Why taking ENGLISH LITERATURE as your Optional can turn out to be your best decision?
What are the advantages of taking English Literature as your Optional in the UPSC?
If reading and writing is your love, congratulations! Your search ends here.
English Literature Syllabus – Civil Services Mains Exam UPSC :
UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam Optional Subject consists of 2 papers. Each paper is of 250 marks, making a total of 500 marks.
The syllabus consists of two papers, designed to test the critical reading of texts prescribed from the following periods in English Literature:
Paper I: 1600-1900 and Paper II: 1900-1990. There will be two compulsory questions in each paper:
a) Short-notes questions related to the topics for general study, and b) critical analysis of UNSEEN passages both in prose and verse.
Any aspirant who is interested in literature and reading books on various topics may opt for English Literature as their optional in the Mains irrespective of their graduation stream. Aspirants should read every text mentioned in the UPSC syllabus. It will give them a clear idea to frame good answers with great understanding. Here we are listing the reference books as well as the core books for English literature for UPSC IAS Mains Exam. It is always better to read the poem, stories, novels, drama from the core books. Check out the complete lecture on the prescribed syllabus in the videos below-
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The source of preparation for most aspirants is the Internet. So, how does that make your answers creative and different from the rest?
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Evaluation and Explanation: The expert trainers discuss the test questions wherein they discuss with the students regarding the ideal answers which could be written. They lay emphasis on the fact that the content and the quality of the answers is more important than its length, which is also the often repeated instruction in the UPSC Main Exam question papers. It is our constant endeavor to check and evaluate the candidates’ answer scripts to reach exam expectation. Detailed suggestions on the student`s performance are usually written in the answer scripts wherever required.
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