cid
(b) Racine : Andromaque
(c) Moliere : L扐vare

2. XVIIIth Century
Beaumarchais : Le Mariage de Figaro

3. XIXth Century

(a) Lamartine : Le lac Le Vallon
(b) Victor Hugo : La Conscience. ElleAvait Pris Ce Pli..... Demain, D閟 L' Aube
(c) Victor Hugo : Hernani
(d) Musset : Souvenir. La Nuit de Decembre
(e) Marimee : Colomba
(f) Balzac : Eugenie Grandet
(g) Flaubert : Madame Bovary
(h) Baudelaire : L扞nvitation au Voyage, Recueillement. L扐lbatros.
(i) Rimbaud : Le Dormeur du Val
(j) Verlaine : Chanson d扐utomne, Mon Reve Familier, II Pleure Dans mon Coeur...

Section-B

4. XXth Century
(a) Appolinaire : Nuit Rhenane, Le Pont Mirabeau
(b) Jacques Prevert : Pour Faire Le Portrait d扷n Oiseau, Barbara.
(c) Paul Eluard : Liberte
(d) Paul Valery : Les Pas, La Fileuse
(e) Andre Gide : La Symphonie pastorale
(f) Camus: L扙tranger
(g) Sartre: Les Mains Sales
(h) Lonesco: Rhinoceros

Francophonie:
(a)Gerard Besette: Le Libraire
(b)Ananda Devi: Le Voile de Draupadi
(c)Cheikh Hamidou : L扐venture Kane Ambigi黣
(d)Abdellatif Laabi: Poemes en prose
1.L扐rbre a poemes (L扙treinte du Monde)
2.Les Reves viennent mourir sur lapage (L扙treinte du Monde)

5. Essay of general nature on a contemporary theme.

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