{"id":167161,"date":"2024-02-27T15:17:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/?p=167161"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:23:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:53:23","slug":"upsc-english-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-english-syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC English Syllabus 2024, Download Language Syllabus PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-english-syllabus\/#UPSC_English_Syllabus_2024\" >UPSC English Syllabus 2024<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-english-syllabus\/#UPSC_English_Syllabus_2024_Overview\" >UPSC English Syllabus 2024 Overview<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-english-syllabus\/#English_Literature_Syllabus_for_UPSC_CSE_2024\" >English Literature Syllabus for UPSC CSE 2024<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-english-syllabus\/#UPSC_English_Syllabus_2024_FAQs\" >UPSC English Syllabus 2024 FAQs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/category\/upsc-cse\/\">UPSC<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/category\/upsc-cse\/upsc-cse-upsc-cse\/\">UPSC CSE<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\"><strong>UPSC English Syllabus 2024, Download Language Syllabus PDF<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_English_Syllabus_2024\"><\/span>UPSC English Syllabus 2024<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The UPSC English syllabus 2024 aims to test aspirants&#8217; proficiency in the language which is critical for civil services roles. It covers essay writing, comprehension, pr\u00e9cis writing and letter writing to evaluate usage of appropriate vocabulary, grammar and organization of ideas. Topics include literary works like poetry, prose, drama and non-fictional writings that examine knowledge of prominent authors and literary devices. Sections on basic grammar, figures of speech and rhetorical devices test rules of composition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can download the UPSC CSE English Optional language paper syllabus from the direct link given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_English_Syllabus_2024_Overview\"><\/span>UPSC English Syllabus 2024 Overview<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The expansive UPSC English literature syllabus encompasses works from old English to modern covering poetry, drama and prose. The compulsory English paper tests usage of grammar, vocabulary and composition in essay, pr\u00e9cis, comprehension and letter writing. Proficiency in articulation, critical writing and comprehension in English &#8211; a key language for governance &#8211; is assessed to select candidates skilled for public services across India&#8217;s linguistic diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"English_Literature_Syllabus_for_UPSC_CSE_2024\"><\/span>English Literature Syllabus for UPSC CSE 2024<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The UPSC English exam comprises two papers of 250 marks each, totaling 500, testing proficiency in literary works spanning old and modern English. Aspirants keenly interested in English literature and with a strong grasp of the language should opt for this subject. The expansive syllabus examines critical reading, writing and comprehension skills in the key language of governance and public services in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you opt for English language as optional in UPSC mains, prepare it thoroughly. Go through the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-cse-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPSC CSE Syllabus<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and previous years\u2019 English papers. The CSE Mains includes two test papers on the optional subject selected by the candidate, each for 250 marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The syllabus consists of two papers, designed to test a first-hand and critical reading of texts prescribed from the following periods in English Literature: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Paper 1 : 1600-1900<\/li><li>Paper 2 : 1900\u20131990<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be two compulsory questions in each paper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A short-notes question related to the topics for general study, and <\/li><li>A critical analysis of UNSEEN passages both in prose and verse<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UPSC CSE English Syllabus 2024 for Paper 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Texts for detailed study are listed below. Candidates will also be required to show adequate knowledge of the following topics and movements:<\/strong> The Renaissance; Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama; Metaphysical Poetry; The Epic and the Mock-epic; Neo-classicism; Satire; The Romantic Movement; The Rise of the Novel; The Victorian Age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Section A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>William Shakespeare: &#8220;King Lear&#8221; and &#8220;The Tempest&#8221;.<\/li><li>John Donne: The following poems:<ul><li>&#8220;Canonization&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;Death be not proud&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;The Good Morrow&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;On his Mistress going to bed&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;The Relic&#8221;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>John Milton: &#8220;Paradise Lost&#8221;, I, II, IV, IX.<\/li><li>Alexander Pope: &#8220;The Rape of the Lock&#8221;.<\/li><li>William Wordsworth: The following poems:<ul><li>&#8220;Ode on Intimations of Immortality&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;Tintern Abbey&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;Three years she grew&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;She dwelt among untrodden ways&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;Michael&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;Resolution and Independence&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;The World is too much with us&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;Upon Westminster Bridge&#8221;.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Alfred Tennyson: &#8220;In Memoriam&#8221;.<\/li><li>Henrik Ibsen: &#8220;A Doll\u2019s House&#8221;.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Section B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jonathan Swift: &#8220;Gulliver\u2019s Travels&#8221;.<\/li><li>Jane Austen: &#8220;Pride and Prejudice&#8221;.<\/li><li>Henry Fielding: &#8220;Tom Jones&#8221;.<\/li><li>Charles Dickens: &#8220;Hard Times&#8221;.<\/li><li>George Eliot: &#8220;The Mill on the Floss&#8221;.<\/li><li>Thomas Hardy: &#8220;Tess of the d\u2019Urbervilles&#8221;.<\/li><li>Mark Twain: &#8220;The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn&#8221;.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UPSC CSE English Syllabus 2024 for Paper 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Texts for detailed study are listed below. Candidates will also be required to show adequate knowledge of the following topics and movements:<\/strong> Modernism; Poets of the Thirties; The stream-of-consciousness Novel; Absurd Drama; Colonialism and Post-Colonialism; Indian Writing in English; Marxist, Psychoanalytical and Feminist approaches to literature; Post-Modernism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Section A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>William Butler Yeats: The following poems:<ul><li>Easter 1916<\/li><li>The Second Coming<\/li><li>A Prayer for my daughter<\/li><li>Sailing to Byzantium<\/li><li>The Tower<\/li><li>Among School Children<\/li><li>Leda and the Swan<\/li><li>Meru<\/li><li>Lapis Lazuli<\/li><li>Byzantium<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>T.S. Eliot: The following poems:<ul><li>The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock<\/li><li>Journey of the Magi<\/li><li>Burnt Norton<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>W.H. Auden: The following poems:<ul><li>Partition<\/li><li>Musee des Beaux Arts<\/li><li>In Memory of W.B. Yeats<\/li><li>Lay your sleeping head, my love<\/li><li>The Unknown Citizen<\/li><li>Consider<\/li><li>Mundus Et Infans<\/li><li>The Shield of Achilles<\/li><li>September 1, 1939<\/li><li>Petition<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>John Osborne: Look Back in Anger.<\/li><li>Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot.<\/li><li>Philip Larkin: The following poems:<ul><li>Next<\/li><li>Please<\/li><li>Deceptions<\/li><li>Afternoons<\/li><li>Days<\/li><li>Mr. Bleaney<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>A.K. Ramanujan: The following poems:<ul><li>Looking for a Cousin on a Swing<\/li><li>A River<\/li><li>Of Mothers, among other Things<\/li><li>Love Poem for a Wife 1<\/li><li>Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House \u2013 Obituary<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Section B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim.<\/li><li>James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.<\/li><li>D.H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers.<\/li><li>E.M. Forster: A Passage to India.<\/li><li>Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway.<\/li><li>Raja Rao: Kanthapura.<\/li><li>V.S. Naipaul: A House for Mr. Biswas.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/download.oliveboard.in\/pdf\/UPSC%20English%20Syllabus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPSC CSE optional literature paper &#8211; english syllabus PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall the UPSC CSE English paper assesses critical writing skills, comprehension abilities, and the capability to articulate logically and effectively in English &#8211; a lingua franca key for public services in India&#8217;s diverse linguistic landscape. English skills are evaluated through a compulsory qualifying paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Important Links<\/td><td>Important Links<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-cse-application-form-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPSC CSE 2024 Apply Online <\/a><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-cse-notification-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPSC CSE 2024 Notification<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-cse-eligibility-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPSC CSE Eligibility Criteria<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-cse-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPSC CSE Syllabus<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-cse-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPSC CSE Exam Pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-cse-selection-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPSC CSE Selection Process<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_English_Syllabus_2024_FAQs\"><\/span>UPSC English Syllabus 2024 FAQs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1709026916064\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">1. <strong><strong>What is the syllabus of English optional<\/strong><\/strong> <strong><strong>language paper for UPSC CSE?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">The UPSC English syllabus 2024 aims to test aspirants&#8217; proficiency in the language which is critical for civil services roles. It covers essay writing, comprehension, pr\u00e9cis writing and letter writing to evaluate usage of appropriate vocabulary, grammar and organization of ideas. Topics include literary works like poetry, prose, drama and non-fictional writings that examine knowledge of prominent authors and literary devices. Sections on basic grammar, figures of speech and rhetorical devices test rules of composition. <br\/>Get Syllabus PDF here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-english-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPSC CSE English PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1709027003502\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">2. <strong>How much marks is allotted for UPSC Mains Optional subject\u00a0<\/strong>English?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">There is 250 marks is for one optional paper.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPSC English Syllabus 2024 The UPSC English syllabus 2024 aims to test aspirants&#8217; proficiency in the language which is 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