

Vikramaarjuna Vijaya of Pampa (cantos 12 & 13), (Mysore University Pub.)Ģ. The paper will require first-hand reading of the Texts prescribed and will be designed to test the critical ability of the candidates. Unification of Karnataka and its impact on Kannada literature. Major religions of Karnataka and their cultural contributions.Īrts of Karnataka: Sculpture, Architecture, Painting, Music, Dance-in the literary context. Cultural History of Karnataka Contribution of Dynasties to the culture of Karnataka:Ĭhalukyas of Badami and Kalyani, Rashtrakutas, Hoysalas, Vijayanagara rulers, in a literary context. Modern Trends of literary criticism: Formalist, Historical, Marxist, Feminist, Post-colonial criticism.

Poetics and Literary Criticism:ĭefinition and concepts of poetry: Word, Meaning, Alankara, Reeti, Rasa, Dhwani, Auchitya. Influence, trends and ideologies, Navodaya, Pragatishila, Navya, Dalita and Bandaya. Medieval Poets : Harihara, Raghavanka, Kumar-Vyasa. Vachana literature : Basavanna, Akka Mahadevi. Medieval Kannada literature: Influence and Trends. Poets for study: Specified poets from Pampa to Ratnakara Varni are to be studied in the light of contents, form, and expression: Pampa, Janna, Nagachandra. History of Kannada Literature Ancient Kannada literature:

Dialects of Kannada Language: Regional and Social Various aspects of the development of Kannada Language: phonological and Semantic changes. Dravidian Family of Languages and its specific features, Antiquity of Kannada Language, Different Phases of its Development. What is Language? General characteristics of Language.
