UPSC-CSE Main exam syllabus German Paper 2

GERMAN

PAPER-II

(Answers must be written in German)

Section-A

1. Development of German literature from the 19th century to the present.

Candidates should know the main trends, representative authors and their important works. The emphasis is not on collecting information on works and authors, but the candidate is expected to identify features of a literary epoch on the basis of representative texts.

2. The Study of literary genres.

Candidates must be aware of the characteristic features of the different genres like Roman, Novelle, Drama, Ballade, Elegie, Marchen, Fabein, Kurzgeschichte.

Section-B

1. Perceptions of Literary Interpretation.

Candidates should be aware of various approaches to a critical understanding of literature.

2. Study of Selected Texts.

a. Goethe : Die Leiden des jungen Werther.

b. Schiller : Maria Stuart.

c. Eichendorff. Gedichte.

d. Gottfried Keller : Kleider machen Leute.

e. Thomas Mann : Die vertauschten Kopfe.

f. Franz Kafka : Vor Dem Gesetz.

g. Friedrich Durrenmatt : Die Physiker.

h. Max Frisch : Andorra.

i. Heinrich Boll : Die verlorence Ehre der Katharina Blum.

j. Ingeborg Bachmann : Alles (aus dem Erzahlband : Das dreBigste  Jahr)

k. Rose Auslander : Gedichte.

l. Christa Wolf : Der geteilte Himmel.

m. Gunter Grass : Zunge zeigen.