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M.A. (Urdu)
Master of Arts in Urdu

Duration:	2 Years
Level:	Post Graduation
Type:	Degree
Eligibility:	Graduation

M.A. Urdu or Master of Arts in Urdu is a postgraduate Urdu language course. It covers the areas regarding Urdu literature: society, poetry, prose, drama, novels, grammar etc. The duration of M.A. in Urdu is mostly of two academic years but it may vary from institute to institute. During the course the main emphasis is given on the Urdu language and literature, its development through the phases of History and the syllabus is divided into four semesters. It provides lot career opportunities to the candidates in Urdu speaking business communities.

M.A. Urdu Eligibility

The candidates should complete their B.A. degree under any recognised University in Arts stream with Urdu as one of the subjects.
The marks of admission for this course may vary from University to University.

M.A. Urdu Syllabus

The below mentioned syllabus is provided by the Panjab University, Chandigarh since 2010-12.

Paper I	History of Urdu Language & Literature
I. Instructions for Paper setter and Examiner: 1. The course shall consist of four units. The examiner shall set a total of eight questions with two questions being set in each unit. Candidate shall answer one question from each unit. All questions carry equal marks. 2. Question to be asked and framed only from the prescribed courses of reading and syllabi. 3. The question will be based on Urdu Language and Literature.
II. Prescribed course of reading and syllabi for this Paper:
Unit I	1. Origin and development of Urdu Language. 2. Salient features of Deccani Poetry.
Unit II	1. Letters of Mirza Ghalib 2. Contribution of Sir Sayyad and Shibli Nomani.
Unit III	Delhi School of Urdu Poetry with Special reference to Mir taqi Mir, Mohd., Rafi Sauda, Mir Dard, Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq, Momin Khan Momin and Mirza Ghalib.
Unit IV	Lucknow School of Urdu Poetry with special reference to Haidar Ali Atish, Sheikh Ibrahim Nasir, Anis and Dabeer.
Paper II	Elements of Urdu Structure
I. Instructions for Paper setter and Examiner: 1. The course shall consist of four units. The examiner shall set a total of eight questions with two questions being set in each unit. Candidate shall answer one question from each unit. All questions carry equal marks. 2. Question to be asked and framed only from the prescribed courses of reading and syllabi. 3. The question will be based on the elements of Urdu structure.
Unit: I Shairi Asnaaf:		Unit: III Nasari Asnaaf:
1. Ghazal 2. Qasida 3. Masnawi 4. Marsiya 5. Rubai 6. Qata 7. Nazam		1. Dastan 2. Novel 3. Afsana 4. Sawaneh 5. Maktub Nigari 6. Tanaz-o-Mizah 7. Tanqeed Nigari
Unit: II Shairi Asnaaf:		Unit: IV Nasari Asnaaf:
8. Hamad 9. Naat 10. Khumariyat 11. Rekhti 12. Shahar aashob 13. Munajat 14. Mukhammas 15. Musaddas (Reportage)		8. Inshiyia 9. Drama 10. Khaqa 11. Tehqeeq 12. Maqala 13. Sahafat 14. Mazmoon Nigari 15. Reportaaz
Paper III	Early Poetry (Nazm and Ghazal )
I. Instructions for Paper setter and Examiner: 1. The course shall consist of four units. The examiner shall set a total of eight questions with two questions being set in each unit. Candidate shall answer one question from each unit. All questions carry equal marks. 2. Question to be asked on all the prescribed books and poets. 3. First questions related to explanation (One from Ghazal and one from Nazam) shall be compulsory. 4. Critical study of Poetic style of the poet 5. Life and literary contribution of the poet and its value.
II. Poets and Their Books:
Unit I	From Kulliyat-e-Nazeer Akbrabadi : Only 5 Nazms given bellow: i. Admi Namah ii. Roti iii. Barsat Ki Baharein iv. Holi v. Banjara Namah
Unit II	Mir Taqi Mir from Radif Alif only: Ibtedai 5 Ghazalein
Unit III	From Diwan-e-Ghalib (Alif Radif Ibtedai 5 Ghazalein)
Unit IV	From Kulliyat-e-Altaf Hussain Hali as given bellow: i) Hubb-e- vatan ii) Barkha rutt iii) Chup ki daad iv) Muna zat-e-bewa v) Nashat-e-umeed
Paper IV	Early Prose
Prescribed Books & their writers:
Unit I	Prem Chand Gau Daan(Novel)
Unit II	Mirza Mohd. Hadi Ruswa Umrao Jaan ada(Novel)
Unit III	Ismat Chughtai Chauthi Ka Joda (Afsana) Rajinder Singh Bedi Apne Dukh Mujhe de do (Afsana)
Unit IV	Imteyaz Ali Taaj Anar Kali (Dramal)

Second Semester (M.A. Part I)

Paper I	Modern Poetry
Prescribed Poets and their poetries:
Unit I	Baang-e-Dera: Dr. Mohd. Iqbal (only the following Nazm) Mirza Ghalib, Parinde ki faryad, Shama-o-parvana , Sada-e- dard and Ek paharh aur gilehri
Unit II	Zindan Namah: Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Unit III	Talkhiyan: Sahir Ludhianvi
Unit IV	Gul-e-Naghma: Firaq Gorkhpuri
Paper II	Modern Prose
Prescribed Books & their writers:
Unit I	Comparative study of Indian Drama and Theatre
Unit II	One Act Play: Khudkhusi (Drama) Sadat Husain Manto
Unit III	Nashri Drama khushi Imteyaz Ali Taj
Unit IV	Inder Sabha (Drama) Sayyad Agha Hassan Amanat Luckhnavi
Paper III	Non-Fiction
Prescribed course of reading and syllabi for this Paper:
Unit I	General Essay
Unit II	Translation : (I ) Tarjumein ki Ahmiyat aur zarurat (II) Tarjumein ke Akhsaam Lafzi aur Azad
Unit III	Translation From Urdu into Hindi, English aur Punjabi
Unit IV	Translation From Hindi, English aur Punjabi into Urdu
Paper IV	Print Media And Mass Media
Prescribed course of reading and syllabi for this Paper:
Unit I	Urdu Sahafat ka Aghaz aur Irteqa
Unit II	Coverage of News and functions a. Social coverage b. Political Coverage c. Religious coverage d. Literary e. Games and Sports Coverage f. Functions coverage
Unit III	News writing in light of above i.e. a. to f.
Unit IV	Special feature and Story writing : Based on current issues related to states and National current issues.

Third Semester (M.A. II)

Paper I	Classical poetry (Qasida, Marsia, Masnavi)
Prescribed Poets and their poetries:
Unit I	Qasida : Fajir hote jo gayi aaj meri aankh jhapak …….Sauda Prescribed book: Intekhab-e-Qasaid-e-Urdu By Dr. Abu Mohd. Sehar
Unit II	Marsia : Namak-e-khawn-e-Takllum hai Fasahat Meri ……. Anis Books Prescribed: Itekhab-e-Marasi Compiled by Maktab-e-Jamia, New Delhi.
Unit III	Masnavi: Sehar-ul-Bayan ……..Mir Hasan
Unit IV	A comparative study of any two of the above.
Paper II	Classical Prose
Prescribed authors and their Books:
Unit I	Baagh-o-bahar: Mir Amman Khooji Fasana-ye-Azad: Rattan Nath Sarshar
Unit II	Nairang-e-Khayal: Mohd. Husain Azad Khutut-e-Ghalib: Dr. Khaliq Anjum
Unit III	Fasana-e-Ajayeb: Mirza Rajjab Ali Beg Suroor Intekhab-e-Mazamin-e-Sir sayyad: Edited by Al-Ahmad Suroor
Unit IV	A comperative study of Khutut-e-Ghalib and Mazamin-e-Sir sayyad.
Paper III	Principals of Literary Criticism
Unit I	What is criticism Development of literary criticism
Unit II	Principals of criticism as explained by Altaf Hussain Haali, Maulana Shibli Nomani , Prof. Ahtesham Hussain and Al-Ahmad Saroor. Kalim-ud-din Ahmad, Mohd. Hussain Azad and Abdul Haq
Unit III	Principals of critism as explained by Prof. Kalim-ud-din Ahmad, Mohd. Hussain Azad , Abdul Haq and Mohd. Hassan.
Unit IV	School’s of criticism (I) Tasawwurati Tanqeed (II) Jamaliyati Tanqeed (III) Rumanvi Tanqeed (IV) Marxsi Tanqeed (V) Nafasiyati Tanqeed (VI) Tarraqi Pasand Tanqeed (VII) Scientific Tanqeed
Paper IV	Comparative Study of Indian Literature
Unit I	Special Study of Suffism (i) Ameer Khusrow (ii) Baba Farid
Unit II	Special Study of Suffism (i) Waris Shah (ii) Khawaja mir Dard
Unit III	A comperative study of: 1. Urdu and Persian 2. Urdu and Punjabi 3. Urdu and Kharhi Boli 4. Urdu and Brij Bhasha
Unit IV	Influence of Persian Literature on Urdu Influence of Punjabi Literature on Urdu.

Fourth Semester (M.A. II)

Paper I	Comparative Study of Urdu and Punjabi Literature
Unit I	History of Punjabi Language and Literature.
Unit II	Influence of Persian language and literature on Punjabi.
Unit III	Influence of Punjabi culture and tradition on Urdu.
Unit IV	Study of Urdu Literature i.e. Prose and poetry produced in Punjab.
Paper II	Lisaniyat
Unit I	Lisaniyat Brief History of Linguistics Zaban Aghaz aur Tashkeel
Unit II	Jadeed Hind Aryan Zaban Hindustani ka Aghaz
Unit III	Hindustani ka Irteqa Urduu aur Brij Bhasha
Unit IV	Urdu aur Punjabi Urdu aur Kharhi Boli
Paper III	Essay
Unit I	Based on current topics National and International topics
Unit II	Based on Literary topics
Unit III	Based on General topics
Unit IV	Based on India and international Relationship (Political, Social and Economical relationship)
Paper IV	Print Media and Mass media
Unit I	Idariya Nawisi
Unit II	Column Nigari
Unit III	Ishtehar Nawisi and its kind a. Business b. Educational c. Religious d. Personal e. Classified f. Political etc.
Unit IV	Special feature and story writing based on International: current topics.

M.A. Urdu Colleges

M.A. Urdu Course Suitability

Students having interest in Urdu language and want to cooperate in its development are most suitable for this course.
Those who are desirous of going for teaching fields at higher degree level also are good suit for it.

How is M.A. Urdu Course Beneficial?

The course is beneficial in the teaching fields as they can become teacher at school level and after having passed NET exam they can go for colleges/ university level.
They can get jobs in court in form of translator and interpreter.
Other place where they can go for jobs is embassy.

M.A. Urdu Job Types